Our Friends' HAED SAL: new here

Sunday, July 5, 2009

new here

Hello Everybody!

My name is Marleen and I live in Belgium. I'm married, we have three boys; Andres, Brian and Jens and 2 cats; Melle (European chort hair) and Stitch (sacred birman).

I stitch about 13 years. This is my first time stitching HAED-designs. I’ve started 3 projects.

gothic rose = 300 x 390 st

luna = 350 x 499 st

carley cat = 218 x 288 st

Thank you for having me in the group and I look forward to stitching along with you all and seeing all of the wonderful stitchy posts!

14 comments:

Astrid said...: Welcome Marleen, to join this group is a pleasure to see all the work thats been done ...... Love to see youre's..; July 5, 2009 at 3:17 AM
Carla said...: Hi Marleen, welcome to the blog!
You can some beautiful project in your hands...look forward to seeing photos of your wips :); July 5, 2009 at 7:53 AM
Valerie L. said...: Welcome Marleen!
I'm looking forward your 3 projects!
I'm a french canadian from Quebec (yes, sometimes I make some english mistakes... ;)) and Goldilocks is my first HAED project too.
Good bye!; July 5, 2009 at 9:10 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Welcome Marleen! You picked out some great projects!; July 5, 2009 at 9:32 AM
Cindy F. said...: Welcome to this wonderful group Marleen! We're very excited you're joining us and we can't wait to see some of your stitchy goodness!!; July 5, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Joke said...: Hi Marleen, welcome! Starting three haeds, you are very brave! I hope to see yout updates regularly, it's always great to see each other's stitching.; July 5, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Babs said...: Welkom op deze Haed blog :D Je hebt er een paar mooie uitgekozen om te maken.; July 5, 2009 at 1:13 PM
Anonymous said...: Hi Marleen and welcome! You chose wonderful projects.; July 5, 2009 at 2:21 PM
Marie said...: Welcome to this wonderful blog Marleen !
You have chosen three beautiful designs, and I'm really looking forward to see each one growing.
I hope that you will enjoy the journey !
Happy stitching !; July 6, 2009 at 2:16 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Welcome here Marleen, you have beautiful designs chosen, I look forward to see them grow!; July 6, 2009 at 4:41 AM
Wendy said...: Welcome Marleen to our blog!! Those are three gorgeouss designs you have chosen. I can't wait to see your start on it.; July 6, 2009 at 11:44 PM
kerbear said...: Welcome Marleen! I can't wait to see your WIP's! Great designs!; July 7, 2009 at 7:00 AM
Anne said...: Welcome,
I think you are awfully brave to start more than one HAED at a time. I couldn't do more than one.; July 9, 2009 at 3:48 PM
Maureen said...: What lovely pieces you have chosen, looking forward to seeing your progress on these - you are very brave taking on three!; July 9, 2009 at 11:02 PM

Tutorials

How to Carry Threads
This is really easy...it takes a while to get used to though....and your back will look terrible...this you will have to live with...One thing...You will be working your 10 x 10 grids in colums...it makes it easier...
1. Start with a 10 x 10 grid..
2. Find your first symbol...and stitch all of that symbol in your 10 x 10 grid....When finished...
3. Find the same symbol on the 10 x 10 grid below it...take your needle and bring your thread up like you are going to make the first 1/2 of the X ...but don't do it...just unthread your needle and lay the thread down..
4. Go back to the first grid you were working on...and stitch the next symbol the same way....when finished bring your thread down....
5. continue each symbol until your first 10 x 10 grid is finished....
6. start the next 10 x 10 grid ....you should have thread there already for you to pick up and stitch...
Posted by Vickie 3/7/2009

Tent Stitching (Wikipedia)
Tent stitch variants
There are three types of tent stitch, all producing the same appearance on the front of the canvas but each worked in a slightly different way and having particular characteristics, uses, benefits and drawbacks. These variants of tent stitch are known as basketweave, continental and half cross tent stitches:
Basketweave tent stitch - The basketweave form of tent stitch is worked in diagonal rows up and down the canvas. The yarn on the back of the canvas has a typical basketweave appearance, with alternating horizontal and vertical stitches. Basketweave is the best stitch to use for covering large areas of canvas as it does not distort the canvas as the other two forms of tent stitch do.
Continental tent stitch - Continental stitch is worked horizontally or vertically across the canvas. On the back of the work, the stitches appear diagonally across two threads. This method uses more yarn than half cross stitch tent stitch but is more hardwearing.
Half cross tent stitch - Half cross stitch is worked horizontally or vertically across the canvas. On the back of the work, the stitch appears vertical or horizontal, not diagonal, and crosses only one thread. This method uses less yarn than other stitches but is not very durable as coverage on the back of the canvas is a little thin.