Our Friends' HAED SAL: She Smiles at me

Thursday, July 16, 2009

She Smiles at me

After a week, this is the result. She laughs at me now. I have much pleasure to make it. Perhaps the next page is boring. But we see that again. Everyone persist, and until next week.

11 comments:

Cindy F. said...: WOW ASTRID!!! She's amazing!!!; July 16, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Jan said...: OMG! That is so cool! I love it. I want it! LOL; July 16, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Carolyn NC said...: I love the look on her face - and what gorgeous colors you are stitching now!; July 16, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Anonymous said...: So beautiful!; July 16, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Solitary Raven said...: Astrid, this is a beautiful peice ;) and u r doing a wonderful job!!
Laura; July 16, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Wendy said...: Oooh she is so beautiful!! Your needles must be smoking. That is a lot of progress you did on this one.; July 16, 2009 at 11:50 PM
beth said...: Wow Astrid! She's gorgeous! What a lovely face!; July 17, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Joke said...: I'm sure you don't know what to do with her, when you're finished so I've created some space on my wall LOL; July 17, 2009 at 10:17 AM
Mimosa said...: Wow Astrid! She is becoming more gorgeous!! And light green color is so beautiful. You did a great job!; July 17, 2009 at 11:35 AM
Marie said...: Hello Astrid !
I was waiting for her, and she is really WONDERFUL !!! Her smile looks so cute and this is a design which is more and more surprising... ! The details are absolutly fabulous.
Your work helps me to keep Faith...!!
Thank you so much...

Have a nice week !; July 17, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Yvonne said...: Astrid, the last time I saw an update was the eyes and now the whole face and even more! She has such a pretty face. Extremely lovely.; July 17, 2009 at 10:46 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.