Our Friends' HAED SAL: Thurday SAL and my St. Nick Update

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Thurday SAL and my St. Nick Update

Since last Thursday, I've stitched off and on when I could and finally got in about 1300 stitches. I'm only 3/4 of the way into my 2nd page! If I don't work on a rotation, I'll go cross-eyed and crazy!!

Before:

After:

The top left shows the bottom parts of 2 dolls and a lantern. I really love this piece and enjoy stitching on it...just have to take short breaks:)

Everyone is doing a fabulous stitchy job! Hope you can join in our Thursday SAL today! Have fun! and have a great weekend!

Cindy F.

11 comments:

Astrid said...: I love those designs very much. Beautiful done !!; July 16, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Mich said...: You got a big progress this time !!! Really love your work, it has so warm colours !!; July 16, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Caroline said...: Wonderful progress Cindy!! I seem to be at a standstill with my HAED, I've had a break, time to put it into a rotation like you do.; July 16, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Jan said...: You made great progress Cindy. I know there are a lot of color changes in this. Wonderful work; July 16, 2009 at 4:08 PM
Carolyn NC said...: I love the little details that come to life here. Lovely work!; July 16, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Wendy said...: This is a very nice progress Cindy!! Even if you have a lot of confetti stitches, it is a gorgeous design. Keep up the good work. I really want to see this design grow ;); July 16, 2009 at 11:52 PM
beth said...: You're making great progress, Cindy! The detail of this piece is amazing!; July 17, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Joke said...: Cindy, this is amazing, 1300 stitches in onw week, do I read that well? Great progress!; July 17, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Mimosa said...: Cindy, it's great progress! Details are amazing!; July 17, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Yvonne said...: This is so lovely and the colours of this wip never fails to make say 'WOW!'. I really wish I have the courage to stitch a real huge HAED!; July 17, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Anonymous said...: Cindy, it's beautiful! You are making fantastic progress.; July 22, 2009 at 12:14 AM

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.