Our Friends' HAED SAL: Thursday SAL and Congrats to Yvonne!!!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Thursday SAL and Congrats to Yvonne!!!

St. Nick has finally come back up in my rotation:) Sorry ladies, been moving very slowly with the stitching lately! Must be the heat;) So I will be stitching in the Thursday SAL!! Hope some of you can join me:)

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS AND DANCING ALL OVER THE HOUSE HAPPY DANCE to Yvonne for finishing her most amazing Sleeping Beauty!! She is truly beautiful!!

Hope you're all having a great week:)

Cindy F.

6 comments:

Wendy said...: I'm in for the SAL too!! I enjoy it so much again stitching on my HAED.

(((HUGS))); July 8, 2009 at 11:25 PM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: I am also ready and look forward to the evening and snow white!
Have a great stitching day !; July 9, 2009 at 5:48 AM
Carolyn NC said...: For the first time in weeks (months, I think), I'm planning to be in tonight. Yippee!; July 9, 2009 at 8:15 AM
Beck said...: Yay!! St. Nick is back - here's hoping you get lots of stitchin in this week - know what you mean about the heat!

Indeed, congrats to Yvonne for her fantastic finish - what an inspiration!

Have a wonderful week!; July 9, 2009 at 10:22 AM
kerbear said...: I think I will actually be able to get some stitching in tonight which will be a good thing since I haven't stitched since June 27th!; July 9, 2009 at 1:08 PM
Yvonne said...: Thank you so much!! I didn't see this post until now!! Where had my eyes been? Thank you so much, ladies.

Yvonne; July 23, 2009 at 9:46 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.