Our Friends' HAED SAL: Wendy's progress

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Wendy's progress

Hi my friends,

Another week has gone. Time goes so fast. Our kids have their big summer vacation. So for us it is a little more relaxing now. I did find some more time to stitch again. I have to admit that I was getting a little bored on my HAED. But I picked it up again and I'm full of energy to stitch on it. I love to see the progress on this one too, just like all of your progresses.

So here is my progress of last week. I'm close to a finish of my 4th page.

Before

After

I wish all of you a lovely week with lots of stitching fun.

Hugs,
Wendy

12 comments:

http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Ooohhh no Wendy, the courage not lose. I admit some parts of the pattern are sometimes annoying but others are so much fun! You made a great progress and it looks beautiful, I look forward to the next up date!; July 7, 2009 at 4:07 AM
Billie said...: I just love it Wendy. And seeing you stitching on Aida as well I don't feel to bad having given up on evenweave. It is much more fun to stitch and it is so much faster.; July 7, 2009 at 5:23 AM
Valerie L. said...: Hi Wendy! I'm glad to read that you find the energy to stitch again that beautiful design. I LOVE the background colors, all smooth with a lot of details... Hurray for HAED design!; July 7, 2009 at 6:21 AM
kerbear said...: Wendy - this looks so great! I know exactly what you mean about getting a little bored at times. I think it happens to us all at times but then the stitching bug comes back! I look forward to more updates :); July 7, 2009 at 6:53 AM
Jan said...: It looks great Wendy. I think we all go through down periods. Good to see you picked it up again.; July 7, 2009 at 1:55 PM
Marie said...: Wendy, this is so beautiful ! I think that you have stitched a lot even if you were in a hard period, and the design is really growing. Thank you so much for sharing it with us because I'm so enchanted to see it taking shape.

I wish you a nice week...; July 7, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Joke said...: Wendy, so much done in only one week! Don't loose it girl, we all want to see your progress and, in the end, your finish.
Enjoy your summer vacations!; July 8, 2009 at 12:56 AM
Yvonne said...: It is coming along beautifully! I know what you mean by a bit bored sometimes. I had that too but my antidote is this SAL blog as it gives me all the energy and motivation in short time.; July 8, 2009 at 4:17 AM
Cindy F. said...: Oh wow! You're almost finished with your 4th page!!! That's very exciting!! Beautiful progress!!!; July 8, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Mich said...: Getting bored? !! But good that you have so many other cross stitches then so you can change every now and then ;-))

It's fun to see a great progress now coming along, you see the picture more and more.; July 9, 2009 at 3:20 AM
Louanne said...: Sometime you just have to take a break, it happen with all of us. Glad to see you're back with renewed gusto! LoE looks fantastic!; July 9, 2009 at 5:20 AM
pethair-xstitcher said...: Wendy, looks like you have been smoking! (the needle that is)
That is a nice chunk you did... congratulations; July 12, 2009 at 5:55 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.