Our Friends' HAED SAL: The wizard of Oz

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The wizard of Oz

Hi everbody! I'm back from my holiday, so I can show you some progress on my work. During my holiday I daily checked this blog, because I'm so curious to everybody's work, but I wasn't able to post myself. But now I am!

I'm working on the fourth page and it's going really well. I'm really enthousiastic! I wasn't looking forward to all these branches, but it turns out beautifully. Right on the picture you can see the head of Tinman appearing and underneath the trunk I'm stitching the hat of the mum of the lovely family already on the picture. Of this page I still must stitch three rows, as you can see at the gridding. When I've finished this page I will continue working on Impossible love, just because of the different colours and because it stitches really quickly.

10 comments:

Mich said...: Sjoukje, this one is really beautiful !!!; July 15, 2009 at 12:18 PM
Anonymous said...: Your stitching is beautiful!; July 15, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Wendy said...: Wow Sjoukje, this is a gorgeous design!! That is a nice progress, your needles must be smoking.; July 15, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Cindy F. said...: Oh WOW!! Sjoukje you have really made incredible progress on this! It's so beautiful!!; July 16, 2009 at 6:58 AM
Carolyn NC said...: This is so cool - fantastic progress!; July 16, 2009 at 7:09 AM
Beck said...: How wonderful it looks...can't wait to see Tinman!; July 16, 2009 at 8:19 AM
Marie said...: Your work looks beautiful !!! It's amazing how every detail is neat... and you have stitched a lot ! It's really beautiful, I can not wait to see the body of Tinman !

Happy stitching !; July 16, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Astrid said...: Beautiful done..... lots of progress !!!!; July 16, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Valerie L. said...: Wow, Wow and Wow... the colors are amazing, all appearing in soft details... I love this!; July 16, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Mimosa said...: How lovely!! Yes, branches are so beautiful! I love this one!! And I'm looking forward seeing anogher your work, Impossible love :); July 17, 2009 at 11:54 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.