Our Friends' HAED SAL: Mermaids and Sea Gods

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Mermaids and Sea Gods

HAED Dreams of Atlantis
artwork by Josephine Wahl
25 ct unknown ivory perle linen
BEFORE (July first-ish)

I got up before the red breasted robins this morning for some weird reason. But that's OK, because I put that 'extra' time to good use today. I think I got very close to 500 stitches into Dreams of Atlantis. Stitching just seemed to flow so well this morning, for a change.

This is about 1/3 of the first page. I got a large print chart so my pages are smaller....but there are many more of them (LOL). Here is before and after. We're seeing a few sea flowers here, just moving into a bit of sky where dophins will soon be frolicking and then ... Neptune. That just feels so good to me when I pick up this piece. I know it's not much compared to so many of you, but I'm feeling pretty good about it. I just love this design and the fabric is so very easy to stitch on I really should find more time to put into it. I haven't gotten back to Atlantis Storykeep yet either but I've decided to put a little more

AFTER
August 6

concentration into my BAPs and lay off some of the little things this month, so maybe I can post again in August.

Now I'm off to spend some time seeing what all of you have been up to. I did browse for a couple of minutes before I decided to type while I can still see and some of you are just blazing along. Your pictures and stories give me such wonderful encouragement. Keep those needles burning! And thanks for looking.

Yoyo

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2 comments:

Carolyn NC said...: That's a awful lot of stitching early in the morning - I'm so impressed. Looks great!; August 6, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Cindy F. said...: Goodness Yoyo!!! That's some awesome progress girl!! Good job!!; August 7, 2009 at 1:41 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.