Our Friends' HAED SAL: Aurora's Garden and The Astronomer

Friday, September 18, 2009

Aurora's Garden and The Astronomer

Hello my dear stitchy friends!

Several days this week I did not have time to stitch. :-( But I did spend some time working on Aurora's Garden. Here are the before and after pics:

I also began The Astronomer for Thursday's SAL. Several hundred beautiful black stitches?! Is it too early to complain about needing 15 skeins of #310?

Hope everyone finds some time to stitch this week! May the frogs stay far away and your floss never knot.

Sabine

5 comments:

Astrid said...: Ha Sabine. Are ther any other colors than black ????? when we are in the middle we know there are !!! beautiful blues of the garden !!!; September 19, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Wendy said...: This is a very nice progress! Can't wait to see more on "The Astronomer".; September 19, 2009 at 1:20 PM
Jan said...: I love Aurora. The colors are beautiful. As for Astronomer, just buy a whole box of black!; September 20, 2009 at 5:34 AM
Cindy F. said...: Two gorgeous designs!! and you're moving so nicely on both!! Beautiful work Sabine! I can't wait to see more of both of these!!; September 21, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Excellent progress on both!; September 24, 2009 at 11:34 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.