Our Friends' HAED SAL: My progress on Land of Enchantment

Sunday, September 27, 2009

My progress on Land of Enchantment

Hi my friends,

I've been stitching on our Thursday SAL and I'm so happy because I finished my 5th page!! It is always nice to start a new page, isn't it ?

Here is my progress of last week.

Before

After

I love all of your designs you are stitching and I enjoy watching your progresses. Keep up the good work everybody.

I would love to wish you a wonderful week.

Hugs,
Wendy

16 comments:

http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: congratulations on finishing page 5 Wendy, what are you going quickly ...... great job and now on to page six!; September 27, 2009 at 11:46 AM
MarchAnn said...: Great work Wendy its going to be a great piece. I find starting a new page on one of these BAXPs as exciting as starting a new smaller project.; September 27, 2009 at 2:21 PM
Valerie L. said...: Last week you said!!! OMG, you're so fast! I'll stitch right away on Goldilocks, you motivated me... :P; September 27, 2009 at 3:06 PM
Jan said...: Told you that you'd finish this page. It looks great.; September 27, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Carolyn NC said...: It looks wonderful, Wendy!; September 27, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Sabine S. said...: You finished page 5 AND started page 6! Nice work! It really does look enchanting, waiting for it to fully appear.
Sabine; September 27, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Marie said...: Hello Wendy !

You stitched so fast !!! And the result looks really wonderful !
And yes... starting a new page is always so exciting !!

Have a nice week !; September 27, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Cindy F. said...: CONGRATULATIONS WENDY!! 5 pages is incredible progress!! Very pretty!!; September 28, 2009 at 7:24 AM
kerbear said...: I swear I just read your last post and then this one appeared! I can't believe you finished page 5 and started page 6 already!! Amazing!; September 28, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Astrid said...: it looks wonderfull ! up to the next page; September 28, 2009 at 10:48 AM
CathE said...: Congrtulation on finishing page 5!; September 28, 2009 at 1:22 PM
~Rose said...: That looks fantastic! I'm stitching this one too, but am not nearly as far along (I think I've done two pages - it's been a few months since I worked on it). Congrats on the great progress!!; September 29, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Mel said...: It is always nice to finish a page! Great job! :); September 29, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Anonymous said...: Congratulations Wendy on finishing page 5!! It is beautiful. Now onto page 6 :); September 29, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Mich said...: It's really coming along fine !!

Have a good stitch ...; September 29, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Maxine said...: Wonderful progress Wendy, I love this design :); September 30, 2009 at 9:12 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.