Our Friends' HAED SAL: My Thursday's SAL progress on St. Nick!

Saturday, September 26, 2009

My Thursday's SAL progress on St. Nick!

Finally! TV was so good Thursday night, I watched more than I stitched! I've missed St. Nick!

Today's my 1 year Blogaversary on my other blog and I'm having a giveaway if you'd like to enter! http://lonestarstitcherandherramblings.blogspot.com/

Guys, thanks for your patience while I worked through my "empty nest-again" syndrome! Even though son didn't live with us, he was only 4 hours away. Now he's 2200 miles and I'm trying to be a big girl! ..lol... Everyone's stitching is just so amazing! I'm proud of you all!! You make this blog a great place!! Thanks so much for being apart of it:)

BIG (((HUGS)))
Cindy F.

10 comments:

Shari said...: beautiful Cindy!!! It looks great!!!! I need to get back to my drummer boy! I told Wendy this coming week!!!; September 26, 2009 at 1:16 PM
Valerie L. said...: Bravo Cindy! Your St-Nick is beautiful, I love to read you... I hope that life will be easier for you now and even if your son is 2200miles away, he'll stay very close to your heart.
Happy stitchy week, I'll see your blog with a lot of interest :); September 26, 2009 at 2:53 PM
MarchAnn said...: ((Hugs)) to you too Cindy. I love the piece you are working on and it looks great.; September 26, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Sabine S. said...: Thursday night was a good TV night for me too! Ooops. Glad you found your mojo! I will enjoy your piece more and more as the holidays approach. I just can't stitch X-Mas ornies in July, you know?
Sabine; September 26, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Wendy said...: That is a very nice progress, Cindy!! You did a great job!
I know how you feel about your son, I would feel the exact same way ;)
But I'm sure he will do fine.
(((HUGS))); September 26, 2009 at 11:39 PM
CathE said...: I love this piece. Glad you're stitching again.; September 27, 2009 at 1:11 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: WOW what a nice progress Cindy, St Nick is such a beautiful pattern it already looks great!! Do not worry about your son, he is certainly okay, but it is understandable that he is very much in your mind, now he is so far from you!; September 27, 2009 at 11:40 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Looks fantastic, Cindy! While Thursday night was good (yep - I'm still irritated they moved The Mentalist, Tues. night is my all-time fav!; September 27, 2009 at 10:47 PM
kerbear said...: Woohoo! This looks awesome! I just finally watched all my Thursday tv shows (love that new Flash Forward..and of course CSI!); September 28, 2009 at 9:05 AM
Beck said...: And you're amazing! Glad you stitched even though you had empty nest - I'm getting my bars out tonight and sorting the colours this upcoming weekend on my restart on HAED in general - it's because of you and our other friends here - I can't quit now...I love y'all too much!; September 28, 2009 at 6:14 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.