Our Friends' HAED SAL: Mystery and Madonna

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Mystery and Madonna

Well ladys, after finishing the Firefly time fore new stuff. The Mystery project !!!!! 3700 stitches in 310 (black as you all know) Guess !!!! (hint) an other name for it is "Dog of the king in yellow"

And some days were spend into the Madonna. below the tree there is some grass and ground to see.....

13 comments:

Wendy said...: Wow Astrid! Those are really some wonderful progresses!; September 10, 2009 at 6:14 AM
Joke said...: Astrid, how beautiful (I mean Madonna lol) Is your mystery Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt?; September 10, 2009 at 7:24 AM
Sabine S. said...: Eighty eight colors in your mystery piece and I bet 70 of them are shades of #310! You two will be good friends before you're done stitching the Sifter!I always like it when a piece has a "history". I had no idea about this one.

But I do want to know how you can have 3 large HAED WIPs and make so much progress?!?
Sabine; September 10, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Astrid said...: Hahaha Sabine you are so good !!! What did you brought up the idea ?? I am always a dumb with glues.......; September 10, 2009 at 8:45 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: OOOHHHH that Madonna is so beautiful and so nice progress, you've certainly turbo needles!; September 10, 2009 at 9:27 AM
Carolyn NC said...: You go girl!! Such beautiful progress and I love the Madonna's face. :); September 10, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Sabine S. said...: Astrid,
This one was easy! "Dog" got my interest, so I typed it in as a search term on HAED. Three patterns came up, one with a black corner, but didn't look like anything with a dog. Searched with the term yellow, and the same pattern came up. Hhhmm? Searched with king, and viola, same pattern! None of the three looked like they had anything to do with dog, yellow, or king so I had to take a peek!

I bought The Astronomer this morning, will print it out on the way to work. Fabric is ordered. Yippeee!
Sabine; September 10, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Astrid said...: Yes Sabine... i did make it to easy. But because I am dutch and the explenation below the chart was heavy. We (hub and I) read it and get intriegt bij the meaning of the Sifter. We never heard of it. I have to make it. So dark so full of history.We surched the whole internet or we can find more of it. I had to give a hint like "horse" ore something.much more hits......... haha welll next time.... We can work togheter on the astronomer... I want to know if somebody of the other 98 ladys have bought it !!!!; September 10, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Sabine S. said...: I like the darkness and history behind it too, but it would be too depressing for me right now. I need colors, but I'll be watching your progress!

Yes Astrid, we can have a SAL within our SAL! Do I get a 2 year head start??? Kidding! Anyone else??? Come on ladies...it's on sale!
Sabine; September 10, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Jan said...: I confess. I bought Astonomer the first day it appeared. Haven't kitted it yet because I want to reach my goal on Contemplating the System.
The Sifter, very dark, but interesting. I almost bought it too, but didn't think I would every really stitch it. I'll be watching yours Astrid.; September 10, 2009 at 2:30 PM
Astrid said...: well Jan we are with 3 already......Astronomer is so beautiful. whit detail....; September 11, 2009 at 3:42 AM
Cindy F. said...: Great new start...no idea what it can be. Need to see more..lol!

Your Madonna is so beautiful! Good job Astrid!; September 11, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Anonymous said...: Astrid, wonderful progress on both of your HAEDs!; September 11, 2009 at 11:16 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.