Our Friends' HAED SAL: The wizard of Oz

Monday, September 21, 2009

The wizard of Oz

I finished page 5 of The wizard of Oz and I still like this piece of work. The colours are amazing, the photo doesn't really do justice to this stitching.I started the yellow brick road, so that's a big difference in colour. And please don't think this is boring stitching, because yellow has about twenty variations in colour!

At the moment I'm busy with Impossible Love. That's really diffent stitching and I like the variation. When I've finished page 3 of the piece I will show a photo again.

Stitching becomes more and more complicated. It's difficult to sit in a way that doesn't hurt. My belly is becoming really big, the pregnancy is now almost 38 weeks far, so I'm really curious to when the baby decides to come! And I'm tired of course, but that's a good excuse to do nothing else but stitching!

13 comments:

Astrid said...: Sjoukje..... realy almost done with your belly !!!! :) I am so happy for you... and curious what it would be !!!! The yellow brick road has to wait i think several weeks to compleet. because babys take a lot of your time !!!; September 21, 2009 at 8:04 AM
Sabine S. said...: The Wizard looks wonderful, you have a whole "scene" already! Is it for the baby's room? I saw the pic of Leap Froggie hanging in the baby's room and it looks perfect. Glad you chose the blue/green frame. I don't know id Pooh and Paddington are for your baby, but if so he/she already has a room full of treasures! Can't wait for its arrival. Hang in there!
Sabine; September 21, 2009 at 8:30 AM
CathE said...: Baby will be here before you know it!

Your stitching looks wonderful. There is so much detail in it already.; September 21, 2009 at 8:53 AM
Cindy F. said...: Bless your heart!! You really are getting so close to your big day:)

Congrats on finishing page 5!! Your Wizard piece is amazing!! Absolutely beautiful work!!; September 21, 2009 at 9:26 AM
Joke said...: That's so exciting! I hope everything goes weel and you give birth to a perfect little baby :) Your stitching is great, in spite of your belly LOL; September 21, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Jan said...: Not too much longer and your little one will be here.

Your stitching looks good too! LOL!; September 21, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Wendy said...: Oooh love the design, very nice progress!!

Can't wait to see the baby come too. I'm looking forward to see a picture of your baby ;); September 21, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Yvonne said...: Beautiful wip! Please let us know when the baby arrives!!

Yvonne; September 22, 2009 at 10:46 AM
MarchAnn said...: This looks wonderful, and will look great in a babies room. Good luck and enjoy; September 22, 2009 at 3:51 PM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: I love this, the colors are so beautiful, super nice progress ... good luck with the baby and am curious!; September 23, 2009 at 3:48 AM
Valerie L. said...: Wow 38 weeks!! I think you'll see your baby very very soon!
Your work is completely amazing! Will you decorate your baby's room with it?; September 23, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Sjoukje said...: Hi! Thanks for all the comments, it's really nice to hear something back!
This piece isn't meant for the baby room, because it will take me too long to finish it. Baby won't be a baby then, I guess! But Leap froggie is indeed hanging in the baby room and the little piece with the ABC of Winnie the Pooh as well. For my son (Quintijn, just turned 2 years old) I stitched Noah's Sub, which is quite big as well. And after that I fortunately discovered HAED!

I'm really curious to my baby and of course I will let you know when it is born!

Bye, Sjoukje; September 24, 2009 at 2:26 AM
Carolyn NC said...: I love your Wizard of Oz! And good luck with the delivery; please keep us posted when you can!; September 24, 2009 at 11:31 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.