Our Friends' HAED SAL: Wrath

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Wrath - 1st update

Hi everyone! As some of you may know, I was waiting for HAED to chart Marta Dahlig's seven deadly sins series and they put them out about a week and a half ago and of course I had to snag Wrath up right away and have made a pretty good dent in it so far. Here's a link to what it will look like:

http://www.heavenandearthdesigns.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=5088&zenid=88a985300db2772a8e34b54b44e16ac8

And this is where I am at so far which comes out to just under half a page. I am doing this on 18ct aida with 3 strands over 1. This picture came out a bit on the dark side. There is actually quite a lot of dark purple in this but page 1 is mostly background with large chunks of the same color so it's moving along really quickly!

Hope everyone else is well and look forward to all the updates this week!

~Kerri~

14 comments:

Wendy said...: oooh this is a nice start already!! Keep up the good work!; September 22, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Anonymous said...: Good start: I love these charts, had never heard of Marta Dahlig until HAED started to chart them; September 22, 2009 at 8:54 AM
Unknown said...: Oh wow, the 7 Deadly sins are all beautiful - on my wishlist for sure!! Great start!; September 22, 2009 at 11:07 AM
MarchAnn said...: You have made a great start on this project. I have been looking at one of these myself but I am not telling which one.; September 22, 2009 at 3:46 PM
Jan said...: Wrath is my favorite of these. You've got a great start there. I'll be watching this one.; September 22, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Sabine S. said...: Wrath is definately my favorite one. I think on many days I feel like this! Your start is great and you win the battle of the black!
Sabine; September 22, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Anonymous said...: i so want to start this one as well but can only ever work on 1 at a time so will have to wait; September 22, 2009 at 10:55 PM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: OOOHHHH WOW ..... what a nice start, I'm looking forward to seeing this grow!; September 23, 2009 at 3:42 AM
Cindy F. said...: This is a gorgeous design and you have made a great start!!; September 23, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Valerie L. said...: Quickly you said! Wow, you're so fast!; September 23, 2009 at 4:07 PM
CathE said...: What a great start. You're certainly motoring along.; September 24, 2009 at 1:27 AM
Maureen said...: Oh no wonder you wanted to get started on this - these are beautiful - i wouldn't know which one to start with. Can't wait to see your progress on this.; September 24, 2009 at 4:59 AM
kerbear said...: I am gonna have another update of this one very soon! It's highly addictive to stitch and as for choosing which one to do..well Wrath was my favorite but I've already bought Vanity and Envy too! I am sooo bad!; September 24, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Great start!; September 24, 2009 at 11:30 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.