Our Friends' HAED SAL: Cindy's St. Nick Update!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Cindy's St. Nick Update!

I thought this day would never get here..lol!!! I FINISHED MY 2ND PAGE!!!! WOOHOO!!!
That bottom left corner was a doozy;)
I started on those last 1200 stitches last Thursday's SAL and hoped to post before now, but I really wanted to finish that page!! Boy! Does that feel good:)

Can't wait to see everyone's progress updates! Hope you're all having some FUN stitching time!

(((HUGS)))
Cindy F.

11 comments:

Jan said...: Congrats on the page finish. This is really looking good.; October 8, 2009 at 7:05 PM
Sabine S. said...: So that's why you were holding out, to finish the page! Happy dancing with you!!!! Woohoo and yee haw!
Sabine; October 8, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Marie said...: Congratulation ! It's a so good feeling when we finish a page, isn't it ?! Your work looks beautiful. The owl, the globe...everything so perfect and enchanting !

Happy stitching !; October 8, 2009 at 11:09 PM
Maxine said...: Great work Cindy :); October 9, 2009 at 5:14 AM
CathE said...: It's looking great. Congratulations on the page finish, that is such a great feeling.; October 9, 2009 at 6:31 AM
Carla said...: that's awesome, Cindy! Keep up the good work =); October 9, 2009 at 8:52 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Woohoo - WTG!; October 9, 2009 at 9:26 AM
MarchAnn said...: Another page down and how many more to go :-)

Looks great and I love the colors in this piece.; October 9, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Wendy said...: Woohoo!! Congrats Cindy on finishing your 2nd page!!

Can't wait to see you start a new page ;) Great work.; October 10, 2009 at 5:04 AM
Astrid said...: always love to finish a page to. it gives so much good vibes to move along......beautiful.; October 10, 2009 at 7:03 AM
Beck said...: That is so cool to have finished another page - that one sure looks like it has a lot of colour changes, for certain! You are such an inspiration to be so far...thank you!; October 10, 2009 at 11:53 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.