Our Friends' HAED SAL: Dante!

Monday, October 5, 2009

Dante!

Our son Dante is born! This morning at 6.08 hour, after a delivery which took 4 hours. We both feel well, Dante likes to drink and sleeps well after that. I'm hoping for a good night's rest, I sure can use it.

15 comments:

Louanne said...: Best wishes to you and your son!; October 5, 2009 at 1:49 PM
kerbear said...: Congratulations! I am so glad everything went well and you and your son are both doing great!; October 5, 2009 at 2:48 PM
Jan said...: Congratulations!; October 5, 2009 at 2:51 PM
MarchAnn said...: Congratulations to you and welcome Dante.; October 5, 2009 at 4:27 PM
jayne@~an eye for threads~ said...: oh what joy, Congratualtions to all.
be always in stitches; October 5, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Sabine S. said...: Welcome to the world, Dante!!! What a wonderful day indeed! Glad you are both well now on to enjoy your new baby.
Sabine; October 5, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Marie said...: Congratulations !!!
Dante is a wonderful name ! I'm glad that you both feel well and safe.
I wish you all the best !!; October 5, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Wendy said...: Congratulations!!

I'm so glad to read that everything went well!!; October 6, 2009 at 1:54 AM
Maxine said...: Big congratulations on the birth of your son :); October 6, 2009 at 4:11 AM
CathE said...: Congratulations.; October 6, 2009 at 8:19 AM
Astrid said...: Congratulations with Dante... Beautiful name for a beautiful son. You must ad a picture of him. I dont think cindy and wendy mind it...; October 6, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Cindy F. said...: CONGRATULATIONS SJOUKJE!!! We're so excited for you!! Please give Dante kisses and hugs from us all:) Such exciting news!!; October 6, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Carla said...: wonderful news!!!
congratulations to you and your family!; October 6, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Joke said...: That's wonderful news! Enjoy your son and be happy!; October 6, 2009 at 12:09 PM
~Rose said...: Congratulations! What a beautiful name. : ); October 7, 2009 at 2:50 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.