Our Friends' HAED SAL: The Encounter update by Bellatrix

Saturday, October 10, 2009

The Encounter update by Bellatrix

Hello all!
I haven't been updating here for long time. Sorry about that. First our camera was broken and then my mother-in-low was in eye-operation, witch didn't went very well, so we lived whit her couple weeks, she don't have computer - I haven't eaven had chance to check out your progresses.

My encounter is progressing slowly. Two pages - and then second row is finished. I must say, that I'm quite bored to stitch those mountains, only blue , blue blue, grey, grey, grey. So I bought new design. Astronomer - yes me too! Haven't started it jet, but I have fabric and threads now -so soon it begin:-)

From now on I update every week agin, so see you soon!

And great progresses for all of you!

Bellatrix / ingrid

7 comments:

Valérie (french) said...: The colors and the design is very beautiful.Congratulations; October 10, 2009 at 8:05 AM
Marie said...: Oh my God.... WONDERFUL !!!!
Really, your work is just amazing. The details are so beautiful, I'm totally there when I look at your mountains !
It's maybe a little bit boring for you to sticth the blue and the grey, but, believe me, the result..wow...!! SO BEAUTIFUL...

It's nice to see you again !
Have a great week !!; October 10, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Astrid said...: it is so gorgeous !!!!!
everything is better than all the black I am into !!
And the Astronomer... goed choice !!; October 10, 2009 at 8:23 AM
CathE said...: It's beautiful. Don't give up on those mountains, they are very impressive.; October 10, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Sabine S. said...: I know that telling you the mountains are breathtaking won't make you any less bored! So join us in The Astronomer and when you get bored of the black,come back to the blues and grays!Good to hear from you again.
Sabine; October 10, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Jan said...: Welcome back! I know what you mean about blues. I had that with Fantasies of the Seas. Now it's the black in the Astronomer. Come on and join us! We are having a great time stitching on it.; October 10, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Cindy F. said...: We've miss you friend!! So sorry to hear about your mother-in-law's eye surger. Hope she is feeling much better now.

Your Encounter is GORGEOUS!!! Beautiful stitching Ingrid! The mountains may be a pain to stitch, but they are incredible!!; October 14, 2009 at 10:40 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.