Our Friends' HAED SAL: Goldilocks on 2009-10-04

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Goldilocks on 2009-10-04

Bonjour Everyone!

Here are my results of the last two weeks (or three?) work.

Before:

After:

For my part, I'm having a big cold... So I'll return in front of the TV with a nice hot herb tea... My husband and I are listening to the entire Six Feet Under series (again, for the fourth times). If you've never seen that before, you HAVE TO, it's so good!
And you all probably know that it's so good to stitch in front of the TV on a cold autumn night...

Good bye!

9 comments:

Anita H said...: Nice progress, such an adorable pic. I'm right with you stitching in front of the TV. We're watching the entire XFiles series, never watched it before. And my late night stitching is in front of Stargate SG1.
Anita; October 4, 2009 at 3:43 PM
MarchAnn said...: Wow that looks great, beautiful piece.
Isn't it great to stitch and watch a whole series.; October 4, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Sabine S. said...: Glad to see your update again! You are progressing nicely! I too love to listen to the TV and stitch. Now if only we'd get a cool, or even cold, night. Oh, and hot chocolate, but far away from the stitching.
Sabine; October 4, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Yvonne said...: She is so adorable!!; October 5, 2009 at 1:32 AM
CathE said...: Lovely work. We're working our way through Battle Star Galactica at the moment.; October 5, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Great progress!; October 5, 2009 at 12:10 PM
kerbear said...: You have done soooo much and it looks great! I always stitch in front of the tv and my OH always asks me how I do that..I tell him I am a good listener..lol!; October 5, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Wendy said...: Wow! Valerie, your needles must be smoking! This one is coming along so nicely!; October 6, 2009 at 1:56 AM
Cindy F. said...: Beautiful progress Valerie!! I hope you get over that nasty cold soon!

4th time seeing a series?? It must really be good!; October 6, 2009 at 10:09 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.