Our Friends' HAED SAL: Maxine's Dragon Riders Update

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Maxine's Dragon Riders Update

I'm a bit late putting up my progress, have a bad cold so I've not felt like being on the computer but as you probably know by now it's not stopped me stitching lol.
Here's my before pic...

Here's my after pic...

still not at the half page finish so I'm going to keep on with it :)

Thanks for reading and commenting and keep up the great work :)

Maxine (So Much Stash - Sew Little Time my blog)

11 comments:

Cindy F. said...: WOW!!! I'm so sorry you're not feeling well...you sure can't tell it by your stitching progress!
GET WELL MAXINE!! Sending you healing (((HUGS)))!!!; October 27, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Lovely work, Maxine!; October 27, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Astrid said...: Beautiful I love it and the progress is fab...; October 27, 2009 at 12:17 PM
kerbear said...: Gorgeous as usual! I hope you are feeling better!; October 27, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Anonymous said...: Beautiful Maxine! I hope you feel better soon!; October 27, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Marleen said...: That is some great progress! Looks great so far!
take good care of yourself, hope you feeling better!; October 28, 2009 at 12:51 AM
Wendy said...: Very nice progress!! You have done a lot of stitching :); October 28, 2009 at 5:19 AM
Claire said...: WOW - you are super speedy!!

Hugs Claire x; October 28, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Yvonne said...: Hope you recover from your bad flu soon. Dragon Riders is gorgeous!; October 28, 2009 at 8:35 PM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: oooohhh WOW very, very nice progress, beautiful stitching !; October 29, 2009 at 4:52 AM
CathE said...: Beautiful progress. Hope you're feeling better soon.; October 30, 2009 at 3:08 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.