Our Friends' HAED SAL: Our Thursday SAL

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Our Thursday SAL

Hi my friends,

Who is ready for our Thursday SAL ? I'm in for sure and I'm looking forward to it.

I will be stitching on "Land of Enchantment". I would love to start something new. Maybe after I finished my page on "Land of Enchantment" I can start a new HAED. After finishing pages I can switch between those 2 HAED's. I have 6 WIP's on the run and the box where I collect my WIP's was full. So no reason to start something new. But now I have put all my WIP's in a bigger box, so now I have plenty of room to start something new :) Is this a good excuse ?

Wishing you all a lovely stitching day and a very lovely weekend.

Hugs,
Wendy and Cindy F.

7 comments:

kerbear said...: Of course Wendy, that's a perfect excuse!

I'm stitching Wrath tonight..it's been snowing for 2 days straight so it's perfect weather to sit at home and just stitch!; October 29, 2009 at 6:05 AM
jayne@~an eye for threads~ said...: I love your theory. Bigger WIP box more room to start new projects. Welcome to my world and Be always in stitches.; October 29, 2009 at 6:33 AM
Beck said...: I highly recommend the bigger box theory! I am so enjoying seeing everyone's updates and will have my own later.

Hugs, Beck; October 29, 2009 at 7:42 AM
Joke said...: Clever girl!! I'm going to use the living room, pretending it to be a box LOL By the way, I kitted up Zen Duck AND Overdressed yet Enlightened and I keep drooling over them, which one do I start?; October 29, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Wendy said...: Well Joke, I should start them both ;)
That's a great idea to pretend the living room as a box :); October 29, 2009 at 12:34 PM
~Rose said...: I'm working on Land of Enchantment too! I just picked it back up a couple of days ago. Hoping to get page 3 finished soon.; October 29, 2009 at 2:07 PM
Beck said...: Cindy, did you get to stitch on Thursday? I'm probably looking right at your update...but you know how easily I get lost on the blog, lol!

Hope you're having a great week and thank you for posting my updates and also for you and Wendy making this my stitching home!

Hugs, Beck; November 2, 2009 at 6:51 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.