Our Friends' HAED SAL: Reintroducing Jolly Old Fellow

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Reintroducing Jolly Old Fellow

I'm sure you've all forgotten about me and my Santa. I haven't posted since June, as I've not been working on Jolly Old Fellow in that time. I had a break so I could stitch a Christmas project that I could actually hang this Christmas (L&L's Angel of Hope - she's at the framer now). Santa's back on my floor-frame now, and I will be stitching on him next week. I'll be starting back on page 8. I'm hoping to finish page 8 before Christmas.

12 comments:

Valérie(french) said...: Oh it's wonderful.I love it very much; October 24, 2009 at 4:38 AM
kerbear said...: Of course we remember you and I remember your Santa! Glad to hear you are going to be stitching on him again. I look forward to your updates!; October 24, 2009 at 6:15 AM
MarchAnn said...: Love the jolly old guy and hey you can leave the unfinished one out as Christmas to come.; October 24, 2009 at 6:30 AM
Sabine S. said...: I remember you both! Glad you're back with us!
Sabine; October 24, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Valerie L. said...: I tought about you last week, I remember you of course!
Glad to see you again here! And nice stitching!; October 24, 2009 at 6:22 PM
Wendy said...: This is such a wonderful design!! Very nice progress, can't wait to see more :); October 24, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Astrid said...: is his face the next page ??? I admire the detail!!!; October 25, 2009 at 7:00 AM
Marie said...: What a wonderful sky !!! The stars are bright and gorgeous, I love your work, it looks really beautiful !; October 25, 2009 at 12:26 PM
CathE said...: It looks great. Glad to hear he's being stitched on again and I look forward to watching your progress.; October 26, 2009 at 12:11 PM
anniecrosses said...: WOW, this is stunning, well done... I can't wait to see more!; October 26, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Nice progress!; October 26, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Cindy F. said...: Yay Elfie!! So good to see you posting Santa again! We've missed you!; October 27, 2009 at 10:00 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.