Our Friends' HAED SAL: Vibrant Vista and Call of the Raven

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Vibrant Vista and Call of the Raven

There are quite a lot of new members and I wanted to welcome them! Great idea to work with the 'buddy system'. I have been following all of your progress and I love seeing all those different pictures. I'm sorry I haven't been able to give a comment on each of your postings, but I see and read them all!
Last weeks I have been stitching on Call of the Raven mostly, so I thought I might show the result on this. I haven't forgotten Vibrant Vista and I thought there wasn't any progress, but then I looked at my last update and I realized there is some progress on that too :)

5 comments:

Valérie(french) said...: It's so beautiful !!; October 11, 2009 at 7:02 AM
Sabine S. said...: It always amazes me how I feel that I've accomplished so little, but then when I step back or look at the pictures it's like Wow!, I did get something done. I love the vibrant colors in Raven!
Sabine; October 11, 2009 at 8:40 AM
marylin said...: Hello, I write you of FRANCE, I like very much your blog, your embroidery are magnificent!
Best regards of FRANCE, I hope to see you on my FRENCH blog!

http://poussy-stiches-my-love.over-blog.com; October 11, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Marie said...: Joke.... Dear Joke...
I was missing you...
Everytime I see your Vibrant Vista, I fall again in love with it... There is something so attractive in it...
Congratulations for all your work, it's a delight to see you here...

I wish you a wonderful week, with smiles in the autumn's air...; October 11, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Cindy F. said...: I always get excited seeing these two progress!! Beautiful stitching Joke!!; October 14, 2009 at 10:34 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.