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

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Vibrant Vista and Call of the Raven

Refering to the title of this post, it is the other way around. Call of the Raven has been my main stitching these past weeks. I want to finish the stitching to the left border, so she gets a little bit more attention.

October 25th

October 31th

Vibrant Vista has some progress too, I finished page three, so all I have to do to complete the first row is to finish page two LOL.

October 17th

October 31th

7 comments:

Jan said...: Congrats on finishing page 3. Both pieces are looking great.; October 31, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Carolyn NC said...: They're both wonderful, Joke!; October 31, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Astrid said...: beautiful work done, both of them !!; October 31, 2009 at 11:34 PM
MarchAnn said...: Two are once and both of them great works.; November 1, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Cindy F. said...: Both are amazing!! Good job Joke!; November 1, 2009 at 9:47 AM
Marie said...: Joke... you know that Vibrant Vista has a special place in my heart...
Nevertheless, Call of the Raven has beautiful colors too and your work on it is amazing ! It's like a storm of colors all around the lady... Wonderful !!!

I wish you a very good week, full of joy Joke...

Hugs,

Marie.; November 1, 2009 at 10:55 PM
kerbear said...: Both look amazing! :); November 2, 2009 at 2:58 PM

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.