Our Friends' HAED SAL: When Will It End?

Thursday, October 15, 2009

When Will It End?

Never. I know that's the answer, so I am going to blame my friend Astrid!

Why? Because this morning I went to HAED to see the full picture of what her Dad is stitching (awesome, by the way, check out her blog). My browser refreshed to the new release page. See where this is going? I admit I was weak and scrolled down, but I still blame Astrid. Look what I found!!!! In greens with that medieval/Renaissance feel, my favorite!!!!

I am accepting donations so that I can stay home and just stitch! Work so gets in the way of the good things in life!
Sabine

8 comments:

Valérie(french) said...: I laugh a lot by reading your paper Sabine!
Stop sleeping and you can embroider it (lol); October 15, 2009 at 12:56 PM
kerbear said...: I couldn't agree more..work is such a pain! But I guess without it, I wouldn't be able to afford to buy all these charts :); October 15, 2009 at 1:20 PM
Jan said...: I have to admit, I bought two new charts myself - The Fablemaker and The Cauldron. Our two favorite designers.; October 15, 2009 at 5:11 PM
Valerie L. said...: pouhaha!! Sabine, you're so funny... I'll accept donation too! A life of stitching, wow... and I must say that I noticed this Christensen design, lovely!; October 15, 2009 at 5:50 PM
CathE said...: I completely agree about the work thing - unfortunatley a necessary evil.

Enjoy your new chart.; October 16, 2009 at 2:26 AM
Astrid said...: Well you have to blame somebody !!!!!!! its heavenly sereen an just like my other lady Isabella who I made. I must find this gorgeous green fabric somewere... O and I wanted to start Medusa..... Life is not faire !!!; October 16, 2009 at 3:50 AM
Unknown said...: This is a beautiful design! You are right, the green is beautiful!; October 17, 2009 at 12:57 AM
Cindy F. said...: Gorgeous design and love the greens!; October 18, 2009 at 8:35 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.