Our Friends' HAED SAL: Wrath - Page 2 Complete!

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Wrath - Page 2 Complete!

Hi everyone! Well I finally finished page 2 last night! I was making record speed on this until I hit that piece of her hair and then it was about 45 different color changes and it felt like I was just stitching 1 or 2 stitches and then having to switch colors. I also noticed that the dark purple I used in part of page 1 is slightly different in shade (meaning the dye lot is different) than the purple used in the rest of page 1 and in page 2. It's noticeable but not horrible looking.. I decided to go ahead and leave it for now since it is just background and in the grand scheme of things, it probably won't be too terribly noticeable. You can kinda see it in the picture...

Anyways, here's where I was last time:

And this is after finishing page 2:

Hope you are all doing great and always looking forward to all of your updates!

~~Kerri~~

13 comments:

Valérie(french) said...: I love the colors !!; October 22, 2009 at 6:22 AM
Teipu said...: This is extremly amazing! I love her hair~; October 22, 2009 at 7:00 AM
Sabine S. said...: That's an insane amount of progress! How do you do it, even with the hair?!!!! It is looking awesome!
Sabine; October 22, 2009 at 7:46 AM
Marie said...: I was thinking about your work yesterday, and wow... !!! I'm so glad to see your progress. Beautiful colors ! Her hair looks like fire ! It's really wonderful, keep up your work even if it's sometimes difficult with switching colors, because it really worth it !

Have a nice day !!; October 22, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Astrid said...: oooo wauw its beautiful already !!!!; October 22, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Anonymous said...: I can't believe how fast you are going, it's awesome! I love seeing your progress pics. Any tips for snail speed stitchers like me? lol..; October 22, 2009 at 9:53 AM
CathE said...: Fantastic progress. Your needle must be smoking!; October 22, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Cindy F. said...: Goodness girl!! That's a lot of stitches!! Beautiful progress!; October 22, 2009 at 11:40 AM
kerbear said...: Thanks everyone!! You know what's really funny..my OH thinks I stitch slow and I keep telling him that I am actually stitching really fast lately. Normally I never get this much done but I was sick with bronchitis for the past 2 weeks and really haven't been up for doing anything but stitching. It'll probably slow down soon since I plan on starting up my normal workout schedule again and unfortunately that eats into my stitching time!; October 22, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Anonymous said...: Wonderful progress! Congratulations on finishing page 2!; October 22, 2009 at 4:08 PM
sharine said...: wow the colours are amazing; October 22, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Jan said...: Whew! That is an amazing amount of stitching. I can't wait to see more.; October 22, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Lonneke said...: awesome!; October 24, 2009 at 12:56 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.