Our Friends' HAED SAL: Aurora's Garden and The Astronomer

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Aurora's Garden and The Astronomer

Hello my friends!

I think I have missed two updates, but I can say that I stitched for each Thursday SAL! Two weeks ago we added a new rescue dog to our family. He has some physical disabilities and the old dog needs to learn that after 7 years it is OK to not be the only child any more! Things are going well now.

This week I got a little more stitching done. It seems Aurora's Garden got more attention. As you can see, my floss traveled a bit! The brown is the beginning of her hair.

Wishing everyone a wonderful stitching week! It is so great to be a part of this blog and share in all of your accomplishments!

Sabine

7 comments:

Beck said...: I love that green! I really am proud of you for having your floss travel - after all, you're exploring her hair colour...what a good way to get to meet her! :-D; November 10, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Jan said...: Aurora is beautiful. I love those colors.
Yay! More Astronomer. You got quite a bit done. I need to pay attention to mine some more, but I have some smalls I need to stitch this week. Maybe this weekend.; November 10, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Anonymous said...: You are making wonderful progress, Sabine! Beautiful stitching :); November 10, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Lovely progress, Sabine!; November 11, 2009 at 1:17 PM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: a great progress on both and it looks great!; November 12, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Wendy said...: Oooh wow Sabine, that is a nice progress on both your projects!! Great job!; November 13, 2009 at 8:35 AM
Cindy F. said...: Oooh...so happy to see your beautiful updates!! I'm really enjoying their progresses!; November 13, 2009 at 12:54 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.