Our Friends' HAED SAL: Jolly Old Fellow

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Jolly Old Fellow

I am pleased to be working again on Jolly Old Fellow, after a 6 month 'rest'. I'm about a quarter of the way through page 8 now, and fairly confident that I will finish page 8 before the end of 2009. I've done the page 8 sky, so I'll be leaving alone the blues (not my favourite colour to stitch) and stitching with the reds, pinks, creams and whites of Santa's hat for the rest of page 8.

8 comments:

Wendy said...: Oooh I'm glad I see this one again, I love this design and you sure did some nice progress on it :); November 26, 2009 at 4:43 AM
Yvonne said...: I love this fellow. The colours are so rich and they are so lovely!; November 26, 2009 at 5:43 AM
Sabine S. said...: Welcome back! It's a great time of year to pull Santa out! Have fun again.
Sabine; November 26, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Annie Bee said...: He is looking gorgeous. I love this piece.; November 26, 2009 at 2:14 PM
Anonymous said...: Beautiful stitching!; November 26, 2009 at 5:14 PM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: This is so beautiful, glad you're back and I started looking forward to the face of Santa Claus; November 27, 2009 at 3:33 AM
Joke said...: Good to see yyou again with this cute Santa. Next Christmas it can hang on your wall!; November 27, 2009 at 7:33 AM
Cindy F. said...: So happy to see the Jolly Old Fellow again! It doesn't seem like it's been 6 months, but can sure understand the need for a break! Beautiful progress Lynn!; December 1, 2009 at 11:26 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.