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Monday, November 2, 2009

Wrath - Page 3 Complete!

Hi everyone! Not sure how I did this, but I finished page 3 in only 10 days. It had a lot of color changes again but I think I am just enjoying stitching this so much that I've been finding myself stitching for a couple hours every night before bed. On the bottom of the page you can see some of her forehead and even part of her eyebrow! I got all excited when the picture jumped out at me...so now I am onto page 4!

Here's where I was last time:

And this is after page 3 was completed:

And this is a close up of page 3:

Look forward to everyone's updates this week!!

~~Kerri~~

14 comments:

Valérie(french) said...: Waouhhh it's wonderful, I love it very much; November 2, 2009 at 6:17 AM
Beck said...: Kerri, you have made amazing progress...congratulations!; November 2, 2009 at 6:46 AM
Marie said...: The colors are amazing !!! This fire has beautiful colors, and the top of her head let see a beautiful face coming... I'm very excited to see your next update ! And congratulations for your page 3 !! You have stitched so fast... and the result is wonderful !

Happy week !; November 2, 2009 at 7:55 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Nice progress!; November 2, 2009 at 8:48 AM
~Rose said...: That looks awesome - congrats!!; November 2, 2009 at 9:48 AM
sharine said...: wow it looks great it makes me want to put down my current project and start this one; November 2, 2009 at 11:41 AM
CathE said...: Wow, such speedy work. She's looking great.; November 2, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Jan said...: Yay! Congrats on the page finish. The colors on this are incredible and boy howdy are you zooming on this.; November 2, 2009 at 3:51 PM
Sabine S. said...: WOW! That is super fantastic progress!I can't wait for her face to appear.
Sabine; November 2, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Lonneke said...: Fantastic! Your needle must be smoking! It looks awesome! I love all the oranges. They really stand out against all the dark.
Keep up the good work!:-); November 3, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Wendy said...: Wow!! That is a huge progress and I really love those colors! Can't wait to see more :); November 3, 2009 at 4:22 AM
TammyK said...: Wow, you made a lot of progress. It's looking great!; November 3, 2009 at 10:13 AM
beth said...: She's stitching up beautifully! and so fast! Can't wait to see her face.; November 6, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Cindy F. said...: OH WOW!! This is very exciting!! Good job girl!; November 10, 2009 at 9:00 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.