Our Friends' HAED SAL: Our Thursday SAL

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Our Thursday SAL

Hi my stitching friends,

It just reminds me that it is already thursday again. Even I'm already stitching on my HAED, I just forgot it is already thursday and our SAL today.

On Tuesday I finally started a new HAED "Santa Claus at the North Pole". So I'm in today with this one. I'm glad I started it and enjoy stitching on this one. I have already done 500 stitches, but I will stitch on this one for the rest of the week. On Sunday I will show you my new start.
Probably next week I will stitch again on "Land of Enchantment". I'm planning to stitch one week on one HAED, and the next week I'll go to the other HAED. By doing this I will keep having progresses on both of them :)

Wishing you all a wonderful stitching day, and a very lovely weekend.

This weekend it is Saint Nicolas here in Belgium. This is something totally different then Santa Claus and has nothing to do with Christmas either. It will be a fun weekend for the kids. They have to put their shoe at the fireplace and put in a carrot or apple for the horse of Saint Nicolas. When they will wake up on Sunday, they will receive some nice presents and ofcourse some chocolate :) I have been brave this year as well, won't he bring me some nice stitching stuff :)

Hugs,
Wendy

6 comments:

http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Wendy gosh, I'm looking forward to see your new start "Santa Claus at the north pole", it's such a beautiful design! I change every week, this week is snow white and the next week to another! Sunday was also St Nicolas than the grandchildren come to visit and see what the saint brought with Grandma and Grandpa, I am going to continue to work on snow white because it's Thursday!
Enjoy the stitch evening !; December 3, 2009 at 9:33 AM
Sabine S. said...: I'm in with the restart of The Astronomer. I really like the new fabric color.

We celebrate Nicolas Tag in Germany as well, but we leave the shoes outside the front door. Here in Texas you may get a surprise other than chocolate if you do that. My son is too old (and his shoes are too big!)but you're right, maybe he would leave something for me?!

Will be thinking about you all today!!!
Sabine; December 3, 2009 at 9:57 AM
Yvonne said...: Yes, i've been stitching this morning but need to finish the whole row before I can post as it will look really weird.

We celebrate Skt Nikolaus here too :0)); December 3, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Annie Bee said...: I am hoping to put some stitches in Leaf today. Notice I said hoping.; December 3, 2009 at 11:31 AM
kerbear said...: I will be stitching tonight too. I haven't been able to stitch much lately with the holiday here last week and family was in town so I'm a bit behind but definitely looking forward to getting back into the hang of things!; December 3, 2009 at 12:11 PM
Marie said...: Wendy, I wish you a very good start on "Santa and the North Pole" !!!
I look forward to see your first stitches !!; December 3, 2009 at 11:03 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.