Our Friends' HAED SAL: Cats (14/1/10)

Friday, January 15, 2010

Cats (14/1/10)

Here is my progress for week 2 of Cats which I restarted this year. I tend to make working copies of 6 blocks of 100 stitches per A4 sheet and I find this works well for me as the symbols are then quite large and easy to follow plus I feel a little achievement as I move onto the next page. There are 8000 stitches to each page and so far I have stitched up 3000 stitches so it is also an quick way of keeping check on my progress. There are 99,900 stitches in the chart so a long long way to go but a little picture is already starting to emerge.

Next week I will go back to stitching my QS White Cat for a while as I really want her finished soon.

Keep up the good work and happy stitching :)

2 comments:

Lonneke said...: That looks good. You've a lot of progress. It's nice to know how much progress you've made. I find it really encouraging.; January 15, 2010 at 1:11 PM
Terri said...: Looks great.; January 15, 2010 at 5:38 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.