Our Friends' HAED SAL: The Encounter update by Bellatrix

Friday, January 15, 2010

The Encounter update by Bellatrix

Hello all! I've been stitching mostly The Encounter last few weeks. But still - there is lots of sky and mountains left. I think it takes couple months to finish second row. It's quite boring to stitch only blue colours so I'm really waiting the time when sky ends and dragon begins:-)

Someone maybe remembers, that this is my first HAED and I started it march 2009 so it seems like it took me half year to finish one row. So my goal is finish second row before march.

Here Is my progress

Oh - I also have news witch I want to share whit you all. We are expecting a new family member at June - yes I'm pregnant again!

Have a nice weekend!

7 comments:

Sadie said...: Beautiful stitching progress!
Congratulations on your happy news :-); January 15, 2010 at 1:09 AM
Anonymous said...: Congratulations you must be very excited. Good progress on your stitching - one colour can be boring but at least it stitches up quickly :) Sheila; January 15, 2010 at 5:01 AM
Maureen said...: congratulations! Hope you are bothing keeping well.

Even though it must get a bit tedious with a lot of blue it does look stunning..; January 15, 2010 at 5:03 AM
Terri said...: Wow Bellatrix this is absolutely stunning. I love it.; January 15, 2010 at 5:25 PM
sharine said...: Hang in there with the blue it's looking really good.Congratulations on your news! I'm due the 7th of June; January 15, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Anne said...: Congratulations for the baby. I know you must be excited. Your work is lovely.; January 16, 2010 at 2:14 PM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: WOW !!!!!! What a wonderful news, congratulations on your pregnancy and you made a great progress in your "Encounter" it looks great!; January 18, 2010 at 8:42 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.