Our Friends' HAED SAL: Faery Tales -Vickie

Monday, January 4, 2010

Faery Tales -Vickie

Wow...It has been a LONG time since I posted here. I have set a goal to try and finish this HAED project this year. It is 49 pages long and I am only on page 2. I am going to try and work on it. We will see what happens. I have been keeeping up with everyone's projects and they are just beautiful!! Great Work Everyone!!!!

8 comments:

Annie Bee said...: Vicki that is looking wonderful. I hope you can finishing this off this year.; January 4, 2010 at 10:28 PM
Silvia said...: Es un hae que siempre me ha encantado, animo para acabarlo; January 5, 2010 at 12:42 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: It looks very nice, I'm looking forward to see it grow!; January 5, 2010 at 5:00 AM
kerbear said...: This is coming along great and wouldn't that be great if you could finish before the year is over. I will be here rooting you on!!; January 5, 2010 at 8:38 AM
Sabine S. said...: I'll be cheering you on towards great progress and hopefully a finish this year!!
Sabine; January 5, 2010 at 3:35 PM
Beatrice said...: Good luck...it's looking good so far!; January 5, 2010 at 8:42 PM
Joke said...: Wow Vickie, that would be great, if finished this year! I love your stitching and great progress!; January 6, 2010 at 8:43 AM
Bellatrix said...: Great progress Vickie! Can't wate to see more!; January 6, 2010 at 10:28 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.