Our Friends' HAED SAL: Faery Tales

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Faery Tales

WHO-HOOO!! Small happy dance going on here at my house tonight. I finished page 2 of 49 on Faery tales!! This one page took an entire skein of DMC 939. I am just curious on how much it will take to finish the whole project. Now I am trying to decide if I want to move to page 3 and stitch the Bean Stalk or I could move to page 10 (goes under page 1) to stitch Cinderella and her prince dancing. Decisions, Descisions.

10 comments:

sharine said...: That looks great.It does love the 939 across the sky but it's also on page 10 with it's friend 310 but cinderella was more fun to stitch than the beanstalk.
Cheers,Sharine; January 23, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Anonymous said...: Wow! Looks great!; January 23, 2010 at 8:52 PM
Joke said...: Well done! Stitching a whole skein of 939 isn't that easy!; January 24, 2010 at 3:42 AM
MarchAnn said...: Looks very good and you're doing a great job.
I would go with the page that has the most color after stitching all that 939.; January 24, 2010 at 6:53 AM
Yvonne said...: It looks really gorgeous!; January 24, 2010 at 8:15 AM
Anonymous said...: After stitching all that 939 I think I would stitch cinderella on page 1. I'll be watching for your next post to see what you decided to do. Well done on your happy dance.; January 24, 2010 at 10:59 AM
Bellatrix said...: Sky is allways somehow boring to stich. In my work The Encounter I didn't stitch first row first, I stitched two row at the same time, and I think it was right desicion.; January 24, 2010 at 10:58 PM
kerbear said...: YAY for you for completing page 2! Stitching a lot of the same color is never easy but it looks great!; January 26, 2010 at 3:24 PM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Great job.It looks gorgeous!; January 27, 2010 at 3:10 AM
Terri said...: Looks great. I love it.; February 4, 2010 at 1:48 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.