Our Friends' HAED SAL: A finish and a new start

Saturday, January 2, 2010

A finish and a new start

Happy New Year everyone!!

I finished 2009 with a HAED finish and started the 2010 with a new project: SK Dragon Luck. Last year was my first year stitching HAE designs and I managed to finish two quick stitches in my first year, not bad at all, right!

Here's QS Dark Cherry that was stitched on 25ct Antique White Jobelan, 1x1 full stitches. I used HDF B5200 silk thread instead of the Kreinik and my total stitching time was aprox. 235 hours.

And this is my progress on SK Dragon Luck, my new year start :)

~Carla

5 comments:

Annie Bee said...: congratulations on your finish she looks gorgeous and a great start on your SK.; January 2, 2010 at 11:03 PM
Sabine S. said...: WOW! Congrats! She is stunning! I saw a lot of Dark Cherry WIPs this year, but far fewer finishes ;-) Two your first year is amazing to me.
Sabine; January 2, 2010 at 11:30 PM
Silvia said...: Te ha kedado precioso; January 3, 2010 at 1:06 AM
Joke said...: Dark Cherry looks wonderful and this is a pretty good start!; January 4, 2010 at 9:10 AM
kerbear said...: Wow dark cherry came out terrific and you have made amazing progress already on Dragon Luck! I am sure you will have more finishes this year at this rate!; January 5, 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.