Our Friends' HAED SAL: JANUARY GIVE AWAY!

Sunday, January 31, 2010

JANUARY GIVE AWAY!

Marie wrote me and said she wanted to offer a giveaway for January!!! Winner of the drawing will win their choice of a chart from HAED (any chart, you choose). THANK YOU SO MUCH MARIE FOR THIS AWESOME SURPRISE!!!

To be eligible:
(1) must be a member OR a buddy
(2) must post progress pic anytime between 01/01 and 01/31
(3) must leave comment on THIS post

***RANDOM DRAWING WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 5TH, 2010!!!***

Good luck everyone:)

37 comments:

kerbear said...: Wow Marie! That is an awesome thing to do and of course I want to be a part of it! Thank you so much! :)
~Kerri~; January 5, 2010 at 12:29 PM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Super nice of you Marie and I'm like part of it!
Hugs Ingrid; January 5, 2010 at 1:07 PM
sharine said...: Thats's so nice.Please enter me as well.Cheers; January 5, 2010 at 2:05 PM
Sabine S. said...: What a great surprise and a wonderful way to start the new year! Thank you Marie, you are so generous! Please include me.
Sabine; January 5, 2010 at 3:23 PM
Jan said...: Marie! What a wonderful thing to do. Thank you so much.; January 5, 2010 at 3:42 PM
Beatrice said...: Wow that is very generous, Please count me in!
Thank you so much Marie!; January 5, 2010 at 8:40 PM
Terri said...: Thank you Marie for the generous offer. I'd love to be a part of this draw.; January 5, 2010 at 9:06 PM
Anonymous said...: Thank you. Such a generous offer!; January 5, 2010 at 11:27 PM
Valérie (french) said...: Many thanks.I would like to be a part of it; January 5, 2010 at 11:36 PM
Annie Bee said...: Thanks Marie for offering such a fabulous prize.; January 5, 2010 at 11:55 PM
Lisa said...: How generous of Marie to offer to do that, thanks to her and to you Louanne for taking over here so the blog could stay open.
I'd love to be entered please.; January 6, 2010 at 12:31 AM
Joke said...: How sweet of you, Marie, to give us all such an opportunity! Of course I like to be included in the drawing :); January 6, 2010 at 8:38 AM
Dancing With Pussycats said...: What a wonderful giveaway for the start of a new decade! Please count me in. Progress pic to follow next week!; January 6, 2010 at 9:09 AM
Silvia said...: ahy me encantaria participar, pero yo no pertenezco al blog porque estan cerradas las nuevas incripciones, una lastima suerte a las demas; January 6, 2010 at 9:38 AM
Marihun said...: Wow, Marie, that's really sweet of you! Thank you so much, I'd like to participate as well.; January 6, 2010 at 12:31 PM
Vickie said...: I would love to be entered!! Thanks so much; January 6, 2010 at 7:58 PM
The Chief's Chef said...: I'd love to be entered. I'm a buddy member and Joke is my buddy partner.

Cheers

Cheryl; January 7, 2010 at 3:11 AM
Srinity said...: I would also love to be entered! :); January 7, 2010 at 6:07 AM
Anne said...: I would love to included in this give away. Thanks to Marie for her gracious offer.; January 7, 2010 at 1:26 PM
Maxine said...: thanks for doing the giveway please put in for it will put update soon; January 8, 2010 at 12:43 AM
Anonymous said...: What a great give away: please add me to the list; January 8, 2010 at 8:24 AM
Joanne said...: Thanks Marie very kind of you, please add me to list.; January 8, 2010 at 9:36 AM
Astrid said...: Thank you very much Marie!!!! count me in !; January 9, 2010 at 6:04 AM
Anonymous said...: I'd love to join in - thank you Marie :) Sheila; January 9, 2010 at 6:13 AM
Solitary Raven said...: My haed is ready to stitch so Im signing up
I will post a pic when my camera battery is charged... I miss you all so much...
:) watch out for me I am back and needing it so so much :)
smiles
Laura; January 9, 2010 at 7:48 AM
maegwin4 said...: I'd love to enter. Posting pics shouldn't be a problem as I just started Mermaid of the Deep SK,worked on it all week-have some missing colors but made good progress. Going back to QS Citrine today so will do a before/after.; January 10, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Marleen said...: very nice! Will join also!; January 11, 2010 at 2:53 AM
Lonneke said...: Thanks Marie! Please count me in.; January 11, 2010 at 8:14 AM
Stitchers Oz said...: That is great! Please count me in on this great giveaway!; January 12, 2010 at 7:38 PM
Sadie said...: Thank you very much for such a wonderful prize. Please add my name to the draw.
Sadie x; January 13, 2010 at 6:18 AM
Bellatrix said...: Thanks Marie! Please count me in.; January 15, 2010 at 9:27 PM
Anonymous said...: Thanks Marie for the fantastic surprise, please add me to list.; January 21, 2010 at 11:46 AM
jayne@~an eye for threads~ said...: This is very kind of Marie and I would love to Thank Marie for her generosity.
Be always in stitches; January 27, 2010 at 5:36 AM
Kathy A. said...: What a lovely thing for Marie to do. Whew, I just posted yesterday.
Please add my name to the draw.
drewsgrands@hotmail.com; January 27, 2010 at 8:25 AM
Claire said...: What a wonderful and generous thing to do - please add my name for the drawing. Hugs Claire x; January 28, 2010 at 1:10 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Please enter me - this will give me the incentive to pull back out!; January 30, 2010 at 6:59 AM
beth said...: Thanks for your generosity, Marie! Please enter me.; January 31, 2010 at 6:57 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.