Our Friends' HAED SAL: Enchanted Flute Update

Friday, March 19, 2010

Enchanted Flute Update

I had a serious stitching slump over January and February which is why I've not posted for so long. I have been poping by to see what you are all upto and as usual the work has been fantastic.

Anyway, I have now found my stitchy mojo again and made some progress on Enchanted Flute. I have finished page 3 and am about a third of the way through page 4.

Did anybody else give in to the St Patricks day sale at HAED? I bought Dragonfly

My daughter has been wanting me to stitch this for her for quite a while now and I just gave in at the sale.

I'm sure I wasn't the only one, what did anybody else buy?

3 comments:

Sabine S. said...: I know about losing stitchy mojo...so glad you found yours! Your piece is incredible! Believe it or not, I didn't buy a single pattern during the sale. What is wrong with me????
Sabine; March 19, 2010 at 10:46 PM
Sjoukje said...: I bought 'The warmth of home' by Schim Schimmel. But I have to finish three other HAEDs first!; March 20, 2010 at 3:21 PM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: hahahaha I bought "Merlins oak" but am still working on 4 others and it is so slow!Dragonfly is a beauty ..good choice ! you made a great progress on Enchanted Flute !
Well done; March 24, 2010 at 5:10 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.