Our Friends' HAED SAL: Fantasies of the Sea

Monday, March 15, 2010

Fantasies of the Sea

This is my month for Fantasies of the Seas and I finished page 13 last night while watching television. I love this piece more and more as I work on it.

Hopefully, I'll get a few rows done on page 14 before it's time to rotate.

Thanks for looking.

6 comments:

MarchAnn said...: Looks great Jan Love the colors.; March 15, 2010 at 4:30 PM
Marie said...: Hello Jan !
Congratulations for the page 13 ! The close up of this finished page is really beautiful. The colors are amazing, your work is captivating, and... I just love it !
I'm looking forward to see your page 14 emerging... It will be beautiful !

Happy stitching !; March 16, 2010 at 4:11 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: WOW what beautiful ,this colors are amazing !!I'm looking forward to see this grown!; March 16, 2010 at 4:52 AM
CathE said...: Wow, a beautiful piece of work.; March 17, 2010 at 11:54 AM
Sabine S. said...: I could get lost in this piece, so tranquil. Great stitching and hurry let's see some more before it goes out of rotation!!
Sabine; March 19, 2010 at 10:55 PM
Sjoukje said...: So this is page 13? Do you have a photo of everything you've already stitched too?; March 22, 2010 at 4:59 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.