Our Friends' HAED SAL: St Nick in His Study

Sunday, March 21, 2010

St Nick in His Study

Hi everyone,
I've been away for awhile and just got finished drooling over the stunning HAED pics you have all posted on this blog. Simply beautiful! I've managed to get quite a bit done on St. Nick (yay) since the last time I posted. Love him! :)

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12 comments:

CathE said...: Wow, this is a stunning piece and you are doing a great job of it. Lots of progress well done.; March 21, 2010 at 2:49 AM
Valérie(french) said...: Wow.Wonderful progress !!; March 21, 2010 at 3:42 AM
Jan said...: Wow you really have done a lot. It is really beautiful.; March 21, 2010 at 7:11 AM
Sabine S. said...: Super progress!!!! It's such a warm piece. Nice job!
Sabine; March 21, 2010 at 10:53 PM
Sjoukje said...: It's really beautiful, well done!; March 22, 2010 at 4:56 AM
Anonymous said...: Great progress....now where is that peacock?!; March 22, 2010 at 5:09 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Awesome- such wonderful progress!; March 23, 2010 at 10:23 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: WOW Super progress , he is absolutely amazing , very very beautiful .....I love the warm colors; March 24, 2010 at 4:59 AM
Astrid said...: WOW ... stunning progres !!!!! beautiful done so far ...; March 24, 2010 at 6:54 AM
Joke said...: That's a magnific progress! Lovely work :); March 24, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Anonymous said...: Beautiful stitching!; March 27, 2010 at 7:22 PM
Anonymous said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; March 27, 2010 at 7:22 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.