Our Friends' HAED SAL: Beauty and the Beast

Monday, May 17, 2010

Beauty and the Beast

Hello everybody !

Beauty and the Beast... You remember maybe that I already showed you a picture of my start. It was last december I think. But then, there has been a correction on the chart, and the new one was not the same as what I had began to stitch. That's why I stopped it.

But now...

I'm proud to present you the start of the brand new Beauty and the Beast, from Scott Gustafson.
It's a honor for me to work on a design which has been painted with so much care and talent, and charted with a great skilfulness.
Every stitch is a delight. Every minute spent on this journey is a gift.

Here is a picture of my first update, after one week stitching on it :

I hope that things goes well for everyone, and if it's not the case, I hope that stitching is the perfect way to fly to something better...

Thank you all,

Happy Stitching !!!

Marie.

4 comments:

Jan said...: Great start Marie. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this one.; May 17, 2010 at 4:05 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Wow! great start ... it is a beautiful pattern!I'm looking forward to see more!; May 18, 2010 at 2:21 AM
Sabine S. said...: I was thinking about this one the other day when you posted the update on Helping Hand. I'm glad to see you're back with it! And you already have two candles to show!!!! Fantastic! Looking forward to the next update.
Sabine; May 18, 2010 at 11:17 PM
MarchAnn said...: Wow Marie, that is great for a week of stitching, you keep this up and you'll be finished in no time. Nice job.; May 20, 2010 at 3:50 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.