Our Friends' HAED SAL: A Little Bit of Everything

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

A Little Bit of Everything

Hello all my stitching friends!!!

Even though I have not updated in a while, I have been stitching, a little on this, a little on that. Just call me schizostitcher!

I spent a week experimenting with tent stitching. I stitched the same 100 stitch block on different counts of fabric and with different numbers of strands of floss, only to decide I did not like any of them! It is definately faster, but I can see the "slant" and will never be happy with it.

I was very good and did not buy any new charts during the last two sales!!!! I pulled a new one out of my stash. Here is Rhyme and Reason by James Christensen. This is the center panel, starting in the lower left corner. Not much to see yet, except the special appearance by my dear friend # 310!!!!

I also pulled out a freebie, QS Fairy Tales by Selina Fenech, that I started a while back, but tossed aside in frustration. I love the color of the fabric and therefor had to make peace with stitching on 28 ct. The stitches look like little bumps, but I'm getting over it. But the fabric is giving me a headache! It's like stitching on wet gauze, constantly pulling out of shape at the slightest touch. The fibers vary greatly in thickness and thinness, with some closer together and others further apart. My biggest problem? Look at those light stitches just to the left of the red. They're a mess! No matter how carefully I place them, they look horrible! Any ideas how to fix this?

Hope everyone has a great week!
Sabine

5 comments:

Marie said...: Sabine,

I'm glad to see your post !

Concerning Fairy Tales, I must say that I don't the mess you are talking about... I'm only seeing a beautiful start, and the light stitches are as neat as the others !
I'm sorry for your headache about the fabric... nevertheless, I love its color !

And Rhyme and Reason... Wowww...
Amazing choice ! It will be gorgeous... It's a design so full of details, so beautiful !
Believe me, I will be happy everytime you will show us an update of it !
Congratulations for your start !

I wish you a very happy stitching !

Marie.; May 27, 2010 at 11:07 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Congrats with you new start , it looks very nice , from here i see no problem ....I'm sure it is very beautiful !!; May 28, 2010 at 3:43 AM
Astrid said...: wow Christensen is one of my favorit artist !!! gorgeous piece you picked out; May 29, 2010 at 1:47 PM
Ali said...: I have also bought the "Rhyme and Reason" pattern, to be started after I finished "Twig the Fairy".
I am curious, are you stitching Ryhme
and Reason on 1 solid piece of cloth or on 3 pieces? I am not sure I can buy a single piece of material large enough to accommodate the entire chart! I hope you posts up dated pictures! I am VERY curious to see your progress!
Cheers, Ali; March 26, 2011 at 6:59 AM
Ali said...: Is there any hope that you will post an up dated picture of Ryhme and Reason? Are you stitching it as a solid picture or with the 3 divisions as shown in the pattern?; November 7, 2011 at 7:41 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.