Our Friends' HAED SAL: Whats??? Not one but two more????

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Whats??? Not one but two more????

Oh my goodness, I think I have a problem... yesterday I finally finished of "The Fortunate Traveller" which is a TWD and being that I have set a date to begin my "Northern Tranquility" I found myself trying to decide which one of the "Gitmedonenext's" I would pick up. Well, without hesitation I picked up
Oh my goodness, I think I have a problem... yesterday I finally finished of "The Fortunate Traveller" which is a TWD and being that I have set a date to begin my "Northern Tranquility" I found myself trying to decide which one of the "Gitmedonenext's" I would pick up. Well, without hesitation I picked up "My Little Darling" you know that is really named "XMAS" by Sandra Kuck. No problem filling in a square or two,,,no problem at all...Well no problem until I hopped on the email which just happened to have not one but two awesome HAEDS... Now these will hit my pile faster than I can start the darn Northern Tranquility.

Oh man, what's a girl to do???

this is The General by Bob Byerley

and this one is Jackpot by Bob Byerley.

Way to go BOB....lol

Got any Loons up your sleeve???

lol

These are just beautiful and man I wish I could stitch faster... Oh well for the rest of the month or until Stitchers Row comes in I will diligently stitch away at "Xmas"

and post a pic at the end of the month or possibly sooner.

As always...

Be always in stitches

Jayne

woooooops

6 comments:

sharine said...: Do both! I actually brought jackpot on the day it was released( hangs head in shame)
Cheers,Sharine; May 18, 2010 at 1:38 PM
jayne@~an eye for threads~ said...: ps... I ORDERED THESE TODAY IN THE LARGE VERSION OF COURSE...
Be always in stitches ...I know I will!; May 18, 2010 at 4:06 PM
Sabine S. said...: The only thing a girl can do is to give in!!!! (Deep sigh...)
Sabine; May 18, 2010 at 11:10 PM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Both are stunning! I know the feeling I wish a could stitch faster to !Go for it girl .....:); May 19, 2010 at 4:04 AM
Shari said...: oh my goodness....why oh why did I open this blog?!?!?!!?! These 2 are stunning! I want to do BOTH of them!!!
I am already doing Little Drummer Boy. I have also purchased 2 of the House Mouse designs & 2 others...not sure what they are called. These 2 scream at me thou!!!!!!; May 27, 2010 at 11:42 AM
Ali said...: ROTFL!!! I thought I had an addiction, well, I KNOW I do BUT I am not alone!!!!! so I feel better about it! So having 5 HAED charts bought and NONE of them started is an okay thing....right......YIKES; March 26, 2011 at 7:11 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.