Our Friends' HAED SAL: Wrath

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Wrath

This is the first picture of my restart of Wrath. It's stitched on 25ct Lugana with tent stitches. The coverage isn't that great comparing with 28ct (which was my first experiment), but I don't care. Now I enjoy stitching again, instead of getting tired and annoyed.

There are the first page and more than a half of the second one, her hair is really confetti-heavy so it's taking lots of time.

3 comments:

Claire said...: It's looking good.; November 14, 2010 at 11:11 AM
Sara said...: Don't worry about the coverage. The important is that you're enjoying it. And it's looking great, so probably you'll be the only one noticing it ;); November 14, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Terri said...: Looks great. I have this chart and want to get the rest of them. Will do that for my xmas present lol :) Will watch your progress intently; November 17, 2010 at 9:24 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.