Our Friends' HAED SAL: Bliss finished!

Monday, December 27, 2010

Bliss finished!

Yeah! I finished QS Bliss in time for the end of the year. Now I have reached all my stitching goals for 2010.
She turned out really nice:

I am now stitching on QS Creativity from Lisa Victoria. That will be my focus piece for next year. I hope to finish her in 2011.

I hope you all had a good Christmas.

Happy stitching,

Lonneke

9 comments:

Ali O'Donnell said...: She is gorgeous! Congrats on finishing your yearly goals =); December 27, 2010 at 7:14 AM
Wendy said...: Congratulations! She looks very nice! Your new cross stitch project is very beautiful too.; December 27, 2010 at 7:47 AM
Pam said...: She's lovely, those wings are fantastic.; December 27, 2010 at 9:39 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Congratulations , i love it !She looks great !; December 27, 2010 at 10:20 AM
Magally said...: She is lovely ! Congratulations ! And good luck with your new project !; December 27, 2010 at 11:17 PM
Bec said...: Congratulations! It's always great to see a finished project. It looks great. Good luck with your next project. :); December 28, 2010 at 1:25 AM
Unknown said...: She looks beautiful.... well done you!!! Congratulations on the wonderful finish!!; December 29, 2010 at 7:53 AM
Sabine S. said...: She looks so dreamy! Wonderful finish and congrats also on meeting all your yearly goals! That's impressive!!!
Sabine; December 29, 2010 at 11:13 PM
grannie said...: She really is very beautiful! Congratulations on a great finish :-); December 30, 2010 at 5:36 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.