Our Friends' HAED SAL: Getting reading for 2011 - Fairy Sisters and Sweet Selena

Friday, December 3, 2010

Getting reading for 2011 - Fairy Sisters and Sweet Selena

I am getting ready for 2011's stitching and in anticipating have gotten two new HAED patterns to be alternates to my main stitching of Fairy Tales.

Here is where I am with the maiden of Fairy Tales so far - I was very bad. This is more than a year's stitching:

And this is what she will look like - someday . . . hopefully. . .

And I just have to share the very pretty SWEET SELENA - I can't wait to start her!! She has 90 colours and I am waiting for the first page's colours to be delivered before I can put the first stitches in.

And the Fairy Sisters is my last alternate.

These are the projects that I am going to concentrate on in 2011. What about you guys?
Chriz’s stitchy blog

7 comments:

Ali O'Donnell said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; December 3, 2010 at 10:37 AM
Ali O'Donnell said...: Very nice progress and choices!; December 3, 2010 at 10:37 AM
Rincón del Punto de Cruz said...: It's coming along nice.
It is a good start.
I love "The Fairy Sisters"
Happy weekend.; December 3, 2010 at 10:41 AM
demeter83 said...: Fairy Tales looks lovely, I've got het but havent plucked up the courage to start her yet!; December 3, 2010 at 11:13 AM
Amanda said...: How many colors is Fairy Sisters? I've been looking for something with less than 30 colors.; December 4, 2010 at 11:10 AM
Unknown said...: Hi Amanda - Fairy Sister has only 15 colours which is a bonus for me after the 90 colours of Selena :)
Chriz’s stitchy blog; December 4, 2010 at 10:34 PM
grannie said...: Lovely choices and great work on Fairy Tales :-); December 8, 2010 at 8:41 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.