Our Friends' HAED SAL: QS Dragon Soul

Saturday, December 4, 2010

QS Dragon Soul

Here is a pic of QS Dragon Soul. I couldn't get the camera to work so it is scanned. It is about 20 or 22% done here.

Anal Nathrac will be restarted when I get a new fabric. I didn't like the way it was working up.
For 2011 I'll be joining the Freebie SAL and hopefully have pics of that start up in Jan.

6 comments:

Sara said...: Nice work,
can I ask you something? do you have to stitch also on purples and blues? I'm asking because although the touch of spring that I'm stitching is also in black, white and grays, at least it's what I supposed by the picture I noticed I'm using several tones of purple and blue...
Thanks,; December 4, 2010 at 5:55 AM
Snowkj said...: Yes, I was surprised that there are a lot purples and blues. They really seem to make the shading work though.; December 4, 2010 at 8:25 AM
Sara said...: Yes it's true, in the beginning I thought it was strange an I was worried that it was because I had converted the colors from DMC to Anchor, but now when I see it from distance it's looking really good.; December 5, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Ali O'Donnell said...: Looks great!; December 7, 2010 at 3:58 AM
grannie said...: Looking really lovely :-); December 8, 2010 at 8:40 AM
Nancy said...: Looking great! I also have this one and Dragon Soul the entire piece that I want to get to this coming year.; December 15, 2010 at 5:44 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.