Our Friends' HAED SAL: Cheryl's update: The Waiting (Schim Schimmel)

Monday, January 10, 2011

Cheryl's update: The Waiting (Schim Schimmel) - FINISHED!

After 1 year, 5 months and 10 days, I have completed 'The Waiting'! It's been a lot of work! Of course I don't do cross stitch to finish it, I do it because I love doing cross stitch so I felt a bit deflated after finishing it last night. But this morning I feel good about it. When I first started I never thought I would finish so it's such an achievement for me. I have never completed something so detailed and big before! HAED's are really addictive and I am just waiting for materials to arrive for the next one...

Cheers

Cheryl

http://haedxstitch.blogspot.com

25 comments:

The Chief's Chef said...: I'm just subscribing to comments so I don't miss anybody! LOL

Cheers

Cheryl; January 10, 2011 at 12:35 PM
Marihun said...: OMG, Cheryl, it's beautiful! Simply amazing! And you've finished it pretty fast! Congratulations! :D; January 10, 2011 at 12:37 PM
demeter83 said...: Oh wow, it looks brilliant, congratulations!; January 10, 2011 at 12:41 PM
KiKi said...: Beautiful! Congratulations! I've finished 2 small HAED's before and have several large WIPs. I can't imagine what it is going to feel like when I finish a big one!; January 10, 2011 at 1:16 PM
Geek-Stitch said...: Gratz, Cheryl! It looks gorgeous! I hope to be in your shoes one day... in the future... soon... -ish... The day is just over the horizon... Hmmm... I'd better do some stitching...; January 10, 2011 at 1:17 PM
Marianela said...: I have enjoyed watching all the photos os your WIP, and the finished work is fantastic! Congratulations; January 10, 2011 at 1:34 PM
Mel said...: Wow! Congrats. :); January 10, 2011 at 2:05 PM
CathE said...: Congratulations! It's amazing.; January 10, 2011 at 2:18 PM
Jan said...: I've watched this grow over the last year and I have to say it is fantastic. Congratulations on the finish. What's next?; January 10, 2011 at 2:31 PM
The Chief's Chef said...: If you look at my blog http://haedxstitch.blogspot.com you can see on the second post what I'm doing next.

Thanks for the lovely comments!; January 10, 2011 at 3:50 PM
Nina said...: Wow, congratulations!; January 10, 2011 at 9:52 PM
karmen said...: Congratulations, it's really wonderful.
Now, to start another one.
Karmen; January 11, 2011 at 1:22 AM
grannie said...: Congratulations on a wonderful finish! I am totally in awe! Fantastic :-); January 11, 2011 at 1:49 AM
Vani said...: Wow, what an accomplishment!!!! Do you work on one project at a time? Congrats on such a beautiful job!!!; January 11, 2011 at 5:27 AM
Lisa said...: Congratulations!! It's absolutely beautiful, and I'm so impressed to see the finished product.; January 11, 2011 at 5:33 AM
The Chief's Chef said...: Yes I work on one project at a time. Thanks for all the lovely comments!; January 11, 2011 at 7:44 AM
Astrid said...: Congratulations !!!! stunning !!; January 11, 2011 at 10:38 AM
Wendy said...: Beautiful! You can be very proud of this piece of work. Do you have a next project in mind?; January 11, 2011 at 11:08 AM
Ali O'Donnell said...: Congratulations!! It is truly stunning =D; January 11, 2011 at 11:59 AM
Victoria said...: Lovely well done and congratulations on your finish.; January 11, 2011 at 2:13 PM
The Chief's Chef said...: If you click on the link to my blog at the end of the above post and look at the second post on my blog, you can see a picture of what I am doing next...; January 11, 2011 at 4:40 PM
Sabine S. said...: Congratulations on your finish! It was a long road, but with each update you made great progress and now you're finished! Way to hang in there!!!!!
Sabine; January 11, 2011 at 4:42 PM
Unknown said...: Absolutely stunning work, really beautiful. You should be extremely proud of yourself and your work....... congratulations!!!; January 12, 2011 at 5:24 AM
Céline said...: OMG, it look so beautiful!!! What a work!!! Congratulations!!!; January 12, 2011 at 7:54 AM
kerbear said...: WOW totally amazing..and I even remember when you restarted this after already finishing like 12 pages. I was thinking you were crazy but wow you totally amaze me by finishing this and it looks awesome!; January 19, 2011 at 1:37 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.