Our Friends' HAED SAL: Ewa's Update

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Ewa's Update

Greetings, all! My name is Ewa and I'm a stitcher from California. I
would like to thank Louanne for being my buddy and thus enabling me to
be a part of the SAL! Thanks so much, Louanne! I've been looking at
the blog for some time and I absolutely love watching everyone's
pictures progress. They're absolutely gorgeous.

Currently I'm working on two HAED pieces, though I plan on starting
two more shortly.

The first is 'Dark Queen' by Jessica Galbreth, stitched on 25 count
Lugana, 2 over 1, full cross. I started her back in 2009 but she has
never been a focus piece so I don't have much done on her. Currently
about halfway through page 2 - a total of 11,990 stitches done so far.

The second is 'College of Magical Knowledge" by James Christensen,
stitched on 25 count DMC Evenweave, 1 over 1, full cross. This one I
started in February of 2010, did about 100 stitches, and put it away
until just about three weeks ago when I really got going. I'd like to
give this one to my parents for Christmas, but not sure how realistic
that is since, apart from the sky, it's basically all confetti.
Currently I have one full page done.

Thanks for looking and happy stitching, everyone! I'm very glad to be
able to be a part of the SAL.

-Ewa

3 comments:

Karen said...: Hi Ewa your pieces are beautiful specially College of magical knowledge, that was the first HAED that I bought, hope you can show us more of your beautiful work ;); March 20, 2011 at 11:02 AM
sarams1987a said...: verry nics :)

Mvg Sarah; March 20, 2011 at 11:09 AM
Magali said...: "College of magical knowledge" is one of my favourite HAED designs !! That would be a wonderful gift for your parents. I can't wait to see more of your projects. Good luck !; March 21, 2011 at 1:20 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.