Our Friends' HAED SAL: TT A Pale Comparison as of 17th April 2011 by Gizzimomo

Sunday, April 17, 2011

TT A Pale Comparison as of 17th April 2011 by Gizzimomo

Hi Everyone,

Here's my progress on TT A Pale Comparison after a tricky page where I had to frog her forehead as the colour was totally wrong! I got there in the end though and here she is with just one page to go until she's finished!!

Close Up as of 17th April 2011

Progress so far as of 17th April 2011

I'm going back to Fairy Melody until I go into hospital on May 3rd and am hoping to get a couple of pages done! Also trying desperately to persuade DH to let me get four charts in the HAED sale (A Portrait of Ophelia (JBG), QS See A Butterfly (Kuik), QS Waiting (Kuik) and QS Getting Wild (Kuik) but he's not having it at the moment, got until the end of the day so fingers and toes crossed LOL!!!!

See you all soon,

Thea xxxx

http://gizzimomosstitchyplace.blogspot.com/

3 comments:

grannie said...: Looking great Thea! Good luck with twisting his arm ;-D; April 17, 2011 at 7:14 AM
demeter83 said...: It looks brilliant. I have to admit that I've caved and bought a couple in the sale, including my first QS and JB-G, so I'm quite excited; April 17, 2011 at 10:49 AM
Unknown said...: DH caved and I got my charts..... woohoooo!!!; April 19, 2011 at 11:20 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.