Our Friends' HAED SAL: Kim's Dragon Rider

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Kim's Dragon Rider

As usual I'm starting by thanking Susan for putting my update up for me, thank you Susan!

Here's my progress on Dragon Rider, and I'm quite happy with it because I managed to get all the confetti done on my first page of it, and that was a lot of confetti so it's a lovely feeling so see the end of that, on this page at least. You don't want to see the back of this, it's awful. I'm hoping the large area of one colour will help to cover all the trailing threads, at least a bit. I was really disappointed with this page because it didn't really look like anything, but when I looked at the photo I actually started to see the picture developing where I hadn't seen it on the stitching, I guess because I'm always sat so close to it. If you're not sure what the blue, black and green smush you're looking at is, allow me to explain. It's the light shining through the trees, you can just about make out branches and stuff appearing, and the sky is pretty self explanatory. There's also a little brown splodge to the top right of the photo, that will be the beginning of the dragon's wing

Dragon Rider by Randal Spangler, stitched 1 over 1 in full crosses on 25 count evenweave.

Happy stitching everyone, loving seeing your updates

Kim (www.kim-demeter83.blogspot.com)

2 comments:

Cindy in MA said...: Nice work. I love Spanglers work. I am stitching 5 of his right now & have alot more on my wish list. I adore the little dragons.

http://flossjunkie.blogspot.com; May 8, 2011 at 11:04 AM
grannie said...: fantastic progress! well done :-)

ps you wouldn't want to see the back of my HAEDs either lol!; May 12, 2011 at 6:50 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.