Our Friends' HAED SAL: Dragonfly and Curl Up With A Good Book Update

Monday, June 20, 2011

Dragonfly and Curl Up With A Good Book Update

It has been ages since I have updated my progress on here but I have been paying visits and seeing all the wonderful work everybody is doing.

Here is my update for Curl Up With a Good Book, SAL. Page 3 is complete and I'm waiting for page 4 to be released. I'm definatley hooked as I've signed up for the SK SAL as well. Not had a chance to start that yet though (probably just as well!).

And this how Dragonfly looks now. Nearly finished page 10. It goest to show how good the HAED charting is, as with the camera on auto it kept recognising the face and wanting to take a protrait shot!

And a close up of page 10.

9 comments:

Babs said...: it looks lovely, keep up the work; June 20, 2011 at 8:13 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: WOW !!! This is really beautiful, the face is so realistic !!; June 20, 2011 at 10:14 AM
grannie said...: Beautiful :-); June 20, 2011 at 11:54 AM
Magally said...: Beautiful !! I love the dragonfly chart ! The face looks stunning ! Keep up the good work !!; June 20, 2011 at 11:13 PM
mdgtjulie said...: Wow, that's gorgeous, Cath. I love how Dragonfly is turning out. They're both sooooo detailed!!; June 21, 2011 at 5:50 AM
Vani said...: Wow look at those lips! I would love to have lips like that !; June 21, 2011 at 11:53 AM
The Maiden said...: Your progress is enviable and your work beautiful!; June 22, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Mrs Macaw said...: Beautiful work! And so very neat!; June 24, 2011 at 12:51 PM
Anonymous said...: worderfull!!!

Are you stitching with 1 or 2 threads???; July 10, 2011 at 8:34 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.