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Monday, January 16, 2012

College of Magical Knowledge - Page 5!

Hey all,

I finished a 5th page of College of Magical Knowledge this morning.

It is stitched on 25 count antique white Evenweave, 1 over 1 with DMC.

Current date of hopeful, but not very likely completion (and framing)
is Christmas of this year, but we'll see how I do.

Thanks for looking and happy stitching!
Ewa

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: very pretty, how long have you been working on it?; January 17, 2012 at 5:46 AM
Alison said...: looking beautiful !; January 17, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Ewa said...: Thank you! I started this in February of 2010 - but I put it down after 100 stitches and didn't touch it again until about March of 2011. So I'll just say that's when I started it. I didn't grid for the first three pages and gridded the last two I did and I find it a huge help in my progress and stitching speed :); January 17, 2012 at 10:29 AM
megan_bright said...: This looks great! Keep up the good work :D; January 17, 2012 at 10:07 PM
Astrid said...: When this is finished you can be very proud of youreself. its gonna be great.; January 28, 2012 at 3:01 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.