Our Friends' HAED SAL: Lil Blue Fairy Cat

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Monday, May 11, 2009

Lil' Blue Fairy Cat - Carrie Hawks - Finished!

After 16,050 stitches, and almost 2 years, I'd like to introduce Lil' Blue!

Stats:
Started AUG 2007, Completed MAY 10, 2009.
28 ct. Cashel Linen - White Opalescent - Zweigart,
DMC floss, Petite Treasure Braid - PB10, stitched 1 X 1 full cross.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Progress from the UFO/SWIP SAL

Here's Lil' Blue! I can taste a finish!!!

Artwork Carrie Hawks. Started AUG 2007. 28 ct. Cashel Linen - White Opalescent - Zweigart, DMC floss, stitched 1 X 1

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

SWIP Progress

After many long weeks of having nothing to share on the stitching front, I finally got a few hours in! For the SWIP weekend SAL I chose Lil'Blue Fairy Cat - Carrie Hawks.

Here's my before:

Here he is after the SAL:

It's a fun stitch and I don't have a whole lot to go (in HAED standards) for a finish. I may just continue on with this little cutie pie!

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Thanks for inviting me Cindy and Wendy! My name is Louanne, CrazyForCrossStitch in cyber space. I’m married for 13 years this October. No children except for 3 furbabies, Sky, Storm, and Simon – 2 Persians and 1 Domestic Longhair (which makes for a lot of cat hair in my stitching!) I live in Northern New Jersey, USA. About 40 minutes south of NYC. Believe it or not, this is horse country! I’m practically across the street from several (race) horse farms.

Shelia Wolk is the artist that caused me to find HAED in July of 2005 and I admit: I am an HAED addict! It’s a shame that HAED no longer charts her work.

The first HAED I completed was QS Wizard of Oz - Gustafson

Then ACEO Best Friends - Harrison

My current wips are:
Goblin Tree - Ravenscroft

Dark Cherry - Kuik

Lil Blue Fairy Cat - Hawks,

Curly Tailed Rosy - Rodrigue

and Bewitched - Koukiotis (this last one is in Vikki's silks)

I look forward to sharing my stitching with you all and watching your stitching and stash grow!

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.