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Friday, September 30, 2011

Be Mine Always Page 3

Hello everyone!
Again I haven't posted in a while, but I finally finished another page on one of my HAED projects ^^

tent stitches over 28ct Evenweave

I started this around christmas 2009 and am still not very far. But slowly it's getting bigger and bigger. I'm nearly 23000 stitches in now.

I'll try to post more often now that my stitching bug decided to sting me again.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Long overdue update!

Hi everyone!
I'm sorry I haven't updated in ages, but I didn't stitch for about 6 months.

Finally I picked up a needle again and finished page 5 of Fly Me To The Moon by Josephine Wall. It is a beautiful piece, but this is still going to take me a lifetime to finish ^^;;

Close up of page 5:

Only one and a half pages and I've finished the first row! I already started page 6 and also want to work on my second HAED piece "Be Mine Always" by Adele Sessler"

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

I'm sorry I haven't posted in a long while. I moved from Japan back to Germany and everything of my stitching things was in the mail for months.
I haven't worked on Be Mine Always for some time but I'm really in the mood for stitching now (because it's getting so cold outside)

I'm in the mood for christmas and really want to start "Oh Kitten Tree" but I'm not sure if I want another HAED WIP. How many WIPs do you have at one time?

(Thank you for letting me stay in this community even though I couldn't post for a long time! I love it here)

Friday, July 16, 2010

My first Post

Hello everyone!
I'm sorry it took me so long to make my first post but I wasn't really stitching lately (shame on me!)
My motivation came back and I want you to show how my current HAED looks like before I continue it.

It's Be Mine Always by Adele Sessler

Friday, October 23, 2009

Buddy introduction

Hello everyone!

thanks to the Buddy programm I can finally take part in this wonderful community instaed of just looking at all the wonderful pictures everyone is posting. Thank you very much!
My name is Anna and I'm currently working on two HAEDs.

The first one is Fly Me To The Moon by Josephine Wall. I started this in february this year and it is 1 over 1 on 25 ct Lugana

The second one is Bunch of Love QS by Ching-Chou Kuik. I work this on 18 ct pre-gridded Aida and started it some weeks ago but only work on it for one week in a month.

I hope to finish the 4th page of Fly Me To The Moon soon! It's such an enjoyable piece!

Thank you for looking!!~

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.