Stitching Over 1

Hi Guys,
I am working on a project that has a house in the design. The
windows are done in Scotch Stitch and the door is done over one. Now,
it's not done in the standard one line or row at a time but is done in a
needlepoint tent stitch! This way is sooooooo much easier than going
row by row as I have always done in the past! I was soooo excited with
the ease of the stitching that I just had to post and let all of you
know! I don't ever remember reading about anyone telling us to do it
this way -- for blocks of one color -- before! SOOOO much easier :-)!
CiaoMeow ^;;^
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Now I assume this is needlepoint, not on linen.

Do you mean the rows are worked diagonally? I tend to use the diagonal
tent (I always forget the proper stitch name) over the back and forth
stitch where I can in np regardless of the size of the area, because it
reduces warpage (is that a word?) and looks much smoother IMHO.

Dora

Tia Mary wrote:
Hi Guys,
I am working on a project that has a house in the design. The
windows are done in Scotch Stitch and the door is done over one. Now,
it's not done in the standard one line or row at a time but is done in a
needlepoint tent stitch! This way is sooooooo much easier than going
row by row as I have always done in the past! I was soooo excited with
the ease of the stitching that I just had to post and let all of you
know! I don't ever remember reading about anyone telling us to do it
this way -- for blocks of one color -- before! SOOOO much easier :-)!
CiaoMeow ^;;^
--
PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary

bungadora wrote:
Now I assume this is needlepoint, not on linen.

Do you mean the rows are worked diagonally? I tend to use the diagonal
tent (I always forget the proper stitch name) over the back and forth
stitch where I can in np regardless of the size of the area, because it
reduces warpage (is that a word?) and looks much smoother IMHO.

Dora

I AM talking about doing this on even weave fabric, not NP canvas!
The stitch is worked exactly the same as it is in NP and it makes
stitching over 1 MUCH easier! My only problem was that I was working
with a silk that was almost *exactly* the same color as the even weave
fabric :-)! CiaoMeow ^;;^
--
PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary

Oh. Well I suppose the same forces are at work in evenweave as in np
canvas. They both have horizontal/vertical threads, only the tendency
to warping isn't as marked as in np canvas. I wonder why. Hmm

IMHO most of the time when people do what is essentially a 'half-cross'
on even weave, they are usually doing an accent, rather than the
background or the focus of the picture. So that stitch isn't usually
used for large areas, although I've seen it used for shadows, or for a
watercolor effect.

So your poor old eyes were having a tough time of it? My sympathies. I
need to make a trip to the optometrist. Every time I see him he tells
me that next time I'm going to need new glasses, and I think he is
finally right.

House Doctor is on. Bye.
Dora
http://www.picturetrail.com/bungadora

I AM talking about doing this on even weave fabric, not NP canvas!
The stitch is worked exactly the same as it is in NP and it makes
stitching over 1 MUCH easier! My only problem was that I was working
with a silk that was almost *exactly* the same color as the even weave
fabric :-)! CiaoMeow ^;;^
--
PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary

bungadora wrote:
Oh. Well I suppose the same forces are at work in evenweave as in np
canvas. They both have horizontal/vertical threads, only the tendency
to warping isn't as marked as in np canvas. I wonder why. Hmm

IMHO most of the time when people do what is essentially a 'half-cross'
on even weave, they are usually doing an accent, rather than the
background or the focus of the picture. So that stitch isn't usually
used for large areas, although I've seen it used for shadows, or for a
watercolor effect.

So your poor old eyes were having a tough time of it? My sympathies. I
need to make a trip to the optometrist. Every time I see him he tells
me that next time I'm going to need new glasses, and I think he is
finally right.

House Doctor is on. Bye.
Dora
http://www.picturetrail.com/bungadora

You're right about using the half cross for more "ethereal" or airy
looking areas but that is when you are stitching 2 over 2. This is
solid 1 over 1 stitching and looks just like all of the other over 1
stitching I have done. It's just wayyy easier :-). As for my eyes,
when I stitch over 1 with fiber that is close to the same color of my
fabric, I forgo the magnification devices and even my specs! I do it
with the naked eye and my nose up close and personal -- LOL!! CiaoMeow
^;;^


--
PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary

I know I have used that method on silk gauze jewelry. I haven't tried
that for filling in large areas. It is much quicker and looks good as
long as you get the coverage you want.

Tia Mary wrote:
bungadora wrote:

Oh. Well I suppose the same forces are at work in evenweave as in np
canvas. They both have horizontal/vertical threads, only the tendency
to warping isn't as marked as in np canvas. I wonder why. Hmm

IMHO most of the time when people do what is essentially a 'half-cross'
on even weave, they are usually doing an accent, rather than the
background or the focus of the picture. So that stitch isn't usually
used for large areas, although I've seen it used for shadows, or for a
watercolor effect.

So your poor old eyes were having a tough time of it? My sympathies. I
need to make a trip to the optometrist. Every time I see him he tells
me that next time I'm going to need new glasses, and I think he is
finally right.

House Doctor is on. Bye.
Dora
http://www.picturetrail.com/bungadora


You're right about using the half cross for more "ethereal" or airy
looking areas but that is when you are stitching 2 over 2. This is
solid 1 over 1 stitching and looks just like all of the other over 1
stitching I have done. It's just wayyy easier :-). As for my eyes,
when I stitch over 1 with fiber that is close to the same color of my
fabric, I forgo the magnification devices and even my specs! I do it
with the naked eye and my nose up close and personal -- LOL!! CiaoMeow
^;;^



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Brenda
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