Dancing With The Cat (HAED) - WIP

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Dancing With The Cat (HAED) - WIP

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I have become friends with the lady who owns the local Needleworks shop and I gave her a $50 gift certificate that I won for Bingo. In return for that, she gave me a free HAED chart :D It is called Dancing With The Cat, artwork by Sandra Kuck (Chart No: HAESAK 106).

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(Chart from http://heavenandearthdesigns.com/)

I've got the fabric (25ct something-or-other Linen) which the shop owner was nice enough to surge for me around the sides... Apparently surge is the fancy word for it, which I just learned! :doh: And I have 6 new needles solely for this project.

Instead of doing it all crazy stupid like I did with my other WIP, I'm going to do it page by page like recommended because my Midnight Grave one is driving me nuts now :P Going to try and rotate which one I'm working on, not sure if I'm going to do page rotation and bi-weekly. Still have to buy all the threads and possibly a second Q-Snap.

Question: Which do you guys prefer for HAEDs? Tent stitch or cross stitch?

09/20/2010
School has started so I haven't been able to work on much. I made a copy of the first page of the chart, cut it into 6 parts and so far has finished 1/6 of the first page and a bit. Also have the image gridded so I can see what each page should look like.

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Gorgeous design :D Very sweet :D look forward to seeing this come to life xx
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Very beautiful design!! :wub:
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Lovely design..as for tent or crosses, it's totally a personal preference. For some reason, not doing the whole cross just seems wrong to me. Not sure why, probably my OCD tendencies. I would suggest doing a little test on a piece of the fabric with tent and crosses with different number of threads and see which you like best.
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kerbear879 wrote:Lovely design..as for tent or crosses, it's totally a personal preference. For some reason, not doing the whole cross just seems wrong to me.
Agreed! It's called cross stitching, not half cross stitching :P I think I'm going to do full crosses, but if anyone does tent stitches, lemme know about your experience!
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Although my HAED project has been on indefinite hold for some time :( , I am using the tent style stitching on it and love the coverage--working it up on 25 count aida using two threads :)
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Gorgeous design and I just LOVE HAED!!!

Same for me I'm afraid. Have done a couple of designs in tent stitch and from a distance, you can't really tell the difference, but I don't get the complete satisfaction of the 'neat' stitches and complete coverage you get from full stitches :-)
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Lovely design, looking forward to watching this one
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i felt the same about the tent vs cross stitch but when i started my HAED. i did the first 200 in crosses but found it too bulky and couldnt tell wether i crossed or not, so I started in tent. so now i do them in tent, as i have a sorta OCD and wil only stitch in even number strands as i start with the loop start :lol:


gorgeous HAED though :wub: :wub:
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Lovely design! Looking forward to watching it develop! :)
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What a cute design :wub: I can't wait to see your progress on this :)
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That is really an adorable pattern. I know many use the tent stitch but I just feel like I am cheating and not really cross stitching if i use them for the full picture. I do like half stitches for the background of pictures though. Just a personal preferance. :roll:
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Does anyone have any comparison photos of the two stitches? Don't know what I want to do now! :doh:
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Sorry I can't help with your stitch query (I only ever do full crosses .... and can't see well enough to work on 25ct!!) I had to say how much I LOVE the design!! Being rather cat mad (understatement of the decade!!) I just gasped with delight when I saw that wee kitten!! :wub:

Looking forward to your updates!! :D
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If I start anothe HAED anytime soon I plan on using tent stitch.. just to see how I like it...A lot of HAED stitches on here use the tent stitch and I can't even really tell the difference when they show progress pics
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That's a beautiful design. There are some lovely colours in it :)
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Beautiful design! :wub: can't wait to see your progress!
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I think I'll test on the fabric before I start... xstitch with 1 thread, 2 thread, and then tent with 2 threads. I'll probably still be confused :P
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I had planned on testing an area of my fabric to see if I want to use one or two strands. I will be stitching mine on white 25ct and there is a lot of black so I want to make sure I like the coverage. I recommend the testing so you are happy with the outcome of your work. good luck this is a cute picture
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This is a lovely design, the kitten is so cute and the little girl is adorable. :D I only use full cross stitch on my own HAEDS, but is down to personal choice in the end :)
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