Cats! Cat #3 finished, pics updated 3/29/12

[Pengwenn]

This coming along quick for a UFO. I'm sure it won't stay one for long.

[burgundyice]

This is looking great and to me the coverage looks fine, what count is the fabric? I know we're always critical of our own work but from a distance, like when it's finished and framed! the white bits won't be so noticeable

Louise

[carolynbb]

Hi Louise, it's 14 count Aida. I've been doing 3 over 1 on it (full cross stitch) for my wedding photo project and I love the coverage there, so I'm sort of surprised that 6 over 1 with tent stitch shows so much through. Ah well!

[koko]

This looks absolutely amazing so far! I think the coverage looks good in the photos!

[Lessa54]

It looks great As others have said, I think the coverage looks fine too.

[Heva]

That is fantastic work. I love it that you are doing your cats, they are gonna be fab uniqur work of art. I hope your kitty is feeling a little better and it is nothing serious!!

[rachdun]

You're doing great work - I just love your cats

[katiebeth]

This is quite a challenge - must be hard stitching so much in dark colours. I have a couple of questions: what programme do you use to create patterns? There are a few terms I don't understand ('scuse my ignorance): what is confetti and what is a tent stitch?

[carolynbb]

I hope your kitty is feeling a little better and it is nothing serious!!

Thanks! Unfortunately, he has chronic renal failure. He is feeling somewhat better (we think!) after being diagnosed and getting medication -- we give him injections of fluids every other day and that seems to have perked him up a bit. He won't recover from it, sadly, but he's 14 years old and the meds seem to be holding back the inevitable for the time being (the vet thinks he could conceivably live a couple more years in relative comfort).

[Jilly]

I love this one..such a 'real' cat well done

[Lizzy]

I think the coverage is great and its looking lovely

[carolynbb]

This is quite a challenge - must be hard stitching so much in dark colours. I have a couple of questions: what programme do you use to create patterns? There are a few terms I don't understand ('scuse my ignorance): what is confetti and what is a tent stitch?

The program is called "Stitchtastic" for the Mac. I really like it so far; this is my third project using the software and I think it does a great job. There are many more options if you're running Windows but I certainly can't complain about Stitchtastic!

Confetti is when you have one stitch of one color, then one stitch of another color, etc etc. Basically, little dots of color instead of a nice long neat and tidy line. The more confetti there is, the harder it is to look neat and tidy (at least for me!) because you have to either run the thread along big sections of the back until you get to the next place that color is used, or you have to cut the thread and tuck the end under the very small section you just did.

Tent stitch (also called continental stitch) is essentially a half of a cross stitch (instead of an X, it's just a / ). There's a slight difference between a tent stitch and what's called a half stitch though. Since it's 3am here -- dang insomnia again -- I'll cheat and post a link to an explanation instead of trying to explain it coherently myself:

http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~rtusler/stit ... itches.htm" target="_blank" target="_blank

Man, I hope that made sense, I probably shouldn't try to explain things in the middle of the night.

[carolynbb]

Here's a kitty update!



I ran out of 3799 last night, oops! Luckily I have some time after work today to pick up some more.

[koko]

He looks beautiful!!!

[Rose]

He looks great!!!!

[karen4bells]

What a fabulously realistic picture!! Great work!!

[~threadbear~]

It's looking really good!

[rachdun]

Looks good so far

[Lessa54]

Lovely

[Lizzy]

It looks great