I spent yesterday afternoon organising threads, then I found a 12" hoop to use, which is a perfect size, then I popped in those first few stitches. I've gathered the extra fabric together in hair bands to stop it getting inthe way.
I tested with, 3, 4, 5 & 6 strands of DMC threads, 6 strands gave me the perfect coverage.
I normally like to get all of my threads together at the start of a new project, but I dread to think how many skeins of yarn this will take, so I will be ordering them as I go, I will try to remember to keep track on here, so that when I am finished I will know how many I used.
At the start I have 85 skeins. But using 6 strands at a time, I think I will be ordering more within the next week
The chart is 25 pages & a total of a whopping 151,200 stitches, I will be trying to keep track of the number of stitches done as I work as well.
I'm guessing that this will take me probably a couple of years to finish, I am going to post pictures of my progress & updates as I go along, so please feel free to follow & watch this take shape.
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Hi Carrie!! I would like to ask about how many strands needed for 14 count (for the perfect coverage)?
ReplyDeleteI saw you are trying to make 18 count, but if I'm not mistaken you're using 6 over 2?
Thanks.
Hi Cassie, i've not tried 14ct with HAED yet, with other 14ct projects I would tend to use 2 strands, but as HAEDs need really good coverage (especially the darker ones) you might want to do a test patch on some spare fabric with 2 strands, then with three strands & see which you like best.
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