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Thanks for that I look forward in anticipation to the page gridding. Page size is great and if you use foolscape I am not sure of the size but it should eliminate the two or three lines on another page. That maybe eliminated too it you make the pattern allowances wider to accommodate the few lines. Also I would love to see to be able to use 11 count aida as thats all I can see nowadays as I am loosing my sight to old age I have made my pattern 17 pages and now I just have to work out how to put together so it all flows.
you do great work here and I will be patient. Love the patternmaker and will be looking forward to the changes that you are making. Thank you.
Hi, I'm happy to help, but I'm not sure which technique you're using. Are you talking about loomwork? Or perhaps bead embroidery?
If the problem is that you're working with a loom and you can't fit all of the beads for a row on one needle, take a look at this video...this piece has over 100 beads in a row, and it looks to me like the beads for a row are threaded onto a long thread, then placed across the work and finally, anchored down to the loomwork in small groups, a few beads at a time from the looks of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdp7aJBmdDU
So if you're trying to loom bead, it looks to me as if you don't have to actually fit all of the beads in a row on your needle at once...you can add them with a long thread and anchor them onto the loomwork in small groups.
Please do clarify, as I'm guessing I'm totally wrong here! I've only done off-loom techniques, so if this is about loomwork, I can't claim to be a big expert. While I do own a very, very old loom, I've never had the opportunity to use it
, as off-loom techniques have
served me well.
Melanie,
I've been combining the Periwinkle with the plum in my dishcloths, and had been planning to use it for the edging and the topper on the towel.
So now it will be the plum and periwinkle diagonal stripe with periwinkle edging and topper.
The main reason I don't care to work with the variegated is that I like to put the colors I want, where I want them.
But for now, Jo Anne was out of the solid plum so I picked up the sage/pink variegated for the next spa set. They didn't have a solid that would match either the pink or the green,
(
who makes those decisions?) so I'll
have to edge it with the variegated. 
I definitely get the better end of the bargain on that trip. I don't like to go into the pet stores
, I want to take them all home. I'm the
crazy lady who feeds all the strays, whether it be animals or kids.
Ok, that's not as weird as it sounds, my kids friends always found a warm welcome and a hot, home cooked meal at our house.
We have to go get crickets every couple of weeks, which means I get to go to Jo Ann.
Sharane,
Hi and welcome!
The size of the pattern is a function of your yarn gauge and the number of stitches in the final pattern. Depending on the yarn you're using for the afghan, divide the number of stitches vertically and then horizontally by your gauge.
For a simple (non-realistic) example, let's say your gauge was 5 stitches per inch by 5 stitches per inch. And let's say your pattern turned out to be 10 stitches x 25 stitches.
That would mean your finished object would be 2" x 5".
So I hope you can see that whether or not the finished object will be large enough to make an afghan depends on your yarn gauge. If it's not large enough
when you divide it out, you could either add a border on the
sides/top/bottom or make the finished pattern larger. You
could use a larger yarn...perhaps a bulky instead of a worsted
weight. You could also try working with the same yarn
doubled. If it's already a worsted weight, that would
tend to make it more of a bulky weight.
HTH!
I would love to see entire manufacture pallettes if that is a possibility since I work almost exclusively with Red Heart yarns. I'm sure there are others who have faves as well.
To read a particular post, simply click on it!
Thanks for that I look forward in anticipation to the page gridding. Page size is great and if you use foolscape I am not sure of the size but it should eliminate the two or three lines on another page. That maybe eliminated too it you make the pattern allowances wider to accommodate the few lines. Also I would love to see to be able to use 11 count aida as thats all I can see nowadays as I am loosing my sight to old age I have made my pattern 17 pages and now I just have to work out how to put together so it all flows.
you do great work here and I will be patient. Love the patternmaker and will be looking forward to the changes that you are making. Thank you.
Hi, I'm happy to help, but I'm not sure which technique you're using. Are you talking about loomwork? Or perhaps bead embroidery?
If the problem is that you're working with a loom and you can't fit all of the beads for a row on one needle, take a look at this video...this piece has over 100 beads in a row, and it looks to me like the beads for a row are threaded onto a long thread, then placed across the work and finally, anchored down to the loomwork in small groups, a few beads at a time from the looks of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdp7aJBmdDU
So if you're trying to loom bead, it looks to me as if you don't have to actually fit all of the beads in a row on your needle at once...you can add them with a long thread and anchor them onto the loomwork in small groups.
Please do clarify, as I'm guessing I'm totally wrong here! I've only done off-loom techniques, so if this is about loomwork, I can't claim to be a big expert. While I do own a very, very old loom, I've never had the opportunity to use it
, as off-loom techniques have
served me well. Melanie,
I've been combining the Periwinkle with the plum in my dishcloths, and had been planning to use it for the edging and the topper on the towel.
So now it will be the plum and periwinkle diagonal stripe with periwinkle edging and topper.
The main reason I don't care to work with the variegated is that I like to put the colors I want, where I want them.
But for now, Jo Anne was out of the solid plum so I picked up the sage/pink variegated for the next spa set. They didn't have a solid that would match either the pink or the green,
(
who makes those decisions?) so I'll
have to edge it with the variegated. I definitely get the better end of the bargain on that trip.
I don't like to go into the pet stores
, I want to take them all home. I'm the
crazy lady who feeds all the strays, whether it be animals or kids.
Ok, that's not as weird as it sounds, my kids friends always found a warm welcome and a hot, home cooked meal at our house.
We have to go get crickets every couple of weeks, which means I get to go to Jo Ann.
Sharane,
Hi and welcome!
The size of the pattern is a function of your yarn gauge and the number of stitches in the final pattern. Depending on the yarn you're using for the afghan, divide the number of stitches vertically and then horizontally by your gauge.
For a simple (non-realistic) example, let's say your gauge was 5 stitches per inch by 5 stitches per inch. And let's say your pattern turned out to be 10 stitches x 25 stitches.
That would mean your finished object would be 2" x 5".
So I hope you can see that whether or not the finished object will be large enough to make an afghan depends on your yarn gauge.
If it's not large enough
when you divide it out, you could either add a border on the
sides/top/bottom or make the finished pattern larger. You
could use a larger yarn...perhaps a bulky instead of a worsted
weight. You could also try working with the same yarn
doubled. If it's already a worsted weight, that would
tend to make it more of a bulky weight.HTH!
I would love to see entire manufacture pallettes if that is a possibility since I work almost exclusively with Red Heart yarns. I'm sure there are others who have faves as well.
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