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Hi, Everyone.
We just wanted to update all of you about what's going on on our end and let you know some of our near-term goals.
First, we continue to be amazed at the response and excitement we hear from freePatternWizard users. We're thrilled that you find it useful and will continue to support and add new features to the free version as well as add some new Premier ones too.
I've recently completely re-written the main "smarts" of the program to adapt it for use by a very large, international company. I can't begin to tell you what this does to the future of the program! The new software will make the program much more versatile. It'll also make it much easier to add many of the features on which we've planned.
In addition to the company for whom we adapted the software, we've also been approached by several users/companies who have additional ideas and uses other than stitching. The new re-write that is done will make this a lot easier too.
We've been making a new feature list for the last month or so and have moved some of them high on the development list but I can't say yet which ones will come first.
Now the near-near-term...
We're going to be upgrading server hardware and operating software over the next 2-3 weeks. We'll try our best not to take anything down in the process. We may have to turn off new registrations for an hour or so at some point while we do final transfers but we'll let you know at the Stitchboard home page and at the top of the freePatternWizard page. We'll be doing the upgrades here on a local server before bringing it live on the larger hardware. We hope to have this phase done by the end of February.
After this upgrade, we're going to finish improving the emailer so our email delivery rate should be near 100%. We also hope to have this complete late February or early March.
I haven't forgotten about generating and posting several little videos that show various program features. Eventually there'll be a video showing every feature but we'll be posting the more useful ones first.
And, oh, yeah, then the updates will begin again. We're really excited to start enabling some new things. There are both free and Premier features coming and we'll bring them as fast as possible. Also, we try to really listen to everyone and bring the features asked for first.
One other major change coming will be a whole new rewrite, look, and functionality of the mall. More details about this later but it will be much more buyer and seller friendly!
So keep using the program! Send us pictures of your finished work! We love to hear from you!
Terry
TL;DR: We're maintaining and upgrading the site and working on new features to give you much more exciting content!
At this time, we have no plans to go larger than 300 stitches. It may happen at a later date as a premium feature, but as of now, it's not in the plans. The problem is mostly how much processing it takes...as you may or may not have noticed, the freePatternWizard is very fast, and we'd like to keep it that way.
I'm not sure if I'm understanding correctly about turning 700 stitches into 300. Is it that your images are losing something by going smaller? Or are you having trouble reducing your images? Is it that you don't have a graphics program to help you reduce the image size (not to worry, there are free ones available)? Or are you trying to make whatever it is 700 stitches specifically for the finished size?
I posted two FREE beading/jewelry making books (and another on chainmail) for Kindle for today...grab them before they're gone! (Note: you do not need to have an actual Kindle. If you have a smartphone, you can download a Kindle reader app for FREE...if all you have is a PC, you can download to your PC...and I believe there may also be a way now of completely bypassing any kind of reader app to read directly online - though please don't quote me on that, as I'm not sure. I find the PC reader to be quite decent for pattern content...since I don't own a Kindle, I can't say how well it works...but I would think a smaller screen would make patterns kind of difficult to read.)
Here's the circle (you must join to see posts):
/circles/pg/groups/36435/crafty-bookworms/
Melanie,
You're so right, the Pipsqueak was heavenly to work with.
The skeins are 3 1/2 oz. and each stripe is one ball (keep it simple).
I bought an extra ball of the brown to
do the edge, hat and booties. I still have at least half of that
ball, so I may need to make various sizes of booties. 
Yes, the crocodile blanket is done in Simply Soft. The pattern calls for Softee Baby, but you know I have trouble seeing the size 3 yarns, so this was my substitute. Unfortunately it was not a good idea for this pattern, the blanket is actually quite heavy. Unless it changes when washed, it's probably just going to be packed away as a keepsake.
It also requires a lot of yarn to make that crocodile blanket, 42oz. to make 35"x 35".
The Pipsqueak blanket is 36"x 48", I bought 21 oz. and had plenty left over to make other things.
So now my DIL's sister wants a crocodile baby blanket. I may try it with a different yarn, now I'm thinking that if I use a larger hook and something like RH Soft, maybe I can use less yarn and make it less heavy.
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Anna,
Welcome!
We have no
requirements for selling exclusively on our site. If it's your
pattern created from your work, you own the rights, so you're free
to sell your patterns wherever you want!
Hi, Everyone.
We just wanted to update all of you about what's going on on our end and let you know some of our near-term goals.
First, we continue to be amazed at the response and excitement we hear from freePatternWizard users. We're thrilled that you find it useful and will continue to support and add new features to the free version as well as add some new Premier ones too.
I've recently completely re-written the main "smarts" of the program to adapt it for use by a very large, international company. I can't begin to tell you what this does to the future of the program! The new software will make the program much more versatile. It'll also make it much easier to add many of the features on which we've planned.
In addition to the company for whom we adapted the software, we've also been approached by several users/companies who have additional ideas and uses other than stitching. The new re-write that is done will make this a lot easier too.
We've been making a new feature list for the last month or so and have moved some of them high on the development list but I can't say yet which ones will come first.
Now the near-near-term...
We're going to be upgrading server hardware and operating software over the next 2-3 weeks. We'll try our best not to take anything down in the process. We may have to turn off new registrations for an hour or so at some point while we do final transfers but we'll let you know at the Stitchboard home page and at the top of the freePatternWizard page. We'll be doing the upgrades here on a local server before bringing it live on the larger hardware. We hope to have this phase done by the end of February.
After this upgrade, we're going to finish improving the emailer so our email delivery rate should be near 100%. We also hope to have this complete late February or early March.
I haven't forgotten about generating and posting several little videos that show various program features. Eventually there'll be a video showing every feature but we'll be posting the more useful ones first.
And, oh, yeah, then the updates will begin again. We're really excited to start enabling some new things. There are both free and Premier features coming and we'll bring them as fast as possible. Also, we try to really listen to everyone and bring the features asked for first.
One other major change coming will be a whole new rewrite, look, and functionality of the mall. More details about this later but it will be much more buyer and seller friendly!
So keep using the program! Send us pictures of your finished work! We love to hear from you!
Terry
TL;DR: We're maintaining and upgrading the site and working on new features to give you much more exciting content!
At this time, we have no plans to go larger than 300 stitches. It may happen at a later date as a premium feature, but as of now, it's not in the plans. The problem is mostly how much processing it takes...as you may or may not have noticed, the freePatternWizard is very fast, and we'd like to keep it that way.
I'm not sure if I'm understanding correctly about turning 700 stitches into 300. Is it that your images are losing something by going smaller? Or are you having trouble reducing your images? Is it that you don't have a graphics program to help you reduce the image size (not to worry, there are free ones available)? Or are you trying to make whatever it is 700 stitches specifically for the finished size?
I posted two FREE beading/jewelry making books (and another on chainmail) for Kindle for today...grab them before they're gone! (Note: you do not need to have an actual Kindle. If you have a smartphone, you can download a Kindle reader app for FREE...if all you have is a PC, you can download to your PC...and I believe there may also be a way now of completely bypassing any kind of reader app to read directly online - though please don't quote me on that, as I'm not sure. I find the PC reader to be quite decent for pattern content...since I don't own a Kindle, I can't say how well it works...but I would think a smaller screen would make patterns kind of difficult to read.)
Here's the circle (you must join to see posts):
/circles/pg/groups/36435/crafty-bookworms/
Melanie,
You're so right, the Pipsqueak was heavenly to work with.
The skeins are 3 1/2 oz. and each stripe is one ball (keep it simple).
I bought an extra ball of the brown to
do the edge, hat and booties. I still have at least half of that
ball, so I may need to make various sizes of booties. Yes, the crocodile blanket is done in Simply Soft. The pattern calls for Softee Baby, but you know I have trouble seeing the size 3 yarns, so this was my substitute. Unfortunately it was not a good idea for this pattern, the blanket is actually quite heavy. Unless it changes when washed, it's probably just going to be packed away as a keepsake.
It also requires a lot of yarn to make that crocodile blanket, 42oz. to make 35"x 35".
The Pipsqueak blanket is 36"x 48", I bought 21 oz. and had plenty left over to make other things.
So now my DIL's sister wants a crocodile baby blanket. I may try it with a different yarn, now I'm thinking that if I use a larger hook and something like RH Soft, maybe I can use less yarn and make it less heavy.
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