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I am new to this type of pattern creation. I usually do old school of grid paper and color pencils, I am hoping to learn new and better ways of doing things!
Hi,
In section 7 do you have Output set to "Pattern in Pdf Format"?
Do you see your pattern on the screen if you set Output to "Pattern on Screen"?
If you cannot get it to generate a pattern on the screen then there may be another issue. In this case it should be showing a red error message with more information.
Let me know more and I'll try to help.
Terry
Support
Mccarthy,
Welcome!
Sounds like you're really doing a lot of interesting things in beading!
I used to cross stitch, so I found beading the other way, by beading directly on cross stitch fabric (both Aida cloth and linen), then converting over to off-loom techniques.
I don't recall having a particular difficulty with either Aida cloth or linen; do you find you need to wear glasses of some kind, perhaps magnifiers to help you focus on the fabric better? Are you having similar difficulty with tapestry needles? And if not, is it the length of the beading needle that might be the problem? When I used to bead on cross stitch fabric, I used a very thin, small "sharps" needle. Unlike a beading needle, it's quite short and could make it easier on you to find the holes in the fabric.
I can't think of anything else offhand. Of course, needlepoint canvas would be a good alternative IMO, since it's very different from Aida cloth or linen. You might be able to find a particular technique that fits needlepoint canvas better than a conventional stitch would on Aida or linen.
One other thought, though I can't imagine this would really affect anything. What kind of stitch do you use to attach the beads to your cloth? There is a much better way than a half cross stitch, which is to make a tent stitch. A tent stitch uses more thread and holds your beads on much more securely than a half cross stitch. (It's a stitch that's generally used for needlepoint.)
Wish I could think of something else; I'm not sure if the above is at all helpful, and if it's not, my apologies!
Welcome!
You've done nothing wrong; the artwork button isn't currently available.
Hi again!
Since we now have Premier subscribers who can go to 500 stitches across (information here), we got into a discussion regarding the old default setting of generating patterns of the number pixels across in the uploaded image. We figured most of the users would not automatically want the 500 stitches when using a larger image so we now default to the fixed (but changeable) number of 80.
To manually raise this count, simply enter the desired stitch count in the box in section 6.
Also, there was a minor bug in the Illusion Knitting function where the word charts could have shown improperly. If stitched the way it printed out, it would have worked but the notations were not what I wanted. A row might have shown K10, P4, P2, P5, K7. The corrected version would now show K10, P11, K7. Again, someone knitting the pattern would have thought the system was sipping a little too much of something but it would have stitched out properly.
I'm winding up another new feature and hope to have it running soon.
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I am new to this type of pattern creation. I usually do old school of grid paper and color pencils, I am hoping to learn new and better ways of doing things!
Hi,
In section 7 do you have Output set to "Pattern in Pdf Format"?
Do you see your pattern on the screen if you set Output to "Pattern on Screen"?
If you cannot get it to generate a pattern on the screen then there may be another issue. In this case it should be showing a red error message with more information.
Let me know more and I'll try to help.
Terry
Support
Mccarthy,
Welcome!
Sounds like you're really doing a lot of interesting things in beading!
I used to cross stitch, so I found beading the other way, by beading directly on cross stitch fabric (both Aida cloth and linen), then converting over to off-loom techniques.
I don't recall having a particular difficulty with either Aida cloth or linen; do you find you need to wear glasses of some kind, perhaps magnifiers to help you focus on the fabric better? Are you having similar difficulty with tapestry needles? And if not, is it the length of the beading needle that might be the problem? When I used to bead on cross stitch fabric, I used a very thin, small "sharps" needle. Unlike a beading needle, it's quite short and could make it easier on you to find the holes in the fabric.
I can't think of anything else offhand. Of course, needlepoint canvas would be a good alternative IMO, since it's very different from Aida cloth or linen. You might be able to find a particular technique that fits needlepoint canvas better than a conventional stitch would on Aida or linen.
One other thought, though I can't imagine this would really affect anything. What kind of stitch do you use to attach the beads to your cloth? There is a much better way than a half cross stitch, which is to make a tent stitch. A tent stitch uses more thread and holds your beads on much more securely than a half cross stitch. (It's a stitch that's generally used for needlepoint.)
Wish I could think of something else; I'm not sure if the above is at all helpful, and if it's not, my apologies!
Welcome!
You've done nothing wrong; the artwork button isn't currently available.
Hi again!
Since we now have Premier subscribers who can go to 500 stitches across (information here), we got into a discussion regarding the old default setting of generating patterns of the number pixels across in the uploaded image. We figured most of the users would not automatically want the 500 stitches when using a larger image so we now default to the fixed (but changeable) number of 80.
To manually raise this count, simply enter the desired stitch count in the box in section 6.
Also, there was a minor bug in the Illusion Knitting function where the word charts could have shown improperly. If stitched the way it printed out, it would have worked but the notations were not what I wanted. A row might have shown K10, P4, P2, P5, K7. The corrected version would now show K10, P11, K7. Again, someone knitting the pattern would have thought the system was sipping a little too much of something but it would have stitched out properly.
I'm winding up another new feature and hope to have it running soon.
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