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Thank you, to both of you
Samantha,
Welcome!
The artwork option is not available at this time. That's why it won't work with any browser/computer...you're not doing anything wrong!
I posted two FREE beading/jewelry making books 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.)
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Kameek,
Welcome!
We don't recommend using a chart made for single crochet
into a C2C graph. C2C is square and single crochet stitches are
rectangular, so it could skew your design. The only way I'd
recommend it is if the aspect ratio doesn't matter; if your image
can be stretched in either direction without distorting it, then it
might be okay, but otherwise I'm sorry to say it's not
recommended.
Laydidi,
Welcome!
Yes, there is a
difference between UK and US crochet patterns. It's like UK is a
step up in sizes of US terms...or maybe we're a step down! LOL.
The chain (ch)
and slip stitch (sl st) are the same for both.
This is a comparison:
UK
US
Double crochet
(dc)
Single crochet (sc)
Treble
(tr)
Double crochet (dc)
Half treble
(htr)
Half double crochet (hdc)
Double treble
(dtr)
Treble (tr)
As for the freePatternWizard, we
sort of tried to include both, by calling it "standard," hoping
there would be less confusion.
For people
who are producing individual patterns, most of the time if they
don't include a notation, I generally can tell the difference (yes,
I have this issue, too!) if I see a lot of treble stitches. That
tells me it's likely a UK pattern. Unless it's meant to be a very
long stitch, US patterns don't tend to have a lot of trebles.
The other giveaway MAY be a lack of single crochet stitches, but that could also be misleading if a pattern is in US terms, but exclusively uses double crochets, sigh.
The other giveaway MAY be a lack of single crochet stitches, but that could also be misleading if a pattern is in US terms, but exclusively uses double crochets, sigh.
And if I've confused you more...argh! I'm so sorry. It's
confusing. I much prefer it when people write their patterns and
say if they're in UK or US terms. At least give us some idea! I
know which it will be if I see it in a UK or US magazine, but
otherwise, it can be hard to tell if a pattern is all dobule
crochet...is that a UK double or a US single? 
Hope that
helps!
Thank you, to both of you
Samantha,
Welcome!
The artwork option is not available at this time. That's why it won't work with any browser/computer...you're not doing anything wrong!
I posted two FREE beading/jewelry making books 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.)
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