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Thanks Melanie,
I can assure you I'm no 'seasoned professional' by any means. If it wasn't for youtube and online videos, my knitting skills would most likely still be non-existent.
I think that one of the things that helps me is that because I am left-handed, I have always had to reverse what everyone else does. Sometimes this is not easy.
I've been learning how to do various crafts since I was young, but by no means am I an expert in any one of them. I have way too much to learn still, but that doesn't stop me from being able to share what I've already learned with others.
Yes, my main goal is to inspire others so they can come up with new and interesting projects, too. There is nothing as satisfying as completing a project that you designed and created from start to finish, even if it was inspired by, or based upon something else. It's a pretty awesome feeling, and I would love to help other people feel that way, too.
Debbie,
These are really great instructions!
Thanks for posting!
Okay, I'm going to say that looks like (always get two of these mixed up though) moss stitch. I think seed stitch, with which I usually confuse this, would have you knitting the purl stitches and purling the knit stitches for every row.
LOL, and if I'm wrong, that's what we call "learning," which is always welcome.
I posted three FREE crochet patterns 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/
I posted eight FREE crochet patterns 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/
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Delicia,
Welcome! 
If you're
talking about 40x40 or 60x60 inches, before you can determine
anything, you need to know about your gauge.
To find your gauge, use the size crochet hook you've
chosen for the project and the size/type of yarn and make a 4x4
inch swatch. If you're going to use single crochet, you'd use
single crochet stitches to make your swatch. If you're going to use
Tunisian, you'd make your gauge swatch in Tunisian.
Let's say you end up with a single crochet swatch of 16
stitches x 20 rows to the 4x4 inch swatch. You'd divide each of
those numbers by 4, giving you the number of stitches and the
number of rows per inch. In this example, you'd have 4 inches x 5
rows per inch.
You'd then multiply those
numbers by the number of inches you'd want in each. In the above
example, 4 x 40 = 160 and 5 x 40 = 200.
For
the freePatternWizard, using a graphics program you'd take your
image and make it 160 pixels across, where the number of pixels =
the number of stitches. Then in option #6 you'd choose, "I wish to enter my desired count - Number of stitches
desired: ___ stitches" and you'd enter the number 160.
(Since maximum if you're a regular member - e.g., not a premier
member - is only 150, you'd have to at least subscribe to the
premier 300 stitches across option, which is currently a nominal
cost of $2.99 for a full year.)
The only
thing you can't determine is the vertical length of the piece; for
that, you could start with 200 pixels down (in this
example...adjust for your own figures, of course) and adjust as
necessary until you get to the length you want. In the future,
there will be an option to enter the vertical size, but since that
isn't an option at this point, the freePatternWizard will do that
calculation for you.
Swatching isn't
something most people like doing (lol, guilty!), but for anything
that requires specific measurements it's very important to do the
swatching, rather than ending up with a too-small or too-large
piece and being sorry later.
Thanks Melanie,
I can assure you I'm no 'seasoned professional' by any means. If it wasn't for youtube and online videos, my knitting skills would most likely still be non-existent.
I think that one of the things that helps me is that because I am left-handed, I have always had to reverse what everyone else does. Sometimes this is not easy.
I've been learning how to do various crafts since I was young, but by no means am I an expert in any one of them. I have way too much to learn still, but that doesn't stop me from being able to share what I've already learned with others.
Yes, my main goal is to inspire others so they can come up with new and interesting projects, too. There is nothing as satisfying as completing a project that you designed and created from start to finish, even if it was inspired by, or based upon something else. It's a pretty awesome feeling, and I would love to help other people feel that way, too.
Debbie,
These are really great instructions!
Thanks for posting!Okay, I'm going to say that looks like (always get two of these mixed up though) moss stitch. I think seed stitch, with which I usually confuse this, would have you knitting the purl stitches and purling the knit stitches for every row.
LOL, and if I'm wrong, that's what we call "learning," which is always welcome.
I posted three FREE crochet patterns 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/
I posted eight FREE crochet patterns 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/
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