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I too am a peyote fan and use Delica 11/0 I am also a crappy with bead crochet but can do blankets and such
I would love to see and show my work but have not found gallery yet!
This is the current beading project I am working on. It is going to be a tapestry for a good friend of mine who asked me to create him a beaded vulture. He lives in New Mexico and makes small wooded tapestry hand looms and tools for them and many other looming needs. My friend Jim Hokett appreciates what vultures do for the world as clean up crew. He collects vulture memorabilia and wanted something special to add to his collection. He merely wanted a 5"X5" beaded vulture, but me being me decided that would not do. So now I am creating this "monster" of a tapestry for him. I used 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads to create the vulture.
I first beaded the vulture itself in the peyote stitch finishing the edges and bottom part of his beak in brick stitch since peyote does not lend itself to form curves in a way I needed it to. The middle pic is the completed vulture which measures 9 1/2" across at its widest and 6" top to bottom at its widest. I decided to create a background to compliment the vulture in loom stitch. It is 20" wide and will be at least 17" high when finished. The height will be determined by what I feel gives it the look I am stirving for. Once the background is finished I will applique the vulture to the right bottom corner. The first pic shows what I have done so far on the background witht eh vulture temporarily placed in its position with double sided sticky tape.
At present I have 32 lines of beading done on the background and estimate it will take 250 lines in all to complete it. It is 310 beads wide using 11/0 seed beads of mix brands. I started this project last yr in Oct and hopefully be finished some time this summer, August at the very least. It takes me 1 1/2 to 2 hours to pick up a line of beads and sew them down for the background. I am using my 38" Zeus Mirrix loom, my other beading looms were not wide enough to use.
The 3rd pic shows the small photo Jim sent me he wanted the vulture to resemble. I did the best I could to recreate the colors in his head. Given I had to order all the Miyuki beads for thsi project I was at the mercy of thinking a color was perfect only to get it in and see it was still not what I needed. After ordering various reds and pinks a third time I gave up and went with what I had. Colors of beads look very different on a computer monitor than in person. I only have the craft shain stores in my area which do not carry Miyuki Delicas, so buying in person was not an option.
Liz,
Welcome!
There is always plenty to learn in crochet; like Sherry, I'm also a veteran crocheter, and I'm still always learning...that's the fun of it! As Sherry said, feel free to ask questions...we're all willing to help!
Hi there,
I am trying to create my first graph for crochet.
I have read many of the posts on here regarding images etc. I have tried resizing the image and making sure it's .png.
I am having issues with the image looking blurry and leaving shadows on the graph, so it is adding colours that are not there.
Thanks in advance.
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Eharrise,
Welcome!
Filet crochet
does end up looking almost like a regular crochet graph sans
colors, but in this instance the blocks don't indicate single
stitches, they indicate "closed" filet blocks (of stitches) or
"open" filet blocks, depending. This is the way a normal filet
pattern is represented, as you can see in this neat tutorial for
working in filet:
https://www.crochet.com/learning-center/filet-crochet
If you're looking for a word pattern, we currently have
no option for one in filet, only a graphical
representation.
Currently, filet is only
available in the Premier area. If you'd like to use the regular
freePatternWizard to make filet patterns you certainly may, but
those are keyed to make rectangular patterns (since single crochet
stitches are rectangular) and not specifically square filet block
patterns, so the results may not have the aspect ratio you want and
the finished work may end up looking skewed or wonky.
Hope that helps!
I too am a peyote fan and use Delica 11/0 I am also a crappy with bead crochet but can do blankets and such
I would love to see and show my work but have not found gallery yet!
This is the current beading project I am working on. It is going to be a tapestry for a good friend of mine who asked me to create him a beaded vulture. He lives in New Mexico and makes small wooded tapestry hand looms and tools for them and many other looming needs. My friend Jim Hokett appreciates what vultures do for the world as clean up crew. He collects vulture memorabilia and wanted something special to add to his collection. He merely wanted a 5"X5" beaded vulture, but me being me decided that would not do. So now I am creating this "monster" of a tapestry for him. I used 11/0 Miyuki Delica beads to create the vulture.
I first beaded the vulture itself in the peyote stitch finishing the edges and bottom part of his beak in brick stitch since peyote does not lend itself to form curves in a way I needed it to. The middle pic is the completed vulture which measures 9 1/2" across at its widest and 6" top to bottom at its widest. I decided to create a background to compliment the vulture in loom stitch. It is 20" wide and will be at least 17" high when finished. The height will be determined by what I feel gives it the look I am stirving for. Once the background is finished I will applique the vulture to the right bottom corner. The first pic shows what I have done so far on the background witht eh vulture temporarily placed in its position with double sided sticky tape.
At present I have 32 lines of beading done on the background and estimate it will take 250 lines in all to complete it. It is 310 beads wide using 11/0 seed beads of mix brands. I started this project last yr in Oct and hopefully be finished some time this summer, August at the very least. It takes me 1 1/2 to 2 hours to pick up a line of beads and sew them down for the background. I am using my 38" Zeus Mirrix loom, my other beading looms were not wide enough to use.
The 3rd pic shows the small photo Jim sent me he wanted the vulture to resemble. I did the best I could to recreate the colors in his head. Given I had to order all the Miyuki beads for thsi project I was at the mercy of thinking a color was perfect only to get it in and see it was still not what I needed. After ordering various reds and pinks a third time I gave up and went with what I had. Colors of beads look very different on a computer monitor than in person. I only have the craft shain stores in my area which do not carry Miyuki Delicas, so buying in person was not an option.
Liz,
Welcome!
There is always plenty to learn in crochet; like Sherry, I'm also a veteran crocheter, and I'm still always learning...that's the fun of it! As Sherry said, feel free to ask questions...we're all willing to help!
Hi there,
I am trying to create my first graph for crochet.
I have read many of the posts on here regarding images etc. I have tried resizing the image and making sure it's .png.
I am having issues with the image looking blurry and leaving shadows on the graph, so it is adding colours that are not there.
Thanks in advance.
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