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Kate,
Here's a starting point...
I used the image from your message above. When I ran it as is, I had a lot of background patterns, the colors were not right, and it was not filled in properly.
I'm assuming the background should not have that pattern so I used Photoshop to change it to a simple white.
Then I selected the Red Heart Super Saver palette since the default of Stitchboard Basic palette might not be the best since it's limited in colors.
Next I chose "I will choose my colors" in section 5c and checked the boxes 311 (white), 312 (black), and 341 (gray).
I then ran a pattern but it had a lot of breakups so I darkened it by changing the brightness to -23.
Here's the preliminary pattern it created.
It's not perfect yet but if you have a clean image without shading, you'd probably get a better pattern.
By the way, I told it to use the exact pixel count (section 6) so the program would not introduce any shading or other stray pixels when resizing. Since you're doing a hat, you'd want a much smaller pattern. I strongly suggest resizing the image in your art software and reduce it to the exact stitch count in pixels. So if you want 20 stitches across, the image should be 20 pixels across. I'm actually not a stitcher so I'm not sure exactly what count you'd want but if you give it a 1:1 stitches:pixels size, it would be best. In this case, you'd select the "Use the actual number of pixels..." option in section 6.
You may want to try these settings with a clean image and see how it works for you.
Let us know if you need any more assistance! And thanks for using the program.
Terry
would you start with your foundation ch. the reverse sc row 1 from left to right then alternate regular sc right to left and reverse sc left to right on the rows?
Bracka,
Welcome!
I did try a search, as I'm sure you also did, but there were no appreciable results. So my suggestion would be to find a piece of clip art you like and turn that into a pattern with the freePatternWizard. Please don't forget to,
groan, swatch!
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Kate,
Here's a starting point...
I used the image from your message above. When I ran it as is, I had a lot of background patterns, the colors were not right, and it was not filled in properly.
I'm assuming the background should not have that pattern so I used Photoshop to change it to a simple white.
Then I selected the Red Heart Super Saver palette since the default of Stitchboard Basic palette might not be the best since it's limited in colors.
Next I chose "I will choose my colors" in section 5c and checked the boxes 311 (white), 312 (black), and 341 (gray).
I then ran a pattern but it had a lot of breakups so I darkened it by changing the brightness to -23.
Here's the preliminary pattern it created.
It's not perfect yet but if you have a clean image without shading, you'd probably get a better pattern.
By the way, I told it to use the exact pixel count (section 6) so the program would not introduce any shading or other stray pixels when resizing. Since you're doing a hat, you'd want a much smaller pattern. I strongly suggest resizing the image in your art software and reduce it to the exact stitch count in pixels. So if you want 20 stitches across, the image should be 20 pixels across. I'm actually not a stitcher so I'm not sure exactly what count you'd want but if you give it a 1:1 stitches:pixels size, it would be best. In this case, you'd select the "Use the actual number of pixels..." option in section 6.
You may want to try these settings with a clean image and see how it works for you.
Let us know if you need any more assistance! And thanks for using the program.
Terry
MwEva,
Welcome!
Thank you for
your suggestion! We'll look into those yarns.
Sherry,
My apologies...I've been
addressing all of my replies to you as Michael! 
I'll go back and correct them as
soon as possible, so if you don't see any, I got to
them!
I'll go back and correct them as
soon as possible, so if you don't see any, I got to
them!We're so glad you like the results!
would you start with your foundation ch. the reverse sc row 1 from left to right then alternate regular sc right to left and reverse sc left to right on the rows?
Bracka,
Welcome!
I did try a search, as I'm sure you also did, but there were no appreciable results. So my suggestion would be to find a piece of clip art you like and turn that into a pattern with the freePatternWizard.
Please don't forget to,
groan, swatch! friends
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