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New! The Herrschner's Worsted Palette - thank you to BetwixtTheStitch!
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new here so please bear with me. I ordered a free cross stitch pattern and got the confirmation. now, where do I find the actual pattern so I can print it out or save to my desktop for future reference?
José,
No worries...you're not doing anything wrong!
It's best to tweak any images in a graphics program before you send them through the freePatternWizard. Eventually, we'll have editing capabilities, but they're still in development at this time.
Also, keep in mind that the freePatternWizard isn't like a graphics program because it won't handle resizing your images well. (That's also something that will be addressed with the editing capabilities.) It's again best to use a graphics program for this.
The number of stitches across can be addressed by making your finished resized image the same number of pixels as the number of stitches you want; working vertically (rows) is far more difficult. Again, with the editing capabilities will be the ability to set a vertical size; however, for now it's not possible. So for now you may have to tweak your image by adding borders to get it to the correct vertical dimension.
If you're using a PC and don't have a good graphics program, I can recommend two very powerful and free programs that can help you with editing.
The only thing I can't do is
tell you how to use them...I use an ancient version of Paint Shop
Pro from about...1998! 
Hope that helps!
Mary,
Welcome!
I'm not sure what's going wrong for you, but one thing I've found when making graphs is to use an image that will work as closely as a 1:1 basis as possible, meaning 1 pixel = 1 stitch. I also look for better
quality file formats, if possible. JPG isn't a very good
one; GIF or PNG are better. Which doesn't mean you can't
have a decent file in JPG format, just that for the most part JPGs
aren't as good quality as GIF or PNG.
If the colors are giving you a problem, try to remember that yarn colors are very limited. Unlike cotton floss or beads, which give hundreds of choices and many different shaded color palettes, yarn is limited to a certain number of colors per line and manufacturer. Unfortunately, the reason manufacturers don't offer more choices is likely because it wouldn't be cost effective to, for instance, market 10 different greens, as they very likely wouldn't sell many of certain green shades.
Hope that helps!
I have been crocheting for several decades and continue to be amazed by the fabuous items that are produced by all you creative crochet addicts.
Looking forward to learning to crochet a graphgan. Any tips, tricks and secrets woudl be gladly accepted.
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Memah,
Welcome!
The color
number is the number from the palette you've chosen. If you've
chosen Red Heart Super Saver, that's the color number designated
for each color in your palette. The count is how many stitches you
have in a particular color. We don't give actual numbers of balls
of wool because it's impossible to know in advance. That number
depends on your chosen hook, your chosen fiber and finally, your
tension or gauge. All of that information together makes every
project as unique as you are! 
In order to
figure out your tension or gauge, you must make something called a
gauge swatch. And most people hate doing them (yes, I do, too). But
they're necessary to know things so you can calculate not just
yardage, but also the finished size of your project.
Once you've made a gauge swatch, this link may be
helpful in figuring out yardage so you know how much wool to buy.
https://www.shinyhappyworld.com/2016/04/how-to-knit-or-crochet-using-an-exact-amount-of-yardage.html
Hope that helps!
new here so please bear with me. I ordered a free cross stitch pattern and got the confirmation. now, where do I find the actual pattern so I can print it out or save to my desktop for future reference?
José,
No worries...you're not doing anything wrong!
It's best to tweak any images in a graphics program before you send them through the freePatternWizard. Eventually, we'll have editing capabilities, but they're still in development at this time.
Also, keep in mind that the freePatternWizard isn't like a graphics program because it won't handle resizing your images well. (That's also something that will be addressed with the editing capabilities.) It's again best to use a graphics program for this.
The number of stitches across can be addressed by making your finished resized image the same number of pixels as the number of stitches you want; working vertically (rows) is far more difficult. Again, with the editing capabilities will be the ability to set a vertical size; however, for now it's not possible. So for now you may have to tweak your image by adding borders to get it to the correct vertical dimension.
If you're using a PC and don't have a good graphics program, I can recommend two very powerful and free programs that can help you with editing.
The only thing I can't do is
tell you how to use them...I use an ancient version of Paint Shop
Pro from about...1998! Hope that helps!
Mary,
Welcome!
I'm not sure what's going wrong for you, but one thing I've found when making graphs is to use an image that will work as closely as a 1:1 basis as possible, meaning 1 pixel = 1 stitch.
I also look for better
quality file formats, if possible. JPG isn't a very good
one; GIF or PNG are better. Which doesn't mean you can't
have a decent file in JPG format, just that for the most part JPGs
aren't as good quality as GIF or PNG.If the colors are giving you a problem, try to remember that yarn colors are very limited. Unlike cotton floss or beads, which give hundreds of choices and many different shaded color palettes, yarn is limited to a certain number of colors per line and manufacturer. Unfortunately, the reason manufacturers don't offer more choices is likely because it wouldn't be cost effective to, for instance, market 10 different greens, as they very likely wouldn't sell many of certain green shades.
Hope that helps!
I have been crocheting for several decades and continue to be amazed by the fabuous items that are produced by all you creative crochet addicts.
Looking forward to learning to crochet a graphgan. Any tips, tricks and secrets woudl be gladly accepted.
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