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What you really must do is make a gauge swatch. Without knowing how many stitches and rows per inch you'll have in your finished pattern, it's impossible to tell if it's going to be square or rectangular. Everyone hates swatching, but it's necessary.
For knitting you'd use regular stockinette stitch.
You'd still need to do a gauge swatch, whether you knit or crochet.
Once you swatch, if you find that neither one will turn out square, you may need to manipulate your image before turning it into a pattern. While we do have a feature in development at this time to allow you to set a length as well as a width, we originally only allowed the one dimension because we were concerned people would make images that would be too elongated or too wide in order to get it to a certain number of stitches/rows.
If you're using Windows and don't have a graphics program, I can suggest two very powerful ones, though I can't tell you how to use them...I'm still using one from 1998!
Neave,
Wow, three times and you still stuck with it...that's fantastic!
Most people would probably
have quit by then. Glad you worked it all out!
I think everyone needs something to keep from getting stressed out...and with health, there's so much "hurry up and wait," and always long-term things, at that, so I can't imagine how anyone can go through all of it without doing something interesting! I feel the same way about beadweaving, knitting and crocheting (and cross stitching, occasionally). LOL, it's like quick de-stressing!
Cheryl,
Welcome!
If you have a particular picture in mind and you have it on your computer, you can turn it into a crochet graph with the help of the freePatternWizard, which is available from the menu above, under "patterns/create a pattern."
I would suggest using the Stitchboard Basic Palette, as too many colors in a pattern would be next to impossible to match to yarn.
Also, as I tell people who are expert crocheters but have never made a graphghan before, from personal experience I've discovered it's best to start small and simple. My favorite example is my almost-disastrous try at making crocheted bangle bracelets...they looked so beautiful, and since I've been crocheting for years and years, I must be expert enough, right? Of course not!
Holding the beads, thread and
hook was very awkward, challenging and not at all
instinctive. I almost gave up, but then in desperation
grabbed some yarn and pony beads, and before I knew it, crocheting
with beads was no longer awkward!
I would suggest starting with a pillow or some kind of square at first. Once you feel comfortable,
transitioning over to a large graphghan should be easy!
BTW, feel free to post pictures of any of your work (graphghan related or not) in our photo albums, so everyone can drool!
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Sherly,
How do you find sewing
needles with big enough eyes? I think what I've been using for
fractional stitches is a sharp tapestry needle. Except I live in a
place where there are no longer any stitching stores, so options
are few.
I like to work with linen, because
then fractional stitches are soooo easy!
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What you really must do is make a gauge swatch. Without knowing how many stitches and rows per inch you'll have in your finished pattern, it's impossible to tell if it's going to be square or rectangular. Everyone hates swatching, but it's necessary.
For knitting you'd use regular stockinette stitch.
You'd still need to do a gauge swatch, whether you knit or crochet.
Once you swatch, if you find that neither one will turn out square, you may need to manipulate your image before turning it into a pattern. While we do have a feature in development at this time to allow you to set a length as well as a width, we originally only allowed the one dimension because we were concerned people would make images that would be too elongated or too wide in order to get it to a certain number of stitches/rows.
If you're using Windows and don't have a graphics program, I can suggest two very powerful ones, though I can't tell you how to use them...I'm still using one from 1998!
Neave,
Wow, three times and you still stuck with it...that's fantastic!
Most people would probably
have quit by then. Glad you worked it all out!
I think everyone needs something to keep from getting stressed out...and with health, there's so much "hurry up and wait," and always long-term things, at that, so I can't imagine how anyone can go through all of it without doing something interesting! I feel the same way about beadweaving, knitting and crocheting (and cross stitching, occasionally). LOL, it's like quick de-stressing!
Cheryl,
Welcome!
If you have a particular picture in mind and you have it on your computer, you can turn it into a crochet graph with the help of the freePatternWizard, which is available from the menu above, under "patterns/create a pattern."
I would suggest using the Stitchboard Basic Palette, as too many colors in a pattern would be next to impossible to match to yarn.
Also, as I tell people who are expert crocheters but have never made a graphghan before, from personal experience I've discovered it's best to start small and simple. My favorite example is my almost-disastrous try at making crocheted bangle bracelets...they looked so beautiful, and since I've been crocheting for years and years, I must be expert enough, right? Of course not!
Holding the beads, thread and
hook was very awkward, challenging and not at all
instinctive. I almost gave up, but then in desperation
grabbed some yarn and pony beads, and before I knew it, crocheting
with beads was no longer awkward! I would suggest starting with a pillow or some kind of square at first.
Once you feel comfortable,
transitioning over to a large graphghan should be easy!
BTW, feel free to post pictures of any of your work (graphghan related or not) in our photo albums, so everyone can drool!
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