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First off, let me say I just found this site the other night. When I asked someone if they could create a Word Chart (Crocheting) from a picture and at this time they could not, I googled and found this site. Awesome!
I was afraid of being booted off I uploaded the pictures so many times.
My question is, I want to keep this picture of our two Westies sitting on a dock simple, so I selected my own colors. I will use "I Love This Yarn" for the graphghan. It is for my husband, for Christmas. The one thing I found (and I have done it over so many times) is that it WILL NOT use white for my Westies. Is there a way to tell it to use white? Would this be in the Premier edition?
What I finally did was choose 7 colors, then I changed what colors I thought it should be. For some reason it made an area of our dog Medium yellow, so now all medium yellow will be Off white. Also, anything light gray will be off white. Medium Gray will be White. For some reason it thinks my dogs are gray. Ha!
I am excited to do this Word Chart. You see, our last Westie we had to put down in May. I wanted to do something for my hubby and surprise him. Trust me, he won't have a clue what I'm doing in my craft room.
I was trying to keep it from having too many balls of yarn attached to one row, but it seems it is up to 49 in row 1.
Suggestions for choosing correct colors for a simple photo?
Thank you!
Nancy S.
Ali,
That sounds exhausting!
My suggestion would be to take a step back and consider what you want to accomplish before doing any more work on it. I understand why you'd prefer embroidery floss, considering the number of colors available, but frankly, crocheting with that many colors - and so tiny - would drive me nuts!
Perhaps rethinking the project would be a better idea here. Because I'm also thinking about anything I've done with embroidery floss or similar cotton, and honestly, it's really a tough thread to work with, as in very unforgiving (can feel like crocheting with cardboard!), not all that flexible and not soft like an afghan should be. If you're going to use it for a wall hanging, that's better, but as an afghan that's going to be used...does it really feel comfortable, like something you'd want held against your skin?
How about this instead...you could purchase a cotton yarn in a neutral or dark shade, or perhaps a shade that's closest to your main color, maybe in a worsted weight...crochet the entire afghan in that color only...and cross stitch the design on. You can save yourself a lot of trouble that way. Then your stitches don't have to be tiny...and no bobbins required! You could use a suitably soft cotton for the afghan (just be sure to care for it properly; cotton tends to wear more easily) and you technically won't have to cross stitch any squares that are in a color that's already the correct one (perhaps you could use a suitable border color for the afghan itself, so you won't have to stitch a border and can leave some stitches on the image itself blank, as well, as one would do with a regular cross stitch project).
You could then work your afghan in a Tunisian stitch that's more square than rectangular, then send your image through as a Tunisian pattern (important to work a gauge swatch here).
If you think you can stick with the whole thing as bobbins from start to finish, that's great, but if it's going to end up a UFO anyway, it may not be worth continuing.
Hi, My name is Bonnie (Nanny)
I have just started with Switchboard. I am trying to download a photo but apparently it has to be converted to .jpeg and I don't know how to do that. I am hoping once I figure that out then i can verify the size requirements. I just want a pillow size graph and I am really hoping someone can help me with converting from RTF to .jpeg. Thank you.
Donna,
My suggestion would be to first practice on a smaller piece. Though I'm not sure what you mean by a written cross stitch pattern. We do have word patterns for crochet; however, as a cross stitcher the only way I've ever worked is from a chart. Is there a new technique that uses word charts? If so, I'm having trouble conceiving of how this would work, but it sounds unusual!
Melanie,
Our house is 142 square meters which is a odd number.. :p We coud easily fit another bedroom in it if we wanted to have a smaller kitchen - but who would want to do that?
The boys room a really big for a house from the 60's.. 12 and 11 square meters.. Our bedroom is small, only 8 or 9 square meters, but then again, we only sleep there, where the boys play in their rooms..
What happened in '08 still affects us.. It is crazy.. We are still figting to get on our feet once again, but it is a slow steep climb.. But with our new government I am sure we will get there..
We had a change a month ago.. So now our government is more liberal than ever.. The problem with our old government was that they wanted to use a lot of money to get it in the system.. But that was money they did not have.. :/ Of course there are always pros and cons with everything.. But I truly believe that things will change now..
Knitted doors sound neat though
Very colorfull..
Urgh.. Windows... Found out that our windows and doors are made from mahogany, so we wont need to replace them for the next 50 years or so.. That was a nice suprice.
Stupid tree guy.. -.-'
He really should fint the time to rid you from that dead tree.. I bet it looked beautifull when it was still alive and well.. Would love to have such a huge thee in my yard.. Well, not if it were dead, and falling apart.. :p
The only reason why we got our house this 'cheap' $145.900, is because the area here is not 'in'... We now live in a small village called Oens.
I can post pictures of our house from the inside when I have cleaned it all up :p It's a mess right now..
There are more expensive houses on this street as well, but those houses are a lot newer and bigger..
I only do my own nails as I am not sure how well they will hold on others.. But it is a fun hobby
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First off, let me say I just found this site the other night. When I asked someone if they could create a Word Chart (Crocheting) from a picture and at this time they could not, I googled and found this site. Awesome!
I was afraid of being booted off I uploaded the pictures so many times.
My question is, I want to keep this picture of our two Westies sitting on a dock simple, so I selected my own colors. I will use "I Love This Yarn" for the graphghan. It is for my husband, for Christmas. The one thing I found (and I have done it over so many times) is that it WILL NOT use white for my Westies. Is there a way to tell it to use white? Would this be in the Premier edition?
What I finally did was choose 7 colors, then I changed what colors I thought it should be. For some reason it made an area of our dog Medium yellow, so now all medium yellow will be Off white. Also, anything light gray will be off white. Medium Gray will be White. For some reason it thinks my dogs are gray. Ha!
I am excited to do this Word Chart. You see, our last Westie we had to put down in May. I wanted to do something for my hubby and surprise him. Trust me, he won't have a clue what I'm doing in my craft room.
I was trying to keep it from having too many balls of yarn attached to one row, but it seems it is up to 49 in row 1.
Suggestions for choosing correct colors for a simple photo?
Thank you!
Nancy S.
Ali,
That sounds exhausting!
My suggestion would be to take a step back and consider what you want to accomplish before doing any more work on it. I understand why you'd prefer embroidery floss, considering the number of colors available, but frankly, crocheting with that many colors - and so tiny - would drive me nuts!
Perhaps rethinking the project would be a better idea here. Because I'm also thinking about anything I've done with embroidery floss or similar cotton, and honestly, it's really a tough thread to work with, as in very unforgiving (can feel like crocheting with cardboard!), not all that flexible and not soft like an afghan should be. If you're going to use it for a wall hanging, that's better, but as an afghan that's going to be used...does it really feel comfortable, like something you'd want held against your skin?
How about this instead...you could purchase a cotton yarn in a neutral or dark shade, or perhaps a shade that's closest to your main color, maybe in a worsted weight...crochet the entire afghan in that color only...and cross stitch the design on. You can save yourself a lot of trouble that way. Then your stitches don't have to be tiny...and no bobbins required! You could use a suitably soft cotton for the afghan (just be sure to care for it properly; cotton tends to wear more easily) and you technically won't have to cross stitch any squares that are in a color that's already the correct one (perhaps you could use a suitable border color for the afghan itself, so you won't have to stitch a border and can leave some stitches on the image itself blank, as well, as one would do with a regular cross stitch project).
You could then work your afghan in a Tunisian stitch that's more square than rectangular, then send your image through as a Tunisian pattern (important to work a gauge swatch here).
If you think you can stick with the whole thing as bobbins from start to finish, that's great, but if it's going to end up a UFO anyway, it may not be worth continuing.
Hi, My name is Bonnie (Nanny)
I have just started with Switchboard. I am trying to download a photo but apparently it has to be converted to .jpeg and I don't know how to do that. I am hoping once I figure that out then i can verify the size requirements. I just want a pillow size graph and I am really hoping someone can help me with converting from RTF to .jpeg. Thank you.
Donna,
My suggestion would be to first practice on a smaller piece. Though I'm not sure what you mean by a written cross stitch pattern. We do have word patterns for crochet; however, as a cross stitcher the only way I've ever worked is from a chart. Is there a new technique that uses word charts? If so, I'm having trouble conceiving of how this would work, but it sounds unusual!
Melanie,
Our house is 142 square meters which is a odd number.. :p We coud easily fit another bedroom in it if we wanted to have a smaller kitchen - but who would want to do that?
The boys room a really big for a house from the 60's.. 12 and 11 square meters.. Our bedroom is small, only 8 or 9 square meters, but then again, we only sleep there, where the boys play in their rooms..
What happened in '08 still affects us.. It is crazy.. We are still figting to get on our feet once again, but it is a slow steep climb.. But with our new government I am sure we will get there..
We had a change a month ago.. So now our government is more liberal than ever.. The problem with our old government was that they wanted to use a lot of money to get it in the system.. But that was money they did not have.. :/ Of course there are always pros and cons with everything.. But I truly believe that things will change now..
Knitted doors sound neat though
Very colorfull..Urgh.. Windows... Found out that our windows and doors are made from mahogany, so we wont need to replace them for the next 50 years or so.. That was a nice suprice.
Stupid tree guy.. -.-'
He really should fint the time to rid you from that dead tree.. I bet it looked beautifull when it was still alive and well.. Would love to have such a huge thee in my yard.. Well, not if it were dead, and falling apart.. :p
The only reason why we got our house this 'cheap' $145.900, is because the area here is not 'in'... We now live in a small village called Oens.
I can post pictures of our house from the inside when I have cleaned it all up :p It's a mess right now..
There are more expensive houses on this street as well, but those houses are a lot newer and bigger..
I only do my own nails as I am not sure how well they will hold on others.. But it is a fun hobby
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