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deehansen,
Thanks! I see the pattern now. Apparently it's meant as a chart only standalone pattern, so you can choose the colors and type of yarn you want.
If you're referring to the lack of gridlines, you can draw in your own either by hand post-printing or with a graphics program pre-printing.
As for specific instructions, this particular pattern was uploaded by a Stitchboard member, so we have no control over what people post.
Vonnie,
Welcome!
I'm sorry to say we don't have anything like that available with the freePatternWizard. While it's a wonderful idea, the processes involved would be much more complex than just plotting out a basic picture as the freePatternWizard does, since it would involve looking at an actual finished project, probably from multiple angles, in order to make the most basic pattern. It would likely require something more like the kind of work done in CG for movies. I'm not saying this is impossible; I like to think nothing is
, but my guess is it's improbable, at
least at this stage of technology.
De'Andrea,
Welcome! Love your name...how unique!
So happy you were able to find beadwork again...and again! It's addictive, isn't it?
How ingenious you were to figure out how to do loom stitch off-loom! I bet that beaded hatband turned out wonderfully.
A beaded vulture pattern...so fascinating! I hope you'll post pics when you're done, or even of your work in progress. Sure, vultures aren't what most people would request, but what a way to do something innovative!
It sounds like such a complex piece and I'd love to see it!
And how cool about your grandfurbabies, plus your fur & feather kids.
So much joy! Feel free to talk about them anytime. I
have a cat and always start going on about her...she's such a love!
My friends are probably tired of hearing her stories, LOL.
Silvertiger,
This looks amazing! Yes, I can see the curving, but still...love your colors and how fantastic this looks!
Okay, first, what kind of yarn are you using? The entire question of blocking hinges on what kind of yarn that is. Wool, alpaca, animal fibers in general, are all in need of and benefit from blocking. Acrylic...the best thing they say to do with acrylic is to machine wash and dry it according to manufacturer instructions to even out the tension.
Cotton is something I've blocked - it blocks well.
So the main thing is to know your fiber, and that will tell you if you can and should block it.
Now, if your yarn matches the blockability test (LOL), you can pin it into the correct shape. I'm guessing if you can block your yarn, the curving will hardly be noticeable. But even if you're using
acrylic and putting it through the wash does nothing, be assured,
the piece looks lovely regardless. And chances are people
will think you did that curving on purpose. So think of
it like a bug in software...it's not a problem, it's a
feature!
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Gloshei,
My apologies if I'm
misunderstanding your question.
The
freePatternWizard isn't a graphics program, so if you're trying to
use that to make a pattern from a large original, it won't work
well.
The best thing to do is decide on the
dimensions you want the finished piece to be and then size your
image accordingly, where stitches across = pixels. So if you wanted
something that was 100 stitches across, you would resize your image
to 100 pixels across. However, there's one other problem - the
standard photo formats usually aren't good for making patterns
because if they use something like a jpg format, the format will
have all kinds of junk pixels introduced in different spots. That's
just the nature of a jpg, unfortunately.
You
may be able to get through the jpg issues before uploading to the
freePatternWizard by using a graphics program to blow up the image
to see if there are random pixels in the image.
In the future, there will be a version of the
freePatternWizard that will allow you to do some editing, but in
the meantime the version that is out there now doesn't allow
that.
If you don't have a suitable graphics
program and are on a Windows PC, if you'd like I can suggest two
very powerful and free graphics programs that can be downloaded.
deehansen,
Thanks! I see the pattern now. Apparently it's meant as a chart only standalone pattern, so you can choose the colors and type of yarn you want.
If you're referring to the lack of gridlines, you can draw in your own either by hand post-printing or with a graphics program pre-printing.
As for specific instructions, this particular pattern was uploaded by a Stitchboard member, so we have no control over what people post.
Vonnie,
Welcome!
I'm sorry to say we don't have anything like that available with the freePatternWizard. While it's a wonderful idea, the processes involved would be much more complex than just plotting out a basic picture as the freePatternWizard does, since it would involve looking at an actual finished project, probably from multiple angles, in order to make the most basic pattern. It would likely require something more like the kind of work done in CG for movies. I'm not saying this is impossible; I like to think nothing is
, but my guess is it's improbable, at
least at this stage of technology.De'Andrea,
Welcome!
Love your name...how unique!So happy you were able to find beadwork again...and again! It's addictive, isn't it?
How ingenious you were to figure out how to do loom stitch off-loom! I bet that beaded hatband turned out wonderfully.
A beaded vulture pattern...so fascinating! I hope you'll post pics when you're done, or even of your work in progress. Sure, vultures aren't what most people would request, but what a way to do something innovative!
It sounds like such a complex piece and I'd love to see it!
And how cool about your grandfurbabies, plus your fur & feather kids.
So much joy! Feel free to talk about them anytime. I
have a cat and always start going on about her...she's such a love!
My friends are probably tired of hearing her stories, LOL. Silvertiger,
This looks amazing! Yes, I can see the curving, but still...love your colors and how fantastic this looks!
Okay, first, what kind of yarn are you using? The entire question of blocking hinges on what kind of yarn that is. Wool, alpaca, animal fibers in general, are all in need of and benefit from blocking. Acrylic...the best thing they say to do with acrylic is to machine wash and dry it according to manufacturer instructions to even out the tension.
Cotton is something I've blocked - it blocks well.
So the main thing is to know your fiber, and that will tell you if you can and should block it.
Now, if your yarn matches the blockability test (LOL), you can pin it into the correct shape. I'm guessing if you can block your yarn, the curving will hardly be noticeable.
But even if you're using
acrylic and putting it through the wash does nothing, be assured,
the piece looks lovely regardless. And chances are people
will think you did that curving on purpose. So think of
it like a bug in software...it's not a problem, it's a
feature! friends
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