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Sherry,
That's brilliant.
I'm so jealous.
Gorgeous!
Thank you, Malanie. I appreciate that very much.
lol i say the same to nicky and cal one of these we're bound to catch them in their tin foil hats haha
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Healdy,
Welcome! 
What a lovely
thing to make for someone! No doubt it will be cherished and
appreciated.
No doubt it will be cherished and
appreciated.The size of your pattern is
dependent on several factors, such as yarn type, hook size, and
gauge.
My suggestion would be to look for a
bulky or super bulky yarn, perhaps something like a very sturdy rug
yarn, which will hold up to the wear and tear of being trampled on
the floor year round. Your hook should be suitable for the yarn you
choose, and with a bulky or super bulky yarn, you'll want to use a
large hook.
Once you decide on your yarn and
hook, the next step would be to crochet a swatch, to determine your
gauge. Depending on your gauge, it may be very possible to make
something that fits within the free parameters here; matter of
fact, if your yarn/hook/gauge are large enough, something in the
Premier area like 300 or 500 stitches will likely be way too large,
as just a few stitches will go a very long way!
The one drawback is a very bulky yarn may not have as
many color choices available, though if you pick a simpler pattern,
that likely won't matter.
Gloshei,
With the
freePatternWizard you can choose from a number of different
stitches. Many of the larger pieces seem to be done in peyote,
though loom/square stitch is also used. (Loom and square stitch
basically look the same, but are completely different
techniques.)
I haven't heard of anyone using
the freePatternWizard for bead embroidery. While it probably could
be used for that, my guess is there are other ways of using bead
embroidery for creating larger pieces. It's a completely different
technique, as it allows one to work outside of a grid entirely, so
a grid isn't really necessary if you know where the different
beaded areas should be on a particular piece. (I'm not terribly
proficient at bead embroidery, so I can only say what I've seen and
read about it, that bead artists who use this technique will
generally plot out where beads should be embroidered on the fabric.
There are likely some very talented people who can wing it and just
figure it out as they go, but not being one of them, I'm not sure
how well that would work for most!)
Sherry,
That's brilliant.
I'm so jealous.
Gorgeous! Thank you, Malanie. I appreciate that very much.
lol i say the same to nicky and cal one of these we're bound to catch them in their tin foil hats haha
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