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Hi, Faith.
First, thanks for subscribing.
This feature will be enabled as soon as we finish testing and debugging the new "live" edit version of software. Among a lot of new features, you'll also then be able to start with a blank grid and "paint" in your stitches if you like.
We're working to finish a few other features first so I don't have an exact date yet.
Terry
I just discovered this place last night doing a search. Just wanted to introduce myself. I"m from the Northeast US, married and mother and grandmother. I've only been crocheting for 2.5 years and loving it!! I made my first pattern here last night to start an afghan for a friend who is fighting Osteosarcoma.
Hope to be around a bit and gather some great ideas!!
Currently the cross-stitch patterns are limited to 150 stitches across. Is there any hope of having that increased? I have a picture I'd love to do in an 11x14, but it looks like the biggest I can get with that stitch count is slightly over 8x10 on 14 count fabric.
I promised a tutorial on how I do tunisian cables, well it won't be the best, but here it is.
I'm using TPS on either side of the 6 TKS so it stands out more in the pictures.
However it could just as easily be all TKS, or TSS on either side.
Cables are worked on the return pass by removing the loops that will become the cable from the hook like so
For a right leaning cable the afghan hook is reinserted into the first loops, with the others pushed to the back and placed on a second hook.
The loops on the second hook are then worked of as usual with an extra ch at the end.
The ch is then placed back on the afghan hook and the rest of the pass is worked as usual.
On the next forward pass the stitches will look like a jumble and it can be a challenge to find where to make the loops in the proper order. Using a stitch marker on the back loops will make the stitches easier to find until you get used to it. The extra ch stitch is ignored.
Also the stitch immediately following the cable stitches can get pulled tight and overlooked. Especially in the case of all TKS.
The next couple of rows are worked with that extra ch st in the center of the cable on the return pass and ignored on the forward pass.
For a left leaning cable the same technique is used, but the loops are pushed forward to be put on the second hook.
And here you see the jumble it looks like.
For someone left handed, the two are reversed.
Jaycee,
Wow, what interesting places! You're definitely a world traveler!
That's wonderful how you figured out how to bead from the bracelet. It also sounds like this was probably not the easiest project to start, as well, especially with only the bracelet to guide you. Many people would have been too discouraged and given up!
Your way of working motifs in a modular fashion is fascinating! Now that I think about it, that's an interesting way of approaching designing...I'll have to try that. Sometimes I feel like I start with the right idea, but then can get overwhelmed by the size of the project. Working in smaller, more manageable pieces sounds like a good answer to that...thank you for the inspiration!
Melanie (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=
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Hi, Faith.
First, thanks for subscribing.
This feature will be enabled as soon as we finish testing and debugging the new "live" edit version of software. Among a lot of new features, you'll also then be able to start with a blank grid and "paint" in your stitches if you like.
We're working to finish a few other features first so I don't have an exact date yet.
Terry
I just discovered this place last night doing a search. Just wanted to introduce myself. I"m from the Northeast US, married and mother and grandmother. I've only been crocheting for 2.5 years and loving it!! I made my first pattern here last night to start an afghan for a friend who is fighting Osteosarcoma.
Hope to be around a bit and gather some great ideas!!
Currently the cross-stitch patterns are limited to 150 stitches across. Is there any hope of having that increased? I have a picture I'd love to do in an 11x14, but it looks like the biggest I can get with that stitch count is slightly over 8x10 on 14 count fabric.
I promised a tutorial on how I do tunisian cables, well it won't be the best, but here it is.
I'm using TPS on either side of the 6 TKS so it stands out more in the pictures.
However it could just as easily be all TKS, or TSS on either side.
Cables are worked on the return pass by removing the loops that will become the cable from the hook like so
For a right leaning cable the afghan hook is reinserted into the first loops, with the others pushed to the back and placed on a second hook.
The loops on the second hook are then worked of as usual with an extra ch at the end.
The ch is then placed back on the afghan hook and the rest of the pass is worked as usual.
On the next forward pass the stitches will look like a jumble and it can be a challenge to find where to make the loops in the proper order. Using a stitch marker on the back loops will make the stitches easier to find until you get used to it. The extra ch stitch is ignored.
Also the stitch immediately following the cable stitches can get pulled tight and overlooked. Especially in the case of all TKS.
The next couple of rows are worked with that extra ch st in the center of the cable on the return pass and ignored on the forward pass.
For a left leaning cable the same technique is used, but the loops are pushed forward to be put on the second hook.
And here you see the jumble it looks like.
For someone left handed, the two are reversed.
Jaycee,
Wow, what interesting places! You're definitely a world traveler!
That's wonderful how you figured out how to bead from the bracelet. It also sounds like this was probably not the easiest project to start, as well, especially with only the bracelet to guide you. Many people would have been too discouraged and given up!
Your way of working motifs in a modular fashion is fascinating! Now that I think about it, that's an interesting way of approaching designing...I'll have to try that. Sometimes I feel like I start with the right idea, but then can get overwhelmed by the size of the project. Working in smaller, more manageable pieces sounds like a good answer to that...thank you for the inspiration!
Melanie (known to the cat as "Rowr" or "Rowr Rowr") =^.^=
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