- Free Membership!
- Forums
- Member Areas
- Photo Albums
- Maintain Your Stash
- Thousands of Videos
- Member Blogs
- Mailing Lists
- Contests
- Free Pattern Generator
- Beading
- Crochet
- CrossStitch
- Knitting
- Sewing
Hi, All
First, for anyone having any problems bringing up the freePatternWizard pattern creation software by using the top drop-down menu, feel free to Take This Link
Our showcase has been updated. If you've previously uploaded a showcase in the past, please check to see if it's been posted; meanwhile, if you want to submit one (or another one, if you've already posted before), feel free to do so!
Also note we now have an additional (optional) assembly page for the freePatternWizard. This is for larger pieces that have multiple pages. Much smaller patterns won't need this.
To freePatternWizard paid Premium subscribers having problems logging in:
If you're logged into your Stitchboard account (shows "Hi, name" in the upper right corner of each page), you can ignore the rest of this message.
If you're not logged into your Stitchboard account and you are a freePatternWizard paid Premium subscriber, please take this link one time to verify your subscription(s). It will also ask you to change your password. Again, you only need to do this once.
If you are not a paid Premium subscriber and are having problems logging in, try logging into the Stitchboard website. If you see an "Invalid login username or password" message, you may need to re-register at this link or by clicking the "Register" link at the top of the page. If you try re-registering and get a "duplicate email address" message, you'll need to go through the "password change" function by using this link.
To read a particular post, simply click on it!
First panel done, and blocked. One more panel still in progress
Welcome!
I'm not exactly sure of what you're asking, but I'll address the graphics part of your inquiry first.
You should use an image that is clear, but not just clear; it should be in a format that is a "better" one, such as gif or png. The problem with jpgs is they're not really good quality images and the colors can smear, especially if you've done some work with the image in a graphics program. However, you can't take a jpg, change it to a gif and be done with the problem. A bad jpg will only become a bad gif.
Another problem is if you upload a small image and try to resize it larger, especially in a jpg, but also in any other format. Or if you're trying to upload a large image and are resizing it smaller through the freePatternWizard. This is not recommended; there are some free and very powerful graphics programs where you can resize your images first, before uploading. The freePatternWizard isn't actually a graphics program, so it's not great at resizing, particularly going much larger or much smaller.
I would say that if you have an image that is, say, 200 pixels across, if you don't run it through a graphics program first, you'd be best off setting the freePatternWizard to make that image 200 stitches across, a one to one ratio, where resizing isn't necessary.
As for what stitches to use, if you're unsure of the colors, check to ensure the setting under #7 for PDF is "Symbols Only" or "Both Colors and Symbols." Using "Colors Only" will be too difficult for the human eye to see, especially if your image has many shades of various colors.
If you're asking about crochet stitches, if you're in the US we have single crochet available for "standard stitch," which is called double crochet in the UK and Australia (which is why we call it "standard" instead of "single crochet," as that term is not appropriate for the UK or Australia). We also have Tunisian stitches available.
If you're interested in filet, we've just introduced Filet Crochet as a Premier feature.
Line,
You're sooooooooooo right...relationship stuff is really awful.
I'm glad the kids aren't stressing about it. I hope you can find a way to tell them when the time comes, where they can still be okay with it and understand you guys can't be together.
It's completely understandable why you had to let the kids see your mother, even though there are very bad feelings between you two. I hope she doesn't revert back to her previous behavior and I also hope she'll treat you well, too. It's so hard dealing with parents. They're supposed to be smarter and wiser, but often that's not the case. And it's especially difficult to be with someone you know has done awful things, having to pretend they're the greatest.
I'm sure you're doing a lot of that for
the sake of the kids. Love the hat...it's gorgeous!
Love the stitch...it's got such nice
texture. And your colors are fantastic! Hmmm, you know, kind of a weird idea...can you pick up stitches on the inside of the hat, above the brim, and just do some basic single crochet in the round to line it? Then you could actually have two hats...the inner one and the outer one, just by turning it inside out. Now, part of that is my panic when it comes to sewing, LOL, but anyway, that's also why I'd probably start right after the brim - that brim is gorgeous!
Is that back loop only or front loop
only double crochets? Really pretty. And the yarn, too, has a pretty glow to it.
I'm so glad it's nice and warm!
You're so welcome...
...if you need anything, just let me
know! (Will be checking the mailbox in a few
minutes. )
|
Epic Travel |
|
|
Angela's kneedle-works |
|
|
Member Showcase (no music) |
|
|
Showcase Home Page |
||
