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Hi. Thanks for the input. I'm just finishing up a project hopefully Tuesday or Wednesday and then will send you an email. You can reply to that and attach an image. I'll give more info in the email.
Terry
Sue,
Hi! The size of your finished project depends on your gauge. If you haven't already, you should make a gauge swatch with your chosen fiber and hook. (I know, almost nobody likes to make them!) If you don't make a gauge swatch, you won't have a measurement to work with to know your finished pattern size.
From your swatch, you can figure out the number of stitches and rows per inch. (I would make a combo of filled squares and empty squares in your swatch, so you get a good variety.) To get your gauge information, take the number of stitches per 4 inches of swatch and divide by 4. That number will be your stitches per inch. Do the same for your rows; take the number per 4 inches of swatch, divide by 4 and that will give you your rows per inch.
Then take the number of stitches in your pattern and divide by the number of stitches per inch. So if you have 200 stitches and your gauge swatch is 4 stitches per inch, 200 stitches/4 stitches per inch=50 inches. Do the same for your rows; divide the number of rows in your pattern by the number of rows per inch and you'll get the number of inches.
As for controlling the size, there are various ways. First, if you're not using a tiny hook, you can try going down a hook size or so; however, be aware that if your hook size is too small for your fiber, the result will be too-tight stitches that may be very difficult to work and will perhaps provide less enjoyment of the project, as well.
Another solution is to change your fiber. If you're using a worsted weight fiber, you may want to go to a lighter worsted or a sport weight. If you make a gauge swatch beforehand and calculate it out, you'll know if that new fiber is too small for your intended purposes.
Know there are three things that will affect your gauge size; unfortunately, there's no one-size-fits-all here, as everyone is different, even if we all use the same size hook and same fiber! The three things are your hook size, your fiber and your tension. Your tension is individual to you, so that's why you can't count on someone else's measurements. This is why many patterns specifically say to make a gauge swatch first, because even though a designer can say to use a certain size hook and a certain fiber, that doesn't mean it will turn out that way for you!
Sorry if that's confusing...and hope it helps!
Hi, All!
I've been collecting information relating to a few bugs and am going to go through my list and take care of them all. As I always say, if I can reproduce a problem, I can fix it. Some are obscure, others more common.
A few of the issues being fixed are:
- In beading, if you set a preference to not show the beads on the cover sheet of the pdf, the beads also go away on the pattern pages. The beads should still show on the pdf pattern pages regardless of this setting.
- When using manual color choices, the program sometimes only chooses a couple colors, and sometimes not even ones you've chosen. This is more prevalent in beading.
- The program sometimes introduces a gray color mainly when the image has no black and/or white.
- A couple other color choosing issues will be fixed.
Then hopefully during October we'll be turning on a new internal graphics engine and at that point pdf charts will be exactly pixel-for-pixel the same as what you see on the screen. Currently there can be a difference. The new engine has had extensive testing with one of our corporate clients and works well. This new engine will also eliminate future color-choosing bugs.
Thanks to those who have sent me reports, images and settings. Like I say, some problems only show up in specific combinations of settings. I want to get these bugs fixed before starting to enable new things!
I'll update everyone as I fix each bug.
Terry
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