You must be a member (free!) and be logged in to access all menu options.
- 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
site news and information
New! Caron One Pound, Caron Simply Soft and Herrschners 2-Ply Afghan palettes - thank you to BetwixtTheStitch!
New! The Herrschner's Worsted Palette - thank you to BetwixtTheStitch!
New! We've just added the palette for Deborah Norville Everyday Yarn! If you knit and/or crochet, this is for you. This is a beautiful yarn with a nice feel to it, a good alternative in worsted weight acrylic! (Thank you again to BetwixtTheStitch!)
New! The Red Heart Super Saver Palette - thank you to BetwixtTheStitch!
Welcome to Stitchboard! Feel free to sit and stay awhile. Check out our new Premier features. In addition to the ability to create larger patterns (up to 500 stitches wide), illusion knitting and private labeling (no more worries about editing those pesky and messy PDFs), we've just introduced Filet Crochet, our most popular request! We have many more features planned, too!
New! The Herrschner's Worsted Palette - thank you to BetwixtTheStitch!
New! We've just added the palette for Deborah Norville Everyday Yarn! If you knit and/or crochet, this is for you. This is a beautiful yarn with a nice feel to it, a good alternative in worsted weight acrylic! (Thank you again to BetwixtTheStitch!)
New! The Red Heart Super Saver Palette - thank you to BetwixtTheStitch!
Welcome to Stitchboard! Feel free to sit and stay awhile. Check out our new Premier features. In addition to the ability to create larger patterns (up to 500 stitches wide), illusion knitting and private labeling (no more worries about editing those pesky and messy PDFs), we've just introduced Filet Crochet, our most popular request! We have many more features planned, too!
activity feed
Stitchboard Support posted a reply in the Community
Stitchboard Admin posted a reply in the Community
Stitchboard Admin posted a reply in the Community
Dogwithyarn made a new post in the Community
tetleyiow made a new post in the Community
Stitchboard Admin posted a reply in the Community
Stitchboard Admin posted a reply in the Community
community activity
This area shows some random posts from the Community.
To read a particular post, simply click on it!
Hi.
Yes, let me go back and find an explanation I gave in another message and I'll post a link with more information.
Terry
Oh my gosh! That is crazy! It must take forever! I would go insane. I use the loop method sometimes, I think it is very handy. Sometimes, with uneven stitches, I use the needle to rearrange them and make them less lumpy, but only when it is neccessary. I doubt I could tell the difference between a piece with the tool and without. No one looks close enough to be able to tell that the fibers are not "facing" in the same direction. Best of luck with those loose ends.
To read a particular post, simply click on it!
JVincent,
You're so welcome!
Dskea,
Welcome! 
The
freePatternWizard was originally set up to keep people from skewing
their patterns, which is the reason for the lack of a choice of the
number of rows when creating patterns. It takes the number of
stitches across and creates a suitable length pattern to best fit
with your uploaded image and chosen size.
We
do have a version where one can enter the number of rows you want
in addition to stitches; however, please keep in mind that it will
likely change the aspect ratio, so something might look "off"
because it's stretched or narrowed.
If
you're interested, we could make this option available to
you.
If not, there are other ways to keep
within the correct aspect ratio, by adding borders to fool the
freePatternWizard into creating the correct number of rows. This
unfortunately does require experimenting to get the correct size;
I've done this and it's not an exact science.
If you'd prefer to add borders and you're on a Windows
PC but you don't have a graphics program, there are two I can
suggest that are free, have been around for ages and are quite
powerful. (The only thing is, I can't tell you how to use them, as
I'm personally using - seriously - a program that was released in
1998, lol.)
Hi.
Yes, let me go back and find an explanation I gave in another message and I'll post a link with more information.
Terry
Oh my gosh! That is crazy! It must take forever! I would go insane. I use the loop method sometimes, I think it is very handy. Sometimes, with uneven stitches, I use the needle to rearrange them and make them less lumpy, but only when it is neccessary. I doubt I could tell the difference between a piece with the tool and without. No one looks close enough to be able to tell that the fibers are not "facing" in the same direction. Best of luck with those loose ends.
Janet,
When working from a chart
you work bottom to top, right to left, then left to right, in
conventional chart format. This is why the numbering starts from
the bottom and not the top. You'll also notice the numbers start
from the side where you would start; odd rows start from the right,
evens start from the left. This represents the way you would
crochet. Though you're not literally
working from left to right for the even rows, when you flip the
work over to work each even or "return" row, you're crocheting the
side that goes left to right, though all you see when you're
working is right to left, as you would normally see a project that
you're working in rows. So when you get to the evens in a chart,
you'll reverse your reading of the chart to start at the side where
the number is, to keep your pattern from having every other row
going the wrong way.
The numbering of your
crocheting starts with the first single crochet row. It is not
advisable to add an extra row at the beginning or your numbering
will be off completely and this will get very, very confusing,
potentially messing up your pattern because you'll be constantly
trying to figure out which row you're really on and in which
direction you should be working. If you absolutely feel a need to
add an extra row for some reason, such as a border, I would suggest
adding it after you're done with the chart.
friends
You must be logged in to see this. (register for free!)
and now a few sponsored links...
featured showcases
|
Miscellaneous Completed Projects |
|
|
Wolf Den Dezigns |
|
|
Sara's Creations (no music) |
|
|
Showcase Home Page |
||
promotional live feedsm
twitter live feed
facebook recent activity