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Hi All,

New to the art thread community. Got some hoops and thread for Christmas, excited to start slinging some threads.




Gloshei,
My apologies if I'm misunderstanding your question.
The freePatternWizard isn't a graphics program, so if you're trying to use that to make a pattern from a large original, it won't work well.
The best thing to do is decide on the dimensions you want the finished piece to be and then size your image accordingly, where stitches across = pixels. So if you wanted something that was 100 stitches across, you would resize your image to 100 pixels across. However, there's one other problem - the standard photo formats usually aren't good for making patterns because if they use something like a jpg format, the format will have all kinds of junk pixels introduced in different spots. That's just the nature of a jpg, unfortunately.
You may be able to get through the jpg issues before uploading to the freePatternWizard by using a graphics program to blow up the image to see if there are random pixels in the image.
In the future, there will be a version of the freePatternWizard that will allow you to do some editing, but in the meantime the version that is out there now doesn't allow that.
If you don't have a suitable graphics program and are on a Windows PC, if you'd like I can suggest two very powerful and free graphics programs that can be downloaded. Smile


Tasha,
Welcome! Smile
Are you talking about for C2C or just a regular afghan?

Regardless of which you're talking about, if you're looking to make it a certain size, you must make a gauge swatch. I know, almost nobody likes making them (yes, me included), but that's the only way to calculate how many stitches you'll need. You must make this swatch using the fiber you plan to use and the hook size.
The reason I can't give you a specific number is because all of these things are as individual as you are. Kiss Your chosen fiber, hook and tension will be different from mine. So if you're looking to make a specific size of anything - even someone's published pattern - you must swatch.


Will it still show you the appropriate stitches for cross stitch if I tell it to it in crochet? Do you have any tips? I am relatively new to cross stitch and this is the first thing I've done with crochet.

Chiefstick,
Welcome! Smile
Embarrassed to say I'm not sure where the free pattern sites are anymore! Embarassed I used to know of a ton of them. Now I mostly look at books and magazines for inspiration.
Medallions are fun! I especially enjoy watching something in flat, round peyote grow from a tiny circle to something amazing. Smile

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