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Melanie,
Need more yarn.. Not addicted to it though :p I admit to nothing..
Got the exam back.. Only got a C... I was soooo nervous, that I forgot half of what I needed to do in it.. Not good.. -.-'
Sooooooo stressed..
I'm deffinitely making a paper of some kind, with all of the assignments can be in the actual exam. With examples, and results.. Gotta help myself :p haha
Silver is an asshat. :p She's really a pain in the ass right now..
Yes, she's really testing my patiense.
Hahaha, the picture of her sitting on me.. :p I don't know what happened that day, she kept jumping on my lap the little bugger.. When I took her down, she jumped right back up.
Urgh, the urinating.. Luckily I have something at home that takes the smell right out of everything.. It's brilliant for removing the smell.. No matter what smell.. You can even use it in the washer to remove smell from sportswear and so.
She's only coming when called because she knows I have food.. She loves food.. Lucky me..
An yes the fence.. Putting a higher fence up next month.. A much higher fence.. Stupid dog.. I have to tie her up to a pole in the middle of the yard.. I don't like it, but at least she's not jumping the fence running out in the road..
I can't and won't keep her in.. She loves to be outside, especially now with all the smells..
Not doing great here either..
The house has not went up for sale yet.. My ex is an asshat who now doesn't wanna spend time with the kids.. (will PM you with details)..
But the kids are great.. They have just been on a 4 day easter holliday at their grandparents.. They went to Legoland, when they were there.. They had a blast.
Boyfriend is work.. Gotta mold the guy as I want him.. :p LOL no.. No no no.. :p
He hasn't been in a serious relationship in a very very long time, so he's a bit.. Ehhh... Rusty? Can you even use that phrase on a human beeing?
Hugs - and thanks for the warm thoughts..
Brenda,
Welcome!
If you're referring to beadweaving, one thing that I often recommend is a really good book that helps with a lot of the questions you may have. There are many excellent videos, and I'd be happy to suggest a few if you'd like, but I also like books because they can really
help to clearly see what you may not be able to see with a
video.
One of the books I highly recommend is Creative Bead Weaving by Carol Wilcox Wells. It's actually the book I started with when I was very new to beading, and though it's out of print, there are plenty of places to buy it used for a nominal price, or at the very worst, you can borrow it from a library.
As for materials, I tend to use Fireline Crystal for bead weaving. The beads I most prefer to use are cylinder beads (e.g., Delicas) or Japanese seed beads, depending on what I'm trying to accomplish. I have used Czech seed beads, but they're not quite as regular as the Japanese seed beads. If you don't have a nearby bead store, you can also buy online. I know of two wonderful sellers who
handle online sales.
Also, depending on how new you are to beading, there's one other thing I might recommend: start with very large beads. I usually start people out with pony beads and yarn for thread. The beads look very clunky, but they're large and can help you to really see what you're doing...I've even used them recently, to learn bead crochet! There are also beads called Perler beads, which somewhat resemble cylinder beads; you can generally find them at craft or toy stores (they're normally put onto a shaped, pegged object and then are baked, but they're great for weaving, too).
Let me know if you'd like to take a look at some YouTube videos, as well.
Sheri,
Welcome!
Graphghans can be a lot of fun!
I'm not sure I understand about written instructions. If you're talking about word patterns, we do offer those for crochet patterns.
My suggestion, though, would be to start with something small. I know, it's a pain, because I personally always think about jumping right in, but I still strongly suggest starting small with things like graphghans, and (with what used to be my nemesis) bead crochet. For instance, I was determined to start bead crochet with a bangle bracelet, but the bead crochet made sure I understood in no uncertain terms that a bracelet was not in the cards until I started with big old pony beads. That was where I learned the tension and how to hold those beads!
Anyway, happy hooking right back to you...and feel free to post photos of any of your work so we can all drool!
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Pinkyrose,
Thank you! 
Sarkar,
Welcome!
The important thing to
remember when making a pattern is that the way you want your
pattern to look should be adjusted in your image first. For that,
I'd suggest using a graphics program. If you're using a PC I can
steer you to two free and very powerful programs that you can use
for this purpose.
Your image before
uploading should be the number of pixels across = the number of
stitches across that you want. (At this time the program doesn't
allow the vertical number of rows to be adjusted.) So if you want
your blanket to be 50 stitches wide, your image should be 50 pixels
wide.
This can't be done in the
freePatternWizard because it's not a graphics program and it likely
won't produce a good result. Thus, the image manipulation should be
done in a graphics program before it's uploaded.
Then when you go to upload your image, using the example
of 50 stitches wide, in option #6 you would take the top choice,
where it says, "I wish to enter my desired
count - Number of stitches desired:" and instead of
the 80 that it defaults to, you'd enter the number 50. That will
give you the correct pixel-to-stitch ratio.
Melanie,
Need more yarn.. Not addicted to it though :p I admit to nothing..
Got the exam back.. Only got a C... I was soooo nervous, that I forgot half of what I needed to do in it.. Not good.. -.-'
Sooooooo stressed..
I'm deffinitely making a paper of some kind, with all of the assignments can be in the actual exam. With examples, and results.. Gotta help myself :p haha
Silver is an asshat. :p She's really a pain in the ass right now..
Yes, she's really testing my patiense.
Hahaha, the picture of her sitting on me.. :p I don't know what happened that day, she kept jumping on my lap the little bugger.. When I took her down, she jumped right back up.
Urgh, the urinating.. Luckily I have something at home that takes the smell right out of everything.. It's brilliant for removing the smell.. No matter what smell.. You can even use it in the washer to remove smell from sportswear and so.
She's only coming when called because she knows I have food.. She loves food.. Lucky me..
An yes the fence.. Putting a higher fence up next month.. A much higher fence.. Stupid dog.. I have to tie her up to a pole in the middle of the yard.. I don't like it, but at least she's not jumping the fence running out in the road..
I can't and won't keep her in.. She loves to be outside, especially now with all the smells..
Not doing great here either..
The house has not went up for sale yet.. My ex is an asshat who now doesn't wanna spend time with the kids.. (will PM you with details)..
But the kids are great.. They have just been on a 4 day easter holliday at their grandparents.. They went to Legoland, when they were there.. They had a blast.
Boyfriend is work.. Gotta mold the guy as I want him.. :p LOL no.. No no no.. :p
He hasn't been in a serious relationship in a very very long time, so he's a bit.. Ehhh... Rusty? Can you even use that phrase on a human beeing?
Hugs - and thanks for the warm thoughts..
Brenda,
Welcome!
If you're referring to beadweaving, one thing that I often recommend is a really good book that helps with a lot of the questions you may have. There are many excellent videos, and I'd be happy to suggest a few if you'd like
, but I also like books because they can really
help to clearly see what you may not be able to see with a
video.One of the books I highly recommend is Creative Bead Weaving by Carol Wilcox Wells. It's actually the book I started with when I was very new to beading, and though it's out of print, there are plenty of places to buy it used for a nominal price, or at the very worst, you can borrow it from a library.
As for materials, I tend to use Fireline Crystal for bead weaving. The beads I most prefer to use are cylinder beads (e.g., Delicas) or Japanese seed beads, depending on what I'm trying to accomplish. I have used Czech seed beads, but they're not quite as regular as the Japanese seed beads. If you don't have a nearby bead store, you can also buy online.
I know of two wonderful sellers who
handle online sales.Also, depending on how new you are to beading, there's one other thing I might recommend: start with very large beads. I usually start people out with pony beads and yarn for thread. The beads look very clunky, but they're large and can help you to really see what you're doing...I've even used them recently, to learn bead crochet! There are also beads called Perler beads, which somewhat resemble cylinder beads; you can generally find them at craft or toy stores (they're normally put onto a shaped, pegged object and then are baked, but they're great for weaving, too).
Let me know if you'd like to take a look at some YouTube videos, as well.
Sheri,
Welcome!
Graphghans can be a lot of fun!
I'm not sure I understand about written instructions. If you're talking about word patterns, we do offer those for crochet patterns.
My suggestion, though, would be to start with something small. I know, it's a pain, because I personally always think about jumping right in, but I still strongly suggest starting small with things like graphghans, and (with what used to be my nemesis) bead crochet. For instance, I was determined to start bead crochet with a bangle bracelet, but the bead crochet made sure I understood in no uncertain terms that a bracelet was not in the cards until I started with big old pony beads. That was where I learned the tension and how to hold those beads!
Anyway, happy hooking right back to you...and feel free to post photos of any of your work so we can all drool!
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