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Thank you I am very pleased that you like them. Yes, I did create these patterns myself and you can find them in the link above. <3 Yes, the green one is a pokemon. It's Shiny Teddiursa
I made it from this image. 
Loralee,
Welcome!
We have two options for more stitches, 300 and 500 stitches across. We call these Premier features, and we've introduced them with nominal costs; 300 stitches across carries an introductory price of $2.99 for one year, and 500 stitches across carries an introductory price of $4.99 for one year.
You can read more about it and other features we currently offer (we have over 100 planned features in addition to that!), and you can also subscribe on this page:
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MHershey,
Welcome! 
Okay, it's
going to sound pretty complicated, which it really
isn't.
In order to make it a certain size,
you have to know how many stitches per inch there are in your
gauge. That requires making something called a gauge swatch. Every
gauge swatch depends on a number of factors: your yarn, hook and
your own tension. Even with the same fiber and hook, you and I
would very likely have completely different gauges.
You need to make at least a 4 inch x 4 inch swatch
(square) in your chosen yarn (and some people recommend more like 5
inch x 5 inch), with your chosen hook. The purpose of this square
is to tell you how many stitches per inch are in your gauge. So if
you measure 4 inches of your swatch and determine you have 20
stitches in those 4 inches, you would divide that 20 by 4 to come
up with 5 stitches per inch.
Then you would
multiply that by the number of stitches across, so in this case, 5
x 60 = 300 stitches.
Once you know how many
stitches across, you can then calculate where the center of your
star would be and place it in your image accordingly. Also, when
you make your image, the best thing to do is make it so pixels =
stitches across. So if you want to make it 300 stitches across, for
example, the best image will be 300 pixels across. The length is a
bit more difficult. You can calculate the number of rows in the
same way you calculated the stitches across, but the
freePatternWizard at this time doesn't allow you to designate the
number of rows, so the best thing to do is make your best
estimation. Crochet stitches are not square, they're rectangular,
so the calculation of rows = pixels won't work here.
Hope that helps! 
It sounds more complex than it is, but
swatching is essential for so many things, particularly fitted
garments and other projects that require actual measurements, so
unless you're making something where a swatch isn't important, such
as a scarf, swatching will help to save you a lot of tearing out
beautifully made items that would otherwise end up too large or too
small.
It sounds more complex than it is, but
swatching is essential for so many things, particularly fitted
garments and other projects that require actual measurements, so
unless you're making something where a swatch isn't important, such
as a scarf, swatching will help to save you a lot of tearing out
beautifully made items that would otherwise end up too large or too
small. Babs,
Welcome! I love Canada...such a gorgeous place
with lovely people!
I love Canada...such a gorgeous place
with lovely people! Feel free to
post pics of your work so we can drool! 
Thank you I am very pleased that you like them. Yes, I did create these patterns myself and you can find them in the link above. <3 Yes, the green one is a pokemon. It's Shiny Teddiursa
I made it from this image. Loralee,
Welcome!
We have two options for more stitches, 300 and 500 stitches across. We call these Premier features, and we've introduced them with nominal costs; 300 stitches across carries an introductory price of $2.99 for one year, and 500 stitches across carries an introductory price of $4.99 for one year.
You can read more about it and other features we currently offer (we have over 100 planned features in addition to that!), and you can also subscribe on this page:
/pages/pattern/subscribe.php
Thanks Melanie,
No winners yet. 12 more days to go.
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