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valentine's day cake i make for nicky 2012
Helen,
Welcome!
Though the freePatternWizard isn't set up for needlepoint at the moment, my guess is you can do just fine with it set for cross stitch, since needlepoint is kind of half of a cross stitch.
You could tape the pages together, but if it gets too unwieldy, you may want to page back and forth...the problem is that printers these days aren't meant to print huge patterns. So the patterns have to be paged for PDF output, which is why charts turn into a lot of pages.
I'm guessing the "how" of charted needlepoint is similar to cross stitch...e.g., working out from the center, starting with the lightest colors. At any rate, that's the way I would work. If you've never done cross stitch before, perhaps you could start with a small, simple pattern (thankfully, there are tons of them available online for free!), then move on to your charted needlepoint pattern once you know how to work from the center out.
Hope that helps!
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Sherry,
Thank you so much for
posting these pics! 
The clothespins are absolutely
brilliant!
The clothespins are absolutely
brilliant! Either way, I
think both pieces look amazing. And the unicorn cross stitch pops!
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Oh Raven, have no idea when I will get to that one. I
currently have 4 more graphgan wips, plus I just found out last
week that 2 relatives are expecting. That means 2 baby blankets,
for sure.
Good thing I'm retired. 
Vikings is one of the shows I watch
while I crochet. There just aren't enough shows like
that.
Vikings is one of the shows I watch
while I crochet. There just aren't enough shows like
that.valentine's day cake i make for nicky 2012Helen,
Welcome!
Though the freePatternWizard isn't set up for needlepoint at the moment, my guess is you can do just fine with it set for cross stitch, since needlepoint is kind of half of a cross stitch.
You could tape the pages together, but if it gets too unwieldy, you may want to page back and forth...the problem is that printers these days aren't meant to print huge patterns. So the patterns have to be paged for PDF output, which is why charts turn into a lot of pages.
I'm guessing the "how" of charted needlepoint is similar to cross stitch...e.g., working out from the center, starting with the lightest colors. At any rate, that's the way I would work. If you've never done cross stitch before, perhaps you could start with a small, simple pattern (thankfully, there are tons of them available online for free!), then move on to your charted needlepoint pattern once you know how to work from the center out.
Hope that helps!
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