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Thank you so much for such a genuine reply, I do appreciate it.
I've shown my local textile shop owner my first pattern I've made and she thinks it's great so that's a very good start. She also said that as the fabric comes in inches her local customers can speak and think in inches too so the cm issue is removed for me now. As a quilter I can think in inches too so I know what she means. (In
Australia we moved from the old imperial measurements, including inches, in the 1960's when we went metric.)
I've bought the Premium package for the Private Labelling and am fairly happy with it. I would like to be able to include my # hashtag in the footer but couldn't customise it.
With the Notes section I've been able to add some useful information but I think I've added so much that the Company name top row has disappeared. As I'm only using 20 thread colours there is room at the bottom of the front page for all the fields plus my Notes. Maybe that's an easy fix? But often what seems easy with technical projects takes three times as long!
I certainly know what you're talking about with a long to do list, mine is always growing and there's not enough time to get through it all.
Part of the solution I'm working with now is a Useful Information Guide I've made up to go with the pattern that has Tools and Notions, Number of Skeins Required for the Project (I worked up a table with the variables of fabric count, stitch count ranges and threads (1, 2, 3) - based on that handy skein estimator) and a Needle Size Chart as my textile shop lady said customers just want to come in with a shopping checklist. At this stage it is a separate PDF but hopefully I'll find a way to include it in the Pattern PDF.
Lots of learning to do and I'm really enjoying this project. Thank you for making such a carefully thought through tool that is affordable to experiment with.
Nephtysrose,
Welcome!
Wow, the Netherlands...a place I'd
love to see someday!
So glad you found us and will be designing your own pieces.
I, too, love Delicas. Seed beads are great for sculptural work, but they're not as even as Delicas. Especially if you're going to do looming. I do mostly off-loom stitches and even for those the Delicas work wonderfully!
Tatting is so beautiful! I haven't mastered that one. I once learned shuttle tatting and made, gasp, one stitch! LOL.
The nice thing is tatting is very popular these days. For a while it seemed to fade out, but then it made a resurgence. It's best the old art forms keep going, rather than getting lost to time!
Feel free to share pictures of your work!
Hi everyone
I have used stitchboard pattern maker for ages and
have only just joined up. Despite doing all the things I did
before, the patterns are not turning out at all. I uploaded a png
two colour picture and the generated pattern was completely pink!
Yet there were about 9 colours listed below in code. I have tried
all kinds of adjustments but to no avail. I have tried several
other pictures too but it's no good. Feeling blue 
Neave,
I can't either.
Just too much
violence. We humans can be pretty crappy
to each other (and to our ecosystem).
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Thank you so much for such a genuine reply, I do appreciate it.
I've shown my local textile shop owner my first pattern I've made and she thinks it's great so that's a very good start. She also said that as the fabric comes in inches her local customers can speak and think in inches too so the cm issue is removed for me now. As a quilter I can think in inches too so I know what she means. (In
Australia we moved from the old imperial measurements, including inches, in the 1960's when we went metric.)
I've bought the Premium package for the Private Labelling and am fairly happy with it. I would like to be able to include my # hashtag in the footer but couldn't customise it.
With the Notes section I've been able to add some useful information but I think I've added so much that the Company name top row has disappeared. As I'm only using 20 thread colours there is room at the bottom of the front page for all the fields plus my Notes. Maybe that's an easy fix? But often what seems easy with technical projects takes three times as long!
I certainly know what you're talking about with a long to do list, mine is always growing and there's not enough time to get through it all.
Part of the solution I'm working with now is a Useful Information Guide I've made up to go with the pattern that has Tools and Notions, Number of Skeins Required for the Project (I worked up a table with the variables of fabric count, stitch count ranges and threads (1, 2, 3) - based on that handy skein estimator) and a Needle Size Chart as my textile shop lady said customers just want to come in with a shopping checklist. At this stage it is a separate PDF but hopefully I'll find a way to include it in the Pattern PDF.
Lots of learning to do and I'm really enjoying this project. Thank you for making such a carefully thought through tool that is affordable to experiment with.
Delicia,
Welcome!
If you're
talking about 40x40 or 60x60 inches, before you can determine
anything, you need to know about your gauge.
To find your gauge, use the size crochet hook you've
chosen for the project and the size/type of yarn and make a 4x4
inch swatch. If you're going to use single crochet, you'd use
single crochet stitches to make your swatch. If you're going to use
Tunisian, you'd make your gauge swatch in Tunisian.
Let's say you end up with a single crochet swatch of 16
stitches x 20 rows to the 4x4 inch swatch. You'd divide each of
those numbers by 4, giving you the number of stitches and the
number of rows per inch. In this example, you'd have 4 inches x 5
rows per inch.
You'd then multiply those
numbers by the number of inches you'd want in each. In the above
example, 4 x 40 = 160 and 5 x 40 = 200.
For
the freePatternWizard, using a graphics program you'd take your
image and make it 160 pixels across, where the number of pixels =
the number of stitches. Then in option #6 you'd choose, "I wish to enter my desired count - Number of stitches
desired: ___ stitches" and you'd enter the number 160.
(Since maximum if you're a regular member - e.g., not a premier
member - is only 150, you'd have to at least subscribe to the
premier 300 stitches across option, which is currently a nominal
cost of $2.99 for a full year.)
The only
thing you can't determine is the vertical length of the piece; for
that, you could start with 200 pixels down (in this
example...adjust for your own figures, of course) and adjust as
necessary until you get to the length you want. In the future,
there will be an option to enter the vertical size, but since that
isn't an option at this point, the freePatternWizard will do that
calculation for you.
Swatching isn't
something most people like doing (lol, guilty!), but for anything
that requires specific measurements it's very important to do the
swatching, rather than ending up with a too-small or too-large
piece and being sorry later.
Nephtysrose,
Welcome!
Wow, the Netherlands...a place I'd
love to see someday!So glad you found us and will be designing your own pieces.
I, too, love Delicas. Seed beads are great for sculptural work, but they're not as even as Delicas. Especially if you're going to do looming. I do mostly off-loom stitches and even for those the Delicas work wonderfully!
Tatting is so beautiful! I haven't mastered that one. I once learned shuttle tatting and made, gasp, one stitch! LOL.
The nice thing is tatting is very popular these days. For a while it seemed to fade out, but then it made a resurgence. It's best the old art forms keep going, rather than getting lost to time!
Feel free to share pictures of your work!
Hi everyone
I have used stitchboard pattern maker for ages and
have only just joined up. Despite doing all the things I did
before, the patterns are not turning out at all. I uploaded a png
two colour picture and the generated pattern was completely pink!
Yet there were about 9 colours listed below in code. I have tried
all kinds of adjustments but to no avail. I have tried several
other pictures too but it's no good. Feeling blue Neave,
I can't either.
Just too much
violence. We humans can be pretty crappy
to each other (and to our ecosystem). friends
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