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Sthon,
Yes, you're correct, you do need a starting chain. You could attempt to make your chain in different colors, but IMO, it's not necessary. I'd just use the dominant color. Your chain is such a small part of the project, and if you choose to add an edging later, such as a shell or plain single crochet border, then it's not going to matter, anyway (in which case I'd tend to use the planned border color for the chain). For this, I'd say it's more a matter of personal choice. If you're really persnickety, you could follow the color pattern, but for me, meh, too much trouble for not much result!
Also, not to confuse you, you could have a couple of rows of one color of single crochet both before and at the end of your afghan (and extra single crochets at the sides, as well), so it really is a matter of personal choice.
Row one is your first row of single crochet.
Deb,
We don't support double crochet stitches at this time, but I've given you the answer to the 244 stitch issue in the other topic where you posted it, located here:
/community/2.0/message.php?t=1206&c=13&b=59
Melanie,
Yes, I was thinking of staying simple to begin with, building upon the skills already learned and work our way up to something like the garnstudio lace pattern.
I'm all for doing multiple projects so that everyone has the opportunity to practice their chart reading abilities. I'll keep this one on my list of charts to use as tutorial content.
If anyone else has any ideas, or charts, favorite stitch patterns, or
that they'd like to work on or learn how to
decode, please do join in. We'll sort them out by
complexity and tackle the easiest ones first, and work our way up
to the more complicated pieces.
We can also do this in reverse ... if you have a favorite stitch pattern you would like to see 'translated' into a chart, we could work on that, too. This exercise will not only give you a better understanding of how charts work, but it gives you, the stitcher, the ability to simplify overly complicated, or badly written, patterns.
Keep in mind that these chart reading skills are not exclusive to knitting. The basics also apply to crochet [especially filet crochet, or picture afghans], beading, plastic canvas and other grid based stitchery. The symbols are different for different stitchery types, but the basic chart reading skills are still the same.
The ultimate goal is to not only give stitchers the ability to read charts, but to give them confidence in their chart reading abilities so that they may eventually start altering patterns they see to suit their own personal preferences. Altering other people's patterns is a big first step in the journey of becoming a stitch designer. In fact, when you alter someone else's pattern, you are designing.
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Edyth,
Welcome!
Unfortunately,
the freePatternWizard will currently only work from a photo or
artwork. I've tried to find sites that let you start from scratch
with a blank grid, but everything I used to know has gone the way
of the dodo, sadly. 
We do have the capability in our
future plans, but I don't have a date for that, I'm sorry to
say.
We do have the capability in our
future plans, but I don't have a date for that, I'm sorry to
say.Sthon,
Yes, you're correct, you do need a starting chain. You could attempt to make your chain in different colors, but IMO, it's not necessary. I'd just use the dominant color. Your chain is such a small part of the project, and if you choose to add an edging later, such as a shell or plain single crochet border, then it's not going to matter, anyway (in which case I'd tend to use the planned border color for the chain). For this, I'd say it's more a matter of personal choice. If you're really persnickety, you could follow the color pattern, but for me, meh, too much trouble for not much result!
Also, not to confuse you, you could have a couple of rows of one color of single crochet both before and at the end of your afghan (and extra single crochets at the sides, as well), so it really is a matter of personal choice.
Row one is your first row of single crochet.
Deb,
We don't support double crochet stitches at this time, but I've given you the answer to the 244 stitch issue in the other topic where you posted it, located here:
/community/2.0/message.php?t=1206&c=13&b=59
Melanie,
Yes, I was thinking of staying simple to begin with, building upon the skills already learned and work our way up to something like the garnstudio lace pattern.
I'm all for doing multiple projects so that everyone has the opportunity to practice their chart reading abilities. I'll keep this one on my list of charts to use as tutorial content.
If anyone else has any ideas, or charts, favorite stitch patterns, or
that they'd like to work on or learn how to
decode, please do join in. We'll sort them out by
complexity and tackle the easiest ones first, and work our way up
to the more complicated pieces. We can also do this in reverse ... if you have a favorite stitch pattern you would like to see 'translated' into a chart, we could work on that, too. This exercise will not only give you a better understanding of how charts work, but it gives you, the stitcher, the ability to simplify overly complicated, or badly written, patterns.
Keep in mind that these chart reading skills are not exclusive to knitting. The basics also apply to crochet [especially filet crochet, or picture afghans], beading, plastic canvas and other grid based stitchery. The symbols are different for different stitchery types, but the basic chart reading skills are still the same.
The ultimate goal is to not only give stitchers the ability to read charts, but to give them confidence in their chart reading abilities so that they may eventually start altering patterns they see to suit their own personal preferences. Altering other people's patterns is a big first step in the journey of becoming a stitch designer. In fact, when you alter someone else's pattern, you are designing.
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