You must be a member (free!) and be logged in to access all menu options.
- Free Membership!
- Forums
- Member Areas
- Photo Albums
- Maintain Your Stash
- Thousands of Videos
- Member Blogs
- Mailing Lists
- Contests
- Free Pattern Generator
- Beading
- Crochet
- CrossStitch
- Knitting
- Sewing
site news and information
New! Caron One Pound, Caron Simply Soft and Herrschners 2-Ply Afghan palettes - thank you to BetwixtTheStitch!
New! The Herrschner's Worsted Palette - thank you to BetwixtTheStitch!
New! We've just added the palette for Deborah Norville Everyday Yarn! If you knit and/or crochet, this is for you. This is a beautiful yarn with a nice feel to it, a good alternative in worsted weight acrylic! (Thank you again to BetwixtTheStitch!)
New! The Red Heart Super Saver Palette - thank you to BetwixtTheStitch!
Welcome to Stitchboard! Feel free to sit and stay awhile. Check out our new Premier features. In addition to the ability to create larger patterns (up to 500 stitches wide), illusion knitting and private labeling (no more worries about editing those pesky and messy PDFs), we've just introduced Filet Crochet, our most popular request! We have many more features planned, too!
New! The Herrschner's Worsted Palette - thank you to BetwixtTheStitch!
New! We've just added the palette for Deborah Norville Everyday Yarn! If you knit and/or crochet, this is for you. This is a beautiful yarn with a nice feel to it, a good alternative in worsted weight acrylic! (Thank you again to BetwixtTheStitch!)
New! The Red Heart Super Saver Palette - thank you to BetwixtTheStitch!
Welcome to Stitchboard! Feel free to sit and stay awhile. Check out our new Premier features. In addition to the ability to create larger patterns (up to 500 stitches wide), illusion knitting and private labeling (no more worries about editing those pesky and messy PDFs), we've just introduced Filet Crochet, our most popular request! We have many more features planned, too!
activity feed
Stitchboard Admin posted a reply in the Community
thijsse made a new post in the Community
Stitchboard Admin posted a reply in the Community
Hesska posted a reply in the Community
Stitchboard Admin posted a reply in the Community
Hesska made a new post in the Community
Stitchboard Admin posted a reply in the Community
community activity
This area shows some random posts from the Community.
To read a particular post, simply click on it!
Hello, I'm 26 and I have spent the majority of my life in and out of crochet projects. Its one thing that I love that even when I take a 6 month long break from it, I'm still just as excited to start a new project and come back to it. I was wondering if I could get some advice about coloring. My friend has asked me to create a blanket for her daughter's softball team using their logo. I am happy to do that but the pattern is kind of black and white and the letters are surrounded by puffs of smoke. I didn't know if there was a way to get an idea of a color combination or fade to get that type of design to show up in crochet. I've made a few sports blankets but I have never tried to capture a smoke effect. I figured maybe try a gray that fades into a solid white. I also want to try to make this with velvet yarn, which could have a discoloration effect all by itself. Any and all advice is appreciated. Thank you for your time.
Hi again Terry...
Test results continued...
I now reduced the ppi resolution to what it was originally (at 72ppi) and tired the tests again. I used all the same parameters as in the previous message for each test...
Manual choice of 4 colors...at a quick glance it looks exact to the 144 ppi resolution testing...
Rotate image...same results as 144 ppi...
Then the unlimited auto color select. Again same results 55 colors...will probably hold true for the last one as well...we'll see...
And finally, let limited to 4 auto color select full switchboard palette. Same result with errant colors...
Not sure if there is anything else but if you have more suggestions, please let me know.
Thanks again!
Kathy
I'm glad you found the written instructions ... I got another migraine and was not able to finish this. If there is some interest, I could explain the process I went through to get the first five rows.
Way back in October 2011 when we first began upgrading people to 300 stitches as a beta test, we mentioned that eventually this would become a Premier feature. (We called it "Premium" back then.)
We've been testing server loads and are now done with the extended beta test (thank you to everyone who helped!).
A few weeks ago we added a Premier feature of 500 stitches. Rather than simply doing away with the 300 option, we decided to still make it available but at a nominal subscription price of $2.99* - for an entire year!
So non-members get 100 stitches across, members get 150, Premier subscribers ($2.99/yr*) get 300, and second-level Premier subscribers (4.99/yr*) get 500.
By adding the 300 stitch count option to our Premier features, it will help defray costs as we continue to add memory, hard disk space, and eventually more servers.
As I write this, we're already working on a planned upgrade to handle the new activity that has necessitated this upgrade, and as much as we'd like to keep this particular feature free, we'd also like to keep our service as fast and working as well as possible. The only way to do that is by being responsible enough to respond to newer server loads and increased activity. Additionally, our costs have greatly increased because of all of the extras we've been giving, not just larger patterns, but crochet word charts, more intelligent PDF handling, PDF paper sizes, stray pixel cleanup, Tunisian crochet stitch capabilities, memory settings, image rotation, other special effects and numerous smaller issues that have been resolved or added to make your pattern-creating experience better.
Also, to be clear, when you subscribe to one or more Premier features, the subscription is for one year and does not automatically renew. We will email a notice 30 days before the subscription ends and you need to manually renew it. (We've never liked the idea of auto-renewals!)
For those who have been upgraded to 300 stitches since 2011, you'll have six months before the "free" 300 stitch upgrade will go away. As of today, November 1, 2015, we're doing no more free upgrades of stitch width sizes without subscriptions to either of those as premier features. Unfortunately, we do have to draw the line, as the services we use are certainly not freebies on our end...if only they were!
There are still many free features coming! Next up will be one that will help those who create pdf patterns. So as we continue to add free features, we'll also continue adding more Premier ones to continue to expand and pay larger server costs and allow us to offer what we do at the fastest possible speeds.
* introductory price
Neave,
Absolutely agree! It's why I cherish my friends...because they're good people...I think of many of them as family.
To read a particular post, simply click on it!
Hello, I'm 26 and I have spent the majority of my life in and out of crochet projects. Its one thing that I love that even when I take a 6 month long break from it, I'm still just as excited to start a new project and come back to it. I was wondering if I could get some advice about coloring. My friend has asked me to create a blanket for her daughter's softball team using their logo. I am happy to do that but the pattern is kind of black and white and the letters are surrounded by puffs of smoke. I didn't know if there was a way to get an idea of a color combination or fade to get that type of design to show up in crochet. I've made a few sports blankets but I have never tried to capture a smoke effect. I figured maybe try a gray that fades into a solid white. I also want to try to make this with velvet yarn, which could have a discoloration effect all by itself. Any and all advice is appreciated. Thank you for your time.
Hi again Terry...
Test results continued...
I now reduced the ppi resolution to what it was originally (at 72ppi) and tired the tests again. I used all the same parameters as in the previous message for each test...
Manual choice of 4 colors...at a quick glance it looks exact to the 144 ppi resolution testing...
Rotate image...same results as 144 ppi...
Then the unlimited auto color select. Again same results 55 colors...will probably hold true for the last one as well...we'll see...
And finally, let limited to 4 auto color select full switchboard palette. Same result with errant colors...
Not sure if there is anything else but if you have more suggestions, please let me know.
Thanks again!
Kathy
Quote:
Stitchboard Admin, the pattern is for free on Ravelry.com.
just search for Northern Lights shawl and you'll see it there. I'm
sorry that I couldnn't provide a link, still problems with the
computer.
StitchMeKnot, yes this is the pattern, and I have since then found written out instructions by some one else, but I thank you for your help.
StitchMeKnot, yes this is the pattern, and I have since then found written out instructions by some one else, but I thank you for your help.
I'm glad you found the written instructions ... I got another migraine and was not able to finish this. If there is some interest, I could explain the process I went through to get the first five rows.
Way back in October 2011 when we first began upgrading people to 300 stitches as a beta test, we mentioned that eventually this would become a Premier feature. (We called it "Premium" back then.)
We've been testing server loads and are now done with the extended beta test (thank you to everyone who helped!).
A few weeks ago we added a Premier feature of 500 stitches. Rather than simply doing away with the 300 option, we decided to still make it available but at a nominal subscription price of $2.99* - for an entire year!
So non-members get 100 stitches across, members get 150, Premier subscribers ($2.99/yr*) get 300, and second-level Premier subscribers (4.99/yr*) get 500.
By adding the 300 stitch count option to our Premier features, it will help defray costs as we continue to add memory, hard disk space, and eventually more servers.
As I write this, we're already working on a planned upgrade to handle the new activity that has necessitated this upgrade, and as much as we'd like to keep this particular feature free, we'd also like to keep our service as fast and working as well as possible. The only way to do that is by being responsible enough to respond to newer server loads and increased activity. Additionally, our costs have greatly increased because of all of the extras we've been giving, not just larger patterns, but crochet word charts, more intelligent PDF handling, PDF paper sizes, stray pixel cleanup, Tunisian crochet stitch capabilities, memory settings, image rotation, other special effects and numerous smaller issues that have been resolved or added to make your pattern-creating experience better.
Also, to be clear, when you subscribe to one or more Premier features, the subscription is for one year and does not automatically renew. We will email a notice 30 days before the subscription ends and you need to manually renew it. (We've never liked the idea of auto-renewals!)
For those who have been upgraded to 300 stitches since 2011, you'll have six months before the "free" 300 stitch upgrade will go away. As of today, November 1, 2015, we're doing no more free upgrades of stitch width sizes without subscriptions to either of those as premier features. Unfortunately, we do have to draw the line, as the services we use are certainly not freebies on our end...if only they were!
There are still many free features coming! Next up will be one that will help those who create pdf patterns. So as we continue to add free features, we'll also continue adding more Premier ones to continue to expand and pay larger server costs and allow us to offer what we do at the fastest possible speeds.
* introductory price
Neave,
Absolutely agree! It's why I cherish my friends...because they're good people...I think of many of them as family.
friends
You must be logged in to see this. (register for free!)
and now a few sponsored links...
featured showcases
|
Sara's Creations (no music) |
|
|
Kris Krochet (no music) |
|
|
Welcome to my creations! |
|
|
Showcase Home Page |
||
promotional live feedsm
twitter live feed
facebook recent activity