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Jan,
Welcome!
We don't currently have a plastic canvas option, but this is a planned feature on our long list of features! I'm not sure exactly when it will be available, only because we have a list of over 100 features still to come. The good news is that the more a feature is requested, we bump it up higher on the list.
If you'd like to be part of our beta test for when we get to that, please let me know!
Nunumel,
Welcome!
Can you please clarify what messages you're trying to send and what error message you're getting?
Are you trying to start a graph or are you trying to post a message somewhere on the site?
Hi, Holly.
Here are a few possible causes of this:
1. Your image is in the .jpg format. This image format, unless saved without compression, commonly has stray pixels, often in subtle off-colors.
2. You're starting with a large image and the freePatternWizard is reducing it to a smaller size that you specify. Reducing images can often introduce unwanted pixels or colors.
3. Your image may actually include pixels of other colors that are not apparent unless you enlarge it a lot. I recently received a black and white image from a user and she was asking why the program gave her a bunch of colors in addition to shades of gray. I magnified the image 1200 times and there were hundreds and hundreds of pixels that were yellow, red, green, blue, and various other colors. The freePatternWizard sees these colors and considers them part of the image so it tries to include these in the final image.
There are other possible causes of stray colors but these are some of the more common ones.
Here are a few potential things you can do to deal with the issue:
This almost always creates a perfect, clean chart.
Hope this helps.
Terry
Inorrid,
Welcome!
The graphs the freePatternWizard creates aren't meant for C2C afghans, so we can't guarantee the results. C2C is in the plans, but no idea when.
Since you're using C2C instead of single crochet (a.k.a. double crochet if you're in the UK), you may notice your pattern is skewed, as single crochet stitches aren't actually square. They're more rectangular, so the patterns created are keyed to be rectangular. C2C is more square than rectangular, so it's possible your pattern will distort for that reason.
I've worked C2C patterns before, and the time to decrease is when you reach the 150 square mark; you'll have to check your pattern for which side that is. Once you do, then you'll continue increasing the other edge until it reaches 235 squares, then that will be decreased until you ultimately end up at the opposite corner from where you started, with one square left.
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Piddy,
That's really coming
along! 
You're so amazing...this looks
fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing a newer
pic...and I'm guessing you're almost done?
You're so amazing...this looks
fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing a newer
pic...and I'm guessing you're almost done? Jan,
Welcome!
We don't currently have a plastic canvas option, but this is a planned feature on our long list of features! I'm not sure exactly when it will be available, only because we have a list of over 100 features still to come. The good news is that the more a feature is requested, we bump it up higher on the list.
If you'd like to be part of our beta test for when we get to that, please let me know!
Nunumel,
Welcome!
Can you please clarify what messages you're trying to send and what error message you're getting?
Are you trying to start a graph or are you trying to post a message somewhere on the site?
Hi, Holly.
Here are a few possible causes of this:
1. Your image is in the .jpg format. This image format, unless saved without compression, commonly has stray pixels, often in subtle off-colors.
2. You're starting with a large image and the freePatternWizard is reducing it to a smaller size that you specify. Reducing images can often introduce unwanted pixels or colors.
3. Your image may actually include pixels of other colors that are not apparent unless you enlarge it a lot. I recently received a black and white image from a user and she was asking why the program gave her a bunch of colors in addition to shades of gray. I magnified the image 1200 times and there were hundreds and hundreds of pixels that were yellow, red, green, blue, and various other colors. The freePatternWizard sees these colors and considers them part of the image so it tries to include these in the final image.
There are other possible causes of stray colors but these are some of the more common ones.
Here are a few potential things you can do to deal with the issue:
Try making adjustments in Section 8:
- "Stray pixel cleanup" in section 8 can sometimes help. Set this to "light", "medium", or "heavy" to see if it helps.
- Try turning on the "Antialias" feature
- Turn up the brightness a little
- Turn down the contrast a bit
- Set the "Smoothness" setting toward the "Smoother"
- Turn up the "Color Sensitivity"
- Some combination of the above
This almost always creates a perfect, clean chart.
Hope this helps.
Terry
Inorrid,
Welcome!
The graphs the freePatternWizard creates aren't meant for C2C afghans, so we can't guarantee the results. C2C is in the plans, but no idea when.
Since you're using C2C instead of single crochet (a.k.a. double crochet if you're in the UK), you may notice your pattern is skewed, as single crochet stitches aren't actually square. They're more rectangular, so the patterns created are keyed to be rectangular. C2C is more square than rectangular, so it's possible your pattern will distort for that reason.
I've worked C2C patterns before, and the time to decrease is when you reach the 150 square mark; you'll have to check your pattern for which side that is. Once you do, then you'll continue increasing the other edge until it reaches 235 squares, then that will be decreased until you ultimately end up at the opposite corner from where you started, with one square left.
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