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Hi there hollybby18,
I've had the same problem with those stray pixels of color, we can't see them with our naked eye, but the program does pick them up.
I put my image into editing software (I use GIMP), and magnify it so I can clean them up. Basically just make them the same color as the one next to them.
Another option is to just leave it in the graph, but do your stitch in the appropriate color,
If you're working from a word chart, it helps to at least have the graph as well, so you can pull it up and look at it to determine if it's the right color.
I started out working from the word charts, but in time I realized that it's actually easier to work from the graph.
Hope this helps some.
Line,
Oh, no, hon, I'm so sorry. It's hard to be dealing with relationship issues when you're going to school!
If there's any way I can help, please let me know.
How are the kids taking the change? I hope they're dealing with it very well. Did the holidays go
okay? Hoping it all was good.
I can see why you've been distracted, but you're also very smart, so see what happens...you may surprise yourself!
That was definitely a great idea to use the Christmas break to write your paper. At least you got it done! I'm sure the people who leave
things for the last minute are probably panicking!
Awww, the pup must be having a great time with all of the cold! And I'm sure both girls love
everything about it!
Ugh, that's a horrible wind chill! -40 for you guys is -40 for us, too. We don't tend to get it that low here for the most part, but there have been times when it's been bitter, bitter cold like that, particularly as a wind chill. Usually it happens at night, after a long day of cold, and sometimes on very windy days. Yuck! Our neighbors are talking about moving...well, maybe that's not a half-bad idea!
LOL, kidding.
Ooh, I love the way you're using that snap for the pom pom, you genius! That will be so nice...even
better...you can change the look! Perhaps you can put a
different colored pom pom on it or some other cute crocheted
piece. Now that's something I would do. I had
started to do the same type of thing (but not with a snap) at one
point with a certain pair of earrings, to use other pieces on them
or wear them plain...unfortunately, I got distracted and it became
a UFO. 
I can't wait to see pics when you're all done with the hat!
I've been thinking of crocheting or knitting a hat at some point, too. I have a favorite hat, found another one just like it (I'd misplaced it and bought a second one), and then I carry a hat around with me in a bag, for when I forget a hat! I went out tonight, and rather than going upstairs to get the hat I usually wear, I popped the one out of the bag and wore it. But it can sometimes fall off because it doesn't really hold well. So I want to make another hat...well, you know, sigh...time, argh!
Please do keep in touch, and I mean it about letting me know if you need help!
Hi, all! My name is Kirsten. I have been a member for about a year now and I'm totally embarrassed, but I never took the time to say hi! Please forgive me! I am an avid cross-stitcher and I absolutely love this "Pattern Wizard". I haven't done much cross stitching lately because I am amassing a slew of patterns. I need to get off of this computer and start stitching again, but whenever I find a pic I want to transform it into a pattern. My tastes are Scandinavian cottage chic (Nissen, Uff Da, etc.). Well thanks for listening and again I'm sorry for not doing this sooner!
Any way that I can get the upper limits also?
Thank you in advance....love the progam!!!
Darlene
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Shaleigh,
Oooh, so happy (and
jealous) that you've found a DMC wholesaler near you!
Sorry you had to
drive there twice, though.
DMC is really
good quality. Many years ago I went to a booth at a trade show to
talk about kitting some of my cross stitch designs and the guy
immediately lost me when he started talking not about using a name
brand like DMC or Anchor or even Madeira, but about substituting
cheap fibers. 
I never got back to him. He lost my
business with that. I'm sure he didn't care, probably did a lot of
business with other people who weren't so persnickety, but
whatever.
I never got back to him. He lost my
business with that. I'm sure he didn't care, probably did a lot of
business with other people who weren't so persnickety, but
whatever.I'm sorry to say I get an "access
denied" message from all of those images. But here's a thought or
three...
But here's a thought or
three...How about changing fabric? For
something so beautiful, perhaps a more neutral color like a blue
will suffice, where two strands will work? Maybe the lighter blue
of the background (if possible), then you can ignore those
particular color stitches?
Another idea, you
could go with a darker color, like black. The caveat is black is
hard to stitch on if your vision isn't great. LOL, I did that once,
did not get very far because it drove me too nuts. But the theory
behind using a black fabric is one I got from, of all things, a
now-defunct beadweaving website. They compared using black threads
to weave darker beads together instead of white (which was simply
easier to come by) by talking about the old televisions from years
ago. The televisions had some kind of black background through
which the colors were projected, so the background would kind of
disappear with the points of light coming through. And using a
color like black thread specifically beadweaving really seemed to
help.
You could also - if you have access to
it - try one of those colors (depending on what you can get) in
linen. Linen is soooo nice to work with and my favorite is
Zweigart. IDK how all of their linens are, but one I love in
particular and have worked with when not using Aida is a nice,
soft, solid linen. I've tried off-brand linens and some are nice,
some are very coarse and I didn't enjoy stitching on the coarser
ones, unfortunately. I prefer to stitch without a hoop or frame and
I like a linen that doesn't require one.
It
looks like Zweigart is out of Germany. IDK how their stock and
prices are.
I perfer to save the 3 strands
for 11 count Aida, as that needs the coverage.
If you don't have white as a background, then less need
to worry about coverage, IMO.
Like the old
televisions, the idea of losing the background in a darker color
should take away the necessity of using more strands.
Hope that
helps!
Hi there hollybby18,
I've had the same problem with those stray pixels of color, we can't see them with our naked eye, but the program does pick them up.
I put my image into editing software (I use GIMP), and magnify it so I can clean them up. Basically just make them the same color as the one next to them.
Another option is to just leave it in the graph, but do your stitch in the appropriate color,
If you're working from a word chart, it helps to at least have the graph as well, so you can pull it up and look at it to determine if it's the right color.
I started out working from the word charts, but in time I realized that it's actually easier to work from the graph.
Hope this helps some.
Line,
Oh, no, hon, I'm so sorry. It's hard to be dealing with relationship issues when you're going to school!
If there's any way I can help, please let me know.
How are the kids taking the change? I hope they're dealing with it very well.
Did the holidays go
okay? Hoping it all was good. I can see why you've been distracted, but you're also very smart, so see what happens...you may surprise yourself!
That was definitely a great idea to use the Christmas break to write your paper. At least you got it done!
I'm sure the people who leave
things for the last minute are probably panicking!Awww, the pup must be having a great time with all of the cold!
And I'm sure both girls love
everything about it!Ugh, that's a horrible wind chill! -40 for you guys is -40 for us, too. We don't tend to get it that low here for the most part, but there have been times when it's been bitter, bitter cold like that, particularly as a wind chill. Usually it happens at night, after a long day of cold, and sometimes on very windy days. Yuck! Our neighbors are talking about moving...well, maybe that's not a half-bad idea!
LOL, kidding.
Ooh, I love the way you're using that snap for the pom pom, you genius!
That will be so nice...even
better...you can change the look! Perhaps you can put a
different colored pom pom on it or some other cute crocheted
piece. Now that's something I would do. I had
started to do the same type of thing (but not with a snap) at one
point with a certain pair of earrings, to use other pieces on them
or wear them plain...unfortunately, I got distracted and it became
a UFO. I can't wait to see pics when you're all done with the hat!
I've been thinking of crocheting or knitting a hat at some point, too. I have a favorite hat, found another one just like it (I'd misplaced it and bought a second one), and then I carry a hat around with me in a bag, for when I forget a hat! I went out tonight, and rather than going upstairs to get the hat I usually wear, I popped the one out of the bag and wore it. But it can sometimes fall off because it doesn't really hold well. So I want to make another hat...well, you know, sigh...time, argh!
Please do keep in touch, and I mean it about letting me know if you need help!
Hi, all! My name is Kirsten. I have been a member for about a year now and I'm totally embarrassed, but I never took the time to say hi! Please forgive me! I am an avid cross-stitcher and I absolutely love this "Pattern Wizard". I haven't done much cross stitching lately because I am amassing a slew of patterns. I need to get off of this computer and start stitching again, but whenever I find a pic I want to transform it into a pattern. My tastes are Scandinavian cottage chic (Nissen, Uff Da, etc.). Well thanks for listening and again I'm sorry for not doing this sooner!
Any way that I can get the upper limits also?
Thank you in advance....love the progam!!!
Darlene
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