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I too have a question along these same lines. I'm wanting to do an afghan project but the brand of yarn that I'll be using is Hobby Lobby's "I love this yarn" collection. When making a pattern, this brand isn't named. Is there a color conversion chart that I can use to choose the proper colors that I'll be needing? Or........... is that anyway to get the "I love this yarn" colors into the pattern making section?
Thanks so much!
Hi Melanie,
I have a question about making your own Peyote pattern at Stitchboard.
When I've upload a photo to turn in a Peyote pattern, it works ,only I can't resize it for excample to make an bracelet. What am I doing wrong? or is is not possible to do that here on Stitchboard?
Love to hear from you
José
Tribble,
I'm a Trekkie/ Trekker, too! I've heard there will be a new Star Trek show soon and am so excited. Love the original series, though my favorite will always be Next Gen, just because I really, really enjoyed the stories. LOL, though I disliked the last Next Gen movie. Sigh. I didn't like what they did to Data and I didn't like how they depicted everyone's future.
Exactly, the shadow will be just fine. When thinking about regular shadows, there doesn't seem to be all that much of a variation, so why should there be one in a graphghan project?
Melanie,
Need more yarn.. Not addicted to it though :p I admit to nothing..
Got the exam back.. Only got a C... I was soooo nervous, that I forgot half of what I needed to do in it.. Not good.. -.-'
Sooooooo stressed..
I'm deffinitely making a paper of some kind, with all of the assignments can be in the actual exam. With examples, and results.. Gotta help myself :p haha
Silver is an asshat. :p She's really a pain in the ass right now..
Yes, she's really testing my patiense.
Hahaha, the picture of her sitting on me.. :p I don't know what happened that day, she kept jumping on my lap the little bugger.. When I took her down, she jumped right back up.
Urgh, the urinating.. Luckily I have something at home that takes the smell right out of everything.. It's brilliant for removing the smell.. No matter what smell.. You can even use it in the washer to remove smell from sportswear and so.
She's only coming when called because she knows I have food.. She loves food.. Lucky me..
An yes the fence.. Putting a higher fence up next month.. A much higher fence.. Stupid dog.. I have to tie her up to a pole in the middle of the yard.. I don't like it, but at least she's not jumping the fence running out in the road..
I can't and won't keep her in.. She loves to be outside, especially now with all the smells..
Not doing great here either..
The house has not went up for sale yet.. My ex is an asshat who now doesn't wanna spend time with the kids.. (will PM you with details)..
But the kids are great.. They have just been on a 4 day easter holliday at their grandparents.. They went to Legoland, when they were there.. They had a blast.
Boyfriend is work.. Gotta mold the guy as I want him.. :p LOL no.. No no no.. :p
He hasn't been in a serious relationship in a very very long time, so he's a bit.. Ehhh... Rusty? Can you even use that phrase on a human beeing?
Hugs - and thanks for the warm thoughts..
You're very welcome.
I'm not sure why you were told you were crocheting Tunisian, because it doesn't sound to me like you are. Here's a (sorry, slightly blurry) photo of a Tunisian crochet hook:
http://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Afghan-Crochet-Hook-Size/dp/B00097E9R4
If you wait for the above page to load and zoom in by panning your mouse over the photo on the left, you can see the end looks like a knitting needle with a knitting needle end to keep the loops on the hook, and the tip is a hook, not a needle. So it sort of looks like a hybrid of a knitting needle and crochet hook.
The other way you can tell what you're doing, aside from the afghan hook (and similar variations, such as a hook that is double ended, hooks on both ends, instead of the hook/traditional knitting needle end combo), is if you're picking up loops across for every row, finishing entire rows at once as you return. If you're making one stitch at a time and each stitch you make is complete before you start on the next - in other words, you're going along with instructions like:
ch 3, sc 2, dc 3...
then that's normal crocheting. The main thing about Tunisian is you're pulling up loops and not finishing each stitch before you pull up loops all across the row. With conventional crochet, by the time you finish a row, depending on the size of the piece, you'll be ready to flip the work over and start a new row. With Tunisian, you're going right to left to pull up the loops and left to right to finish the row, and every time you're facing the resulting fabric the same way, rather than turning it over every other row with traditional crochet.
So if you're not doing any of the stitches I've described as Tunisian, then it's definitely not Tunisian.
Hope that helps!
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I too have a question along these same lines. I'm wanting to do an afghan project but the brand of yarn that I'll be using is Hobby Lobby's "I love this yarn" collection. When making a pattern, this brand isn't named. Is there a color conversion chart that I can use to choose the proper colors that I'll be needing? Or........... is that anyway to get the "I love this yarn" colors into the pattern making section?
Thanks so much!
Hi Melanie,
I have a question about making your own Peyote pattern at Stitchboard.
When I've upload a photo to turn in a Peyote pattern, it works ,only I can't resize it for excample to make an bracelet. What am I doing wrong? or is is not possible to do that here on Stitchboard?
Love to hear from you
José
Tribble,
I'm a Trekkie/ Trekker, too! I've heard there will be a new Star Trek show soon and am so excited. Love the original series, though my favorite will always be Next Gen, just because I really, really enjoyed the stories. LOL, though I disliked the last Next Gen movie. Sigh. I didn't like what they did to Data and I didn't like how they depicted everyone's future.
Exactly, the shadow will be just fine. When thinking about regular shadows, there doesn't seem to be all that much of a variation, so why should there be one in a graphghan project?
Melanie,
Need more yarn.. Not addicted to it though :p I admit to nothing..
Got the exam back.. Only got a C... I was soooo nervous, that I forgot half of what I needed to do in it.. Not good.. -.-'
Sooooooo stressed..
I'm deffinitely making a paper of some kind, with all of the assignments can be in the actual exam. With examples, and results.. Gotta help myself :p haha
Silver is an asshat. :p She's really a pain in the ass right now..
Yes, she's really testing my patiense.
Hahaha, the picture of her sitting on me.. :p I don't know what happened that day, she kept jumping on my lap the little bugger.. When I took her down, she jumped right back up.
Urgh, the urinating.. Luckily I have something at home that takes the smell right out of everything.. It's brilliant for removing the smell.. No matter what smell.. You can even use it in the washer to remove smell from sportswear and so.
She's only coming when called because she knows I have food.. She loves food.. Lucky me..
An yes the fence.. Putting a higher fence up next month.. A much higher fence.. Stupid dog.. I have to tie her up to a pole in the middle of the yard.. I don't like it, but at least she's not jumping the fence running out in the road..
I can't and won't keep her in.. She loves to be outside, especially now with all the smells..
Not doing great here either..
The house has not went up for sale yet.. My ex is an asshat who now doesn't wanna spend time with the kids.. (will PM you with details)..
But the kids are great.. They have just been on a 4 day easter holliday at their grandparents.. They went to Legoland, when they were there.. They had a blast.
Boyfriend is work.. Gotta mold the guy as I want him.. :p LOL no.. No no no.. :p
He hasn't been in a serious relationship in a very very long time, so he's a bit.. Ehhh... Rusty? Can you even use that phrase on a human beeing?
Hugs - and thanks for the warm thoughts..
You're very welcome.
I'm not sure why you were told you were crocheting Tunisian, because it doesn't sound to me like you are. Here's a (sorry, slightly blurry) photo of a Tunisian crochet hook:
http://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Afghan-Crochet-Hook-Size/dp/B00097E9R4
If you wait for the above page to load and zoom in by panning your mouse over the photo on the left, you can see the end looks like a knitting needle with a knitting needle end to keep the loops on the hook, and the tip is a hook, not a needle. So it sort of looks like a hybrid of a knitting needle and crochet hook.
The other way you can tell what you're doing, aside from the afghan hook (and similar variations, such as a hook that is double ended, hooks on both ends, instead of the hook/traditional knitting needle end combo), is if you're picking up loops across for every row, finishing entire rows at once as you return. If you're making one stitch at a time and each stitch you make is complete before you start on the next - in other words, you're going along with instructions like:
ch 3, sc 2, dc 3...
then that's normal crocheting. The main thing about Tunisian is you're pulling up loops and not finishing each stitch before you pull up loops all across the row. With conventional crochet, by the time you finish a row, depending on the size of the piece, you'll be ready to flip the work over and start a new row. With Tunisian, you're going right to left to pull up the loops and left to right to finish the row, and every time you're facing the resulting fabric the same way, rather than turning it over every other row with traditional crochet.
So if you're not doing any of the stitches I've described as Tunisian, then it's definitely not Tunisian.
Hope that helps!
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