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Note: You're probably not going to get a great pattern if you try all of the above at the same time so you may want to try one or two at a time.
I am doing some beadwork, and I just noticed that the chatter has a couple of the same symbols but assigned to two different bead colors. Has anyone else come across that and how can I fix this?
Suzanne,
I'm not sure exactly which pattern you're looking for, but in my searches, I did find this, which is a free pattern from Red Heart:
http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/trip-around-world-throw
This pattern is crocheted, not knitted.
Is it anything close to what you're looking for? If it is, could you change the colors around to do what you're trying to accomplish? If not, could you somehow adapt the technique to make what you want?
Hope that helps!
No worries, you're not a bother...thanks for asking, because any questions you have, others undoubtedly also have!
We don't currently support stitches other than single crochet, Tunisian and filet crochet. We'll be adding others, but at this time we don't have extended single crochet.
I would say extended single crochet would be very likely to elongate your stitches to the point where they would skew your pattern. You could try this with a single letter, make one swatch with the letter in sc, then make another swatch with the same letter in extended sc. You should choose a letter that would show clearly what effect the extended single crochet stitch would have on it. A letter "I," for instance, probably would look fairly normal, perhaps just a tiny bit longer, so that one wouldn't give conclusive results.
We'll definitely be adding more stitches in the future...I'll suggest we place a higher priority on that, which is what we do with our more popular requested features. With over 100 features planned, it's going to take some time, so we try to prioritize what people are requesting.
I am trying to do cartoon type pictures and when i get to the colour section i cant select artwork button to see if it is better for my pics??
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Floppypenguin,
In addition to the
above "antialias on" option, here are a few other ideas that may
help.
1. Start with an image 1:1 ratio of
pixels to stitches. This is one of the most important
item that affects the output of the program. For example, if your
final stitched item will be 100 stitches across, it would be best
to start with an image that's 100 pixels across.
2. Try adjusting the brightness and/or contrast just a little (up or down).
3. By limiting the number of colors you can make the program use fewer similar colors which can sometimes smooth out skin tones.
4. By manually selecting the colors you want to work with, you can often get better skin tones if you only select one or two colors for the skin color. In other words, if you choose one color of yarn/floss that's close to their skin tones, the program will only use this color and should not insert other colors.
5. Try adjusting the "smoothness" setting in section 8 to a slightly higher number.
6. Try the 3 "stray pixel cleanup" options in section 8.
2. Try adjusting the brightness and/or contrast just a little (up or down).
3. By limiting the number of colors you can make the program use fewer similar colors which can sometimes smooth out skin tones.
4. By manually selecting the colors you want to work with, you can often get better skin tones if you only select one or two colors for the skin color. In other words, if you choose one color of yarn/floss that's close to their skin tones, the program will only use this color and should not insert other colors.
5. Try adjusting the "smoothness" setting in section 8 to a slightly higher number.
6. Try the 3 "stray pixel cleanup" options in section 8.
As mentioned previously:
7. An option that kind of "averages" the pixels and smooths things out is if you turn on the "antialias" option in section 8 by checking the box next to "antialias on".
7. An option that kind of "averages" the pixels and smooths things out is if you turn on the "antialias" option in section 8 by checking the box next to "antialias on".
Note: You're probably not going to get a great pattern if you try all of the above at the same time so you may want to try one or two at a time.
Hope that helps!
I am doing some beadwork, and I just noticed that the chatter has a couple of the same symbols but assigned to two different bead colors. Has anyone else come across that and how can I fix this?
Suzanne,
I'm not sure exactly which pattern you're looking for, but in my searches, I did find this, which is a free pattern from Red Heart:
http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/trip-around-world-throw
This pattern is crocheted, not knitted.
Is it anything close to what you're looking for? If it is, could you change the colors around to do what you're trying to accomplish? If not, could you somehow adapt the technique to make what you want?
Hope that helps!
No worries, you're not a bother...thanks for asking, because any questions you have, others undoubtedly also have!
We don't currently support stitches other than single crochet, Tunisian and filet crochet. We'll be adding others, but at this time we don't have extended single crochet.
I would say extended single crochet would be very likely to elongate your stitches to the point where they would skew your pattern. You could try this with a single letter, make one swatch with the letter in sc, then make another swatch with the same letter in extended sc. You should choose a letter that would show clearly what effect the extended single crochet stitch would have on it. A letter "I," for instance, probably would look fairly normal, perhaps just a tiny bit longer, so that one wouldn't give conclusive results.
We'll definitely be adding more stitches in the future...I'll suggest we place a higher priority on that, which is what we do with our more popular requested features. With over 100 features planned, it's going to take some time, so we try to prioritize what people are requesting.
I am trying to do cartoon type pictures and when i get to the colour section i cant select artwork button to see if it is better for my pics??
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