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I forgot one thing. It'd be nice to be able to select certain types of finishes to exclude. For example, the silk finishes of the Delicas cut thread and the color is too translucent next to other finishes, so they're not a good choice for bead tapestry.
Mysticmorgana,
Welcome!
Thank you for your kind words...so
happy you like the freePatternWizard!
Okay, I'm a bit slow here, so please excuse me.
Are you saying you made a swatch of 10 stitches x 10 rows, and you got 3 inches across x 6.5 inches down?
The proper way to do a gauge swatch is to make at least a 4 inch x 4 inch swatch. Any less and you run the risk of a gauge swatch that is much too small, unfortunately. I know, most people despise making them, so if you don't like swatching, you're not alone!
To swatch, I usually eyeball things. If I'm chaining and it looks like it's around 4 inches or thereabouts, I stop there and then make the swatch. If it turns out too small, I rip it out and start again. If it's too big, unless it's waaaay too big, I'll just keep working it. 5 or 6 inches certainly isn't too much for a swatch. If it goes to 8 or 9 inches, I'll rip out and start with fewer chains, and thus, fewer stitches.
Next, if you're working in single crochet, I'm not sure why you'd swatch in double crochet...? You should be swatching in single crochet. If you work a crochet pattern that calls for single crochet stitches in double crochet, your work will turn out very elongated and probably won't be eye pleasing.
To work a proper gauge swatch, let's say you're working in single crochet. You'll chain something that looks to be about 4 inches, give or take. Then you'll work in single crochet across and across for each row, until your piece measures at least 4 inches long.
Once your swatch is finished, you'll start measuring. Your number of stitches in 4 inches, divided by 4 inches, gives you the number of stitches per inch (and number of rows in 4 inches, divided by 4 inches, gives you the number of rows per inch). This measurement is less important for something like a scarf, but if you were to make a garment, you'd want to swatch properly. In this case, you'll need an accurate measurement if you want to calculate yardage.
If you've generated a pattern for regular single crochet, your stitches will be wider than they are tall. The freePatternWizard gives you a basic rectangular stitch shape for this.
Hope that helps! There are few things as irritating and yet important as swatching, LOL. Sometimes it just seems evil!
Is this feature working yet? I can't seem to make it work either.
BJ,
Welcome!
Glad your first pattern turned out well!
Good news...we've got a feature in development to change the number of pages that print, though no estimated date yet as to when this will become available. I'm not sure if the print
function wiill be able to go quite as small as one page that
encompasses as many as 21...originally, we'd purposely made the
pages print as you see them is because we were concerned people
would print their patterns much too small and be unable to read
them. Please bear with us...we're listening and want to
make the program work for you! Changing the print size is
one of our top goals, as we weight them according to what people
are requesting, and this is one of our most requested
features.
Line,
Awww, thank you!
Love to see pics of
sweaters!
I do hope there will be some new yarn shop, but I don't foresee it happening.
We've lost a lot of good
stores, for which there are no substitutes. The yarn shop
went out many years ago, but there are others that went away
recently, and alternatives for them are miles and miles away,
including our only fabric store.
I'm glad to hear there is a good success rate with the meds for people who really want to stop drinking. For the ones who stop taking the meds, well, you have to figure they were going to go back to drinking, anyway, right? Which is very sad, but not much that can be done about it if it's their choice. I'd think they'd have to be motivated or it's not going to work no matter what it is.
Okay, when you're having problems, can you try this? Switch right over to Chrome on the Dell. See if there's any difference. If you try it at around the very time you're having trouble with the MacBook, if it works with the Dell, then it's a problem with the MacBook, perhaps the browser. If both are having trouble around the same time, it's a problem with the site. This is the best way to test for it.
Hugs,
Melanie
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I forgot one thing. It'd be nice to be able to select certain types of finishes to exclude. For example, the silk finishes of the Delicas cut thread and the color is too translucent next to other finishes, so they're not a good choice for bead tapestry.
Mysticmorgana,
Welcome!
Thank you for your kind words...so
happy you like the freePatternWizard! Okay, I'm a bit slow here, so please excuse me.
Are you saying you made a swatch of 10 stitches x 10 rows, and you got 3 inches across x 6.5 inches down?
The proper way to do a gauge swatch is to make at least a 4 inch x 4 inch swatch. Any less and you run the risk of a gauge swatch that is much too small, unfortunately. I know, most people despise making them, so if you don't like swatching, you're not alone!
To swatch, I usually eyeball things. If I'm chaining and it looks like it's around 4 inches or thereabouts, I stop there and then make the swatch. If it turns out too small, I rip it out and start again. If it's too big, unless it's waaaay too big, I'll just keep working it. 5 or 6 inches certainly isn't too much for a swatch. If it goes to 8 or 9 inches, I'll rip out and start with fewer chains, and thus, fewer stitches.
Next, if you're working in single crochet, I'm not sure why you'd swatch in double crochet...? You should be swatching in single crochet. If you work a crochet pattern that calls for single crochet stitches in double crochet, your work will turn out very elongated and probably won't be eye pleasing.
To work a proper gauge swatch, let's say you're working in single crochet. You'll chain something that looks to be about 4 inches, give or take. Then you'll work in single crochet across and across for each row, until your piece measures at least 4 inches long.
Once your swatch is finished, you'll start measuring. Your number of stitches in 4 inches, divided by 4 inches, gives you the number of stitches per inch (and number of rows in 4 inches, divided by 4 inches, gives you the number of rows per inch). This measurement is less important for something like a scarf, but if you were to make a garment, you'd want to swatch properly. In this case, you'll need an accurate measurement if you want to calculate yardage.
If you've generated a pattern for regular single crochet, your stitches will be wider than they are tall. The freePatternWizard gives you a basic rectangular stitch shape for this.
Hope that helps! There are few things as irritating and yet important as swatching, LOL. Sometimes it just seems evil!
Is this feature working yet? I can't seem to make it work either.
BJ,
Welcome!
Glad your first pattern turned out well!
Good news...we've got a feature in development to change the number of pages that print, though no estimated date yet as to when this will become available.
I'm not sure if the print
function wiill be able to go quite as small as one page that
encompasses as many as 21...originally, we'd purposely made the
pages print as you see them is because we were concerned people
would print their patterns much too small and be unable to read
them. Please bear with us...we're listening and want to
make the program work for you! Changing the print size is
one of our top goals, as we weight them according to what people
are requesting, and this is one of our most requested
features. Line,
Awww, thank you!
Love to see pics of
sweaters! I do hope there will be some new yarn shop, but I don't foresee it happening.
We've lost a lot of good
stores, for which there are no substitutes. The yarn shop
went out many years ago, but there are others that went away
recently, and alternatives for them are miles and miles away,
including our only fabric store. I'm glad to hear there is a good success rate with the meds for people who really want to stop drinking. For the ones who stop taking the meds, well, you have to figure they were going to go back to drinking, anyway, right? Which is very sad, but not much that can be done about it if it's their choice. I'd think they'd have to be motivated or it's not going to work no matter what it is.
Okay, when you're having problems, can you try this? Switch right over to Chrome on the Dell. See if there's any difference. If you try it at around the very time you're having trouble with the MacBook, if it works with the Dell, then it's a problem with the MacBook, perhaps the browser. If both are having trouble around the same time, it's a problem with the site. This is the best way to test for it.
Hugs,
Melanie
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