Oh now i understand. Thank you for explaining that to me. I didnt know you could do that. Maybe i should start stitching near my computer then. I pretty new to repainted charts. Thanks for the great info.
I cannot repaint patterns myself (havent learned it yet). So I deal with difficult patterns in my own way.
I recently finished a Stoney Creek design and they are notorious for having too many and sc
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Post time 2015-1-16 15:09
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Oh now i understand. Thank you for explaining that to me. I didnt know you could do that. Maybe i sh ...
I cannot repaint patterns myself (havent learned it yet). So I deal with difficult patterns in my own way.
I recently finished a Stoney Creek design and they are notorious for having too many and scattered hard to find symbols, especially on grass and flowers there is a real symbol mess. My method is:
- stitch by square (10 x 10 symbols), not by color. That way you will have to change thread too often (if you use 1 needle), but otherwise you will never be lost and will see symbols a lot easier when your working area is small.
- mark symbols with colored pencils
- memorize which symbol corresponds to which color. This one may be difficult but is worth doing. There is a logic behind colors (for example in my design I had mint greens for grass, 500, 501, 502, 503 and I memorized them and when I saw there is grass I already knew the logic and stitched it all very fast no matter the scattered symbols).
Thank you so much
for all your wonderful tips. I am afraid to stitch by square. Last time i tried that i could actually make out the individual squares in my finished work.
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Post time 2015-3-13 13:01
I like your system Jillyann. I spend a lot of time looking on my needle minder for the symbol. I list the symbols in numerical color order, straight from the charts symbol key.
And of course because its me thats drawn the symbol on the card theyre usually a pretty warped version of the actual symbol too. I do find after about the first couple of weeks I get to know the colors and symbols better and it takes less time. I still get caught out though when two symbols are too close to each other, and they inevitably get placed together at some point!
i dont cross stitch but there are a lot of symbols in knitting charts. and i always make a separate chart and cover it with clear type. this way it doesnt get all messed up with all of the handling.
I cannot repaint patterns myself (havent learned it yet). So I deal with difficult patterns in my ...
Thank you so much
for all your wonderful tips. I am afraid to stitch by square. Last time i tried that i could actually make out the individual squares in my finished work.
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