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Hello. I have a question please. I uploaded/downloaded the picture I wanted to crochet and downloaded/printed the written directions. It seemed like the written directions were off and I had to go back on several occasions so I wanted to ask the following question and hope it makes sense.
This would be a small sample as obviously each row is much longer:
Row 4: Medium Red (12), Light Orange (1)...
Row 5: White (1), Medium Red (6) …
Row 6: Medium Red (11), White (9), Medium Red (9)….
Row 7: Light Orange (1), White (9), Light Orange (1), Medium Red (4), White (11)….
When you have uploaded/downloaded pictures to crochet is the written pattern taking
into consideration that you are turning your work and then working back from the other side of your project ?
Or am I to look to the next row as an odd numbered row and read it from the end to the beginning? (i.e. on row 7 started at end of line and reading right to left White...Medium Red, Light Orange, White, Light Orange? (wild suggestion I know :O)
Hope that question makes sense. I am using a single crochet and I am counting my stitches etc but I don't know how/why but it just isn't working out right.
I assume it would be written exactly as I would crochet. Is it better to use the picture graph rather than the written instructions
Any suggestions and answers would be absolutely awesome as I don't really want to abandon the project.
Thank you!
Jodee,
Welcome!
I'm not sure I'm understanding your question correctly, so please let me know if this isn't what you mean. Are you saying that you want to print your pattern onto some clear material, such as transparency material, lay it over the fabric and work it from that transparency?
My concern would be that working from transparency material would necessitate picking up the transparency material, working a few stitches at a time, then placing the transparency material back onto the fabric to figure out where the next part starts - the next line, color, etc. Short of actually printing directly on the fabric, I can't see any way you'd be able to align it perfectly each time, especially with the nature of fabric being unpredictable and difficult to work with. One fold or wrinkle and your pattern would be way off.
Also, if your printer can't handle printing your pattern normally onto paper, I don't see how it would handle printing that much onto transparency material.
If your printer can't handle printing a grid to cover the size of fabric you're looking to use, can you go to a copy place and see if they have a service that would print such a grid, perhaps onto transparency material you provide for them?
And if you wouldn't have a way to consistently realign the Aida cloth and transparency material for every few stitches, maybe working your pattern in smaller portions from paper as a normal counted pattern would do? You could find a way to print out your pattern onto regular paper, maybe at a copy place, then use a highlighter pen to outline small sections of the grid that you work at one time.
As long as you have plenty of extra fabric in case your design runs beyond calculations, you can still work top to bottom and left to right instead of from the center out.
It sounds like I'm misunderstanding your question, so please explain where I'm going wrong.
i had freepatternWizzard make both the word chart and grid. I'll wait until I hear back to find if things are working properly. I"m off to see my grandbabies for the weekend!
Have a great weekend! Thanks so much for the help ladies.
Candi
Fantastic!
Welcome!
The pattern in question is Tunisian Crochet. If you're doing any kind of basic crochet, you've sent your pattern through incorrectly, as Tunisian Crochet. Tunisian requires a row across of bringing up the loops and a "return" row to pull yarn through the loops. If you're doing regular crochet, you won't have the "doubled" looking rows.
To redo your pattern as regular crochet, choose "Crochet" in #2 and "Standard" in #3. Be aware that whatever Tunisian option might look tempting, it's the incorrect technique for regular crochet patterns, and if you work a Tunisian chart as a normal chart, your rows will not only be doubled, the entire project will also be skewed.
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