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Hi,
We've discussed adding more payment methods. Is there one in particular that would be of interest to you?
We've had multiple requests to add Bitcoin payment, which we'll be adding this year.
A couple more ways to pay right now are:
1. E-check through Paypal. You can do this by going through the subscribe page and selecting "pay by e-check" when you go to Paypal. I'm pretty sure you don't have to have a Paypal account to do this. Once your "check" clears, Paypal sends us a payment and our system processes the subscription. This usually takes a few days.
2. Payment by check through our company merchant account. If you want to do this, let me know. We can either process this by getting your information over the phone or we can email a simple authorization paragraph which you sign and email back. This process normally takes a day.
We will also probably be adding Google Pay and Amazon Pay.
Again, let me know if you have something in mind that would help you.
Terry
Cali,
Welcome!
Thanks...we'll gladly consider adding 10/0 Delicas! I definitely agree about larger beads...sometimes the smaller beads can be soooo hard to see!
Hi,
I'm scratching my head as to why I made it this way.
Looking at the regular
chart it does show the correct palette used. I ran a
pattern using Red Heart yarn and it shows Red Heart palette on the
chart key page but like you say, "Palette Used: Stitchboard Word
Chart" on the word chart key page. We discussed it here
and draw a blank. (We're getting old. 
)
I'm on the tail end of debugging about 23 fixes and improvements and will add this into the list since it's an easy thing to do. Sometime this week I'll be turning on this new update and at that point it'll be back to showing the actual palette used.
Currently not in this version. Again in the changes I've made in the past 2-3 weeks but haven't made live yet, I set it up to prepare for manually entering the length. This new version won't allow this option yet. I'll probably add this soon. Originally we only allowed the width to keep the final work proportional. By entering the width and height, the final stitched item would not come out looking like the original image. This will be the drawback to manually entering the height. A new major version coming up which allows editing and a lot more features will allow you to enter the height and then have you crop the image to keep it proportional. More about that when it comes.
Color change has been addressed in the new version that I hope to be turning on this week. There were a few bugs relating to colors that will be corrected. Let me know if you still have color issues after the next version comes live. You'll see version 3.8 and a new version mention at the top when I turn it on.
To do this in the current version, you can change paper size and you'll be able to get more stitches per page. See this link for more information. Basically it allows up to 130 stitches across and 240 rows down per page. This requires that your pdf viewer/printer software allows you to tell it to shrink or fit the pdf to a regular printed page of paper. (Most software allows this). A new version coming up will also have shrink and enlarge features which will also do this.
Hope this all helps and I'm working hard to get the new updates enabled very soon.
Terry
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Crochetrhu,
Welcome! So glad you found us! We do have users,
though it tends to be quiet here, and I monitor this board
daily.
So glad you found us! We do have users,
though it tends to be quiet here, and I monitor this board
daily.First, I think your piece looks
absolutely GORGEOUS! 
You should be proud of the work you've
done!
You should be proud of the work you've
done! I looked and looked, and
finally think maybe I see what you're talking about. Is it the
white showing through in that small area toward the bottom (on the
sort of left bottom in your pic)?
If so, there can be several causes. The first thing that
comes to mind is tension. Of course we all try to keep our tension
even, but have you seen those imperfect humans? 
Lol, I know my tension can
be all over the place from one minute and one row to the next. Or
within the same row. It's next to impossible to keep it perfectly
even.
For that, you could frog alllll the way back (unless you went top to bottom), or here's another solution: correct it in blocking. When you're all done, this gives you a way to make your stitches look so much better, without having to frog at all! (This is my favorite method, by far.)
Another thing is it could be your carries of colors. With black and white, it's extra difficult, because there's so much contrast, white on black will look especially prominent.
Lol, I know my tension can
be all over the place from one minute and one row to the next. Or
within the same row. It's next to impossible to keep it perfectly
even.For that, you could frog alllll the way back (unless you went top to bottom), or here's another solution: correct it in blocking. When you're all done, this gives you a way to make your stitches look so much better, without having to frog at all! (This is my favorite method, by far.)
Another thing is it could be your carries of colors. With black and white, it's extra difficult, because there's so much contrast, white on black will look especially prominent.
Are you twisting or catching the
yarn as you go, or leaving them loose? Or do you use your yarns
from bobbins?
What's showing through could be your yarn carries. I'd definitely recommend blocking to see if that makes a difference with them.
What's showing through could be your yarn carries. I'd definitely recommend blocking to see if that makes a difference with them.
Overall,
though... EXCELLENT job!
Nicky,
Welcome! We're so glad you like the
freePatternWizard!
We're so glad you like the
freePatternWizard!Figuring the number of
skeins will be different depending on how many strands you're using
and what size cloth. The number of skeins could be quite different
if you're using 3 strands on 11 count Aida as opposed to 1 strand
on 24 count congress cloth.
I don't have a
perfect answer for you, but if you want to figure out an
approximation for each color (since you do get the data showing the
number of stitches in each color), here's the best link I've found
for figuring the numbers:
https://www.thread-bare.com/tools/cross-stitch-skein-estimator
If there's a calculator out there that you think is
better, please do let us know!
Hi,
We've discussed adding more payment methods. Is there one in particular that would be of interest to you?
We've had multiple requests to add Bitcoin payment, which we'll be adding this year.
A couple more ways to pay right now are:
1. E-check through Paypal. You can do this by going through the subscribe page and selecting "pay by e-check" when you go to Paypal. I'm pretty sure you don't have to have a Paypal account to do this. Once your "check" clears, Paypal sends us a payment and our system processes the subscription. This usually takes a few days.
2. Payment by check through our company merchant account. If you want to do this, let me know. We can either process this by getting your information over the phone or we can email a simple authorization paragraph which you sign and email back. This process normally takes a day.
We will also probably be adding Google Pay and Amazon Pay.
Again, let me know if you have something in mind that would help you.
Terry
Cali,
Welcome!
Thanks...we'll gladly consider adding 10/0 Delicas! I definitely agree about larger beads...sometimes the smaller beads can be soooo hard to see!
Hi,
Quote:
1-When I am creating a chart (even in word chart only) it
still states "Palette Used: Stitchboard Word Chart" even if I
select Red Heart yarn. Is there an option to change this
if premier is purchased? I am not referring to the bottom of the
page, I mean directly under the graph photo.
I'm scratching my head as to why I made it this way.
Looking at the regular
chart it does show the correct palette used. I ran a
pattern using Red Heart yarn and it shows Red Heart palette on the
chart key page but like you say, "Palette Used: Stitchboard Word
Chart" on the word chart key page. We discussed it here
and draw a blank. (We're getting old. )I'm on the tail end of debugging about 23 fixes and improvements and will add this into the list since it's an easy thing to do. Sometime this week I'll be turning on this new update and at that point it'll be back to showing the actual palette used.
Quote:
2-Is there an option to customize my width AND length? For
instance if I want to create 100 x 150? I see currently I can
choose my width but not my length.
Currently not in this version. Again in the changes I've made in the past 2-3 weeks but haven't made live yet, I set it up to prepare for manually entering the length. This new version won't allow this option yet. I'll probably add this soon. Originally we only allowed the width to keep the final work proportional. By entering the width and height, the final stitched item would not come out looking like the original image. This will be the drawback to manually entering the height. A new major version coming up which allows editing and a lot more features will allow you to enter the height and then have you crop the image to keep it proportional. More about that when it comes.
Quote:
3-When I input my pic to make a graph, it changes the
colors. How can I fix this so that it keeps the original
colors?
Color change has been addressed in the new version that I hope to be turning on this week. There were a few bugs relating to colors that will be corrected. Let me know if you still have color issues after the next version comes live. You'll see version 3.8 and a new version mention at the top when I turn it on.
Quote:
4-Is there way to make less pages on a PDF? Some of my
charts are coming out to be 16 pages long.
To do this in the current version, you can change paper size and you'll be able to get more stitches per page. See this link for more information. Basically it allows up to 130 stitches across and 240 rows down per page. This requires that your pdf viewer/printer software allows you to tell it to shrink or fit the pdf to a regular printed page of paper. (Most software allows this). A new version coming up will also have shrink and enlarge features which will also do this.
Hope this all helps and I'm working hard to get the new updates enabled very soon.
Terry
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