Double Heart Knitting Graph by Moon House
Showing posts with label pattern. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pattern. Show all posts
Sunday, June 29, 2014
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Monday, May 5, 2014
Easy Headband and Crown applique
Here is the pattern for my daughters headband. Like the title its so easy its insane! This is similar to a headband to hold hair back and will fit a toddler 3 yo to 4 yo.
Rora’s Insanely Easy Head Band
Yarn: Bernat Jaquards worsted weight (4)
Hook: C/2 (2.75mm)
Chain 73
Row 1: HDC in 2nd st from hook. HDC across to
end, turn. (72 st)
Row 2: Chain 3, DC across to end, turn.
Row 3-5: repeat rows 1&2 till end, bind off. Sew ends
together.
Crown Appliqué
Yarn: Worsted weight (4)
Hook: C/2 (2.75mm)
Chain 13
Row 1: SC in 2nd space from hook, sc to end. Turn
(12 st)
Rows 2-3: chain 1, sc to end (12 st)
Row 4: Chain 3, dc in next st, sc in next st, dc in next st,
trbl. crochet in next stitch, yo 4 times, pull through each loop on hook, trbl.c
in next stitch, dc in next st, sc in next st, dc in next st, trbl.c in next
stitch bind off, weave in ends.
Attach appliqué to headband.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
How to Graph!
Or the long title: Learn how to Graph from the Newbie!!
Yesterday I blogged about how I learned to create my own graphs! This mostly works with any image, but for pictures you may need to edit those to Rasterize them.
Rasterize means : convert (an image) into pixels.
So that’s not a great definition, but it looks very pixelated. Anyways for this tutorial I used Excel 2007 (check out OpenOffice if you don't have Microsoft Office)and Photoshop CS 5.1(you can use GIMP if you don't have Photoshop), and Acrobat X Pro which allows me to create PDF files.
First open Excel:
For this tutorial we will create a box that is 12 pixels by 12 pixels. Select the area between two columns. I used A and B, and pull it to the left.
You will see a small grey box appear that will have the pixel amount in parentheses. When the pixels equal 12, stop. The number outside of the parenthesis will be 1. Make sure to write them down. On the left side are numbers, select the space between row 1 and 2. Drag it up till the space is equal to 12 pixels. The number outside of the parenthesis will be 8.
Select the amount or rows and columns you want. I selected nine rows and ten columns to make a rectangle.
On the Home ribbon there is an area for cell format. Select the arrow for the Row format. Remember the number you wrote down, enter the Row number into the box that pops up. The selected rows will become the same size.
Repeat this step, except with the width adjustment for the columns.
Your columns and rows should be the same width and height. Make sure these are still highlighted.
Next, go back to the Home tab and on the ribbon, under the font will be a box that has a bold under line on it. When the mouse hoovers over this box it will say ‘Border’, click its down arrow and select all borders.
Look! You made a graph! Now you can either print this off and draw your own image into the graph, or save the graph as a PDF. If you use Photoshop, you have the option to open the image or the page, select the page option. It opens with a transparent background.
In Photoshop, open whatever picture you want and select it, copy and paste it. If you are working on letters you can simply type them out and move a layer down. For this tutorial I just used text. If you notice, in this image the grid I created is 1 1/4 inch by approximately 1 1/8 inch.
At this point my grid is 10x9. It fits a 89 point font nicely within its borders.
But what if I wanted to make a Monogramed blanket? Easy!
Duplicate the layer, and take the new layer and fit it in to a quadrant of the grid. This allows you to make a grid that will fit on one sheet instead of multiple sheets. Which saves you paper and in turn money.
Just duplicate the resized grid and move them into separate quadrants.
Make sure to change the opacity of the image other wise you won’t see the grid. In the end you will have a grid of 20x18. You can also change the page size but for the sake of time, I left the grid the size Excel saved it at.
There is it! A finished graph.This graph isn’t ideal to print off due to size, but you can always use the image you opened up and simply move the graph there and manipulate the graph to your liking!
Yesterday I blogged about how I learned to create my own graphs! This mostly works with any image, but for pictures you may need to edit those to Rasterize them.
Rasterize means : convert (an image) into pixels.
So that’s not a great definition, but it looks very pixelated. Anyways for this tutorial I used Excel 2007 (check out OpenOffice if you don't have Microsoft Office)and Photoshop CS 5.1(you can use GIMP if you don't have Photoshop), and Acrobat X Pro which allows me to create PDF files.
First open Excel:
For this tutorial we will create a box that is 12 pixels by 12 pixels. Select the area between two columns. I used A and B, and pull it to the left.
You will see a small grey box appear that will have the pixel amount in parentheses. When the pixels equal 12, stop. The number outside of the parenthesis will be 1. Make sure to write them down. On the left side are numbers, select the space between row 1 and 2. Drag it up till the space is equal to 12 pixels. The number outside of the parenthesis will be 8.
Select the amount or rows and columns you want. I selected nine rows and ten columns to make a rectangle.
On the Home ribbon there is an area for cell format. Select the arrow for the Row format. Remember the number you wrote down, enter the Row number into the box that pops up. The selected rows will become the same size.
Repeat this step, except with the width adjustment for the columns.
Your columns and rows should be the same width and height. Make sure these are still highlighted.
Next, go back to the Home tab and on the ribbon, under the font will be a box that has a bold under line on it. When the mouse hoovers over this box it will say ‘Border’, click its down arrow and select all borders.
Look! You made a graph! Now you can either print this off and draw your own image into the graph, or save the graph as a PDF. If you use Photoshop, you have the option to open the image or the page, select the page option. It opens with a transparent background.
In Photoshop, open whatever picture you want and select it, copy and paste it. If you are working on letters you can simply type them out and move a layer down. For this tutorial I just used text. If you notice, in this image the grid I created is 1 1/4 inch by approximately 1 1/8 inch.
At this point my grid is 10x9. It fits a 89 point font nicely within its borders.
But what if I wanted to make a Monogramed blanket? Easy!
Duplicate the layer, and take the new layer and fit it in to a quadrant of the grid. This allows you to make a grid that will fit on one sheet instead of multiple sheets. Which saves you paper and in turn money.
Just duplicate the resized grid and move them into separate quadrants.
Make sure to change the opacity of the image other wise you won’t see the grid. In the end you will have a grid of 20x18. You can also change the page size but for the sake of time, I left the grid the size Excel saved it at.
There is it! A finished graph.This graph isn’t ideal to print off due to size, but you can always use the image you opened up and simply move the graph there and manipulate the graph to your liking!
Friday, January 17, 2014
Love Crafts: The quick and easy
Valentines day is coming fast, so why not make something special and share it with a loved one? There are tons of different crafts to do. Here a few that don't take a lot of time!
Heart Appliques are great for cards or decoration. This is also a fun and easy craft to do with kids. There are different ways to make a heart and Petals to Picots has two awesome patterns; Heart Crochet Pattern and Spike Stitch Heart pattern.
For the knitter, The Sitting Tree has an easy to do pattern for hearts. Do you like more detailed hearts? Knitty has a great realistic heart pattern.
Not really into hearts or flowers? There are many other non-heart and floral crafts. An easy way to incorporate your kids into a project is to have them design it! Pictures aren’t only for cards, make a small gift from your child's doodle. They will last for ever and are a great gift for parents and grandparents.
Have a football fan a cute football beanie from Reineke Ramblings is adorable for both the big and little man.
Want a fun craft to do with the kids? Check out Green Kid Crafts (<-- that's an affiliate link)! They have great monthly projects, not just for Valentines day but all year around!
Heart Appliques are great for cards or decoration. This is also a fun and easy craft to do with kids. There are different ways to make a heart and Petals to Picots has two awesome patterns; Heart Crochet Pattern and Spike Stitch Heart pattern.
Not really into hearts or flowers? There are many other non-heart and floral crafts. An easy way to incorporate your kids into a project is to have them design it! Pictures aren’t only for cards, make a small gift from your child's doodle. They will last for ever and are a great gift for parents and grandparents.
Have a football fan a cute football beanie from Reineke Ramblings is adorable for both the big and little man.
Want a fun craft to do with the kids? Check out Green Kid Crafts (<-- that's an affiliate link)! They have great monthly projects, not just for Valentines day but all year around!
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Sharing Patterns
Lately I have been working on a pattern for my daughter. A spring bolero that she can wear over some of her sleeve less dresses. While working on it I remembered a pattern I had written a few years ago and posted on a now defunct blog called Sweet N' Fancie. So here it is, I wanted to share it with you all. Its fairly easy, other than the puff stitch, and it a yarn eater! So if you have a lot of yarn around and want something cute, here you go.
This week I joined a few link parties: Too Cute Tuesday,Hookin on Humpday,
Crocheted Toddler Puff Shirt (note: HK means hook)
This week I joined a few link parties: Too Cute Tuesday,Hookin on Humpday,
Keep Calm Craft On {crafting on}, Party Bunch, Snappy FANtastic Friday
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