Stitch a photo - Free cross stitch patterns from pictures - Pic 2 Pat

Convert Photo to Chart Crochet Graph Pattern-making Tutorial - Free Crochet Tutorial Bonus post! A few years ago, a friend asked me to crochet him a blanket with the Penn State logo on it. I’m ALWAYS a sucker for a challenge and I set out to find a way to do it. After a lot of trial and error with some graph paper, I came up with a suitable graph pattern. Once I figured out HOW, I used the same concept to create the pattern for my love afghan. I used the same technique to make a custom blanket for a boat. And initial baby blankets. And a wedding gift for my sister. And a personalized afghan for an etsy customer. Yeah. 1. The first thing you need to do is visualize your concept. 2. I want the granny border on my afghan to be about 6” all around, so I added those measurements to my sketch. What’s going on your canvas? 3. I like to stick with an ‘H’ hook and worsted weight yarn when I’m doing these types of projects because of the color changes. 4. Going back to my sketch, I see that the afghan will be 24” x 18” BEFORE I add the border. 5. There are two ways to do this. 6. 7.

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