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Trouble Reading Pattern
Thu, Nov 13, 2014 2:54 PM
Posted by NANCYE G
WARNING - i have several challenges so you may get tired of hearing from me in the next couple of weeks. Today's challenge regards distinguishing symbols on a large pattern. It is 140 x 140 stitches and eleven colors, 8 of them are shades of blue. The pattern has colored squares with symbols. The background is also blue. I have decided not to stitch the background. I have scanned the pattern into my computer. I have blown it up. Still problems keeping on track. I have started copying sections on graph paper using colored pens. Any other suggestions?
  • Reply from Judy
    Friday, November 14, 2014 12:54 AM
    Nancy,

    Try using colored pencils and mark off each area/color as you stitch it. When I did a coverall with over 150 colors that's what I had to do to be able to keep track of where I was in the pattern.

    Hope that helps.

    Enjoy your day and happy stitching...Judy :) Go to top