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I like to create my word in Photoshop because I usually have to manipulate and stretch it to fit. Each square represents one single crochet.Ħ. If your afghan is larger, you’ll want to set it to print on several pages and tape them together or risk going blind looking at those tiny squares. I reduced the margins, changed the layout to landscape, and set it to print on a single page. I resized the cells to 15×15 pixels and formatted them with the dotted line outline. I prefer to use Excel and resize the cells into little squares, that way I can add numbers along the edges so I know exactly how many rows and stitches I have at a glance – in this case, 66 wide x 59 high. If you have graph paper handy, tape a few sheets of it together. Now for the height – (Height in inches/4) x number of rows in your 4” swatch = total rows, or (18/4) x 13 = 58.5, rounded to 59 rows.Ħ6 Stitches, 59 rows – this is the total size of the “canvas” area. So, to start your pattern, you’ll need to chain 67 stitches, and then work 66 sc across the chain. (Width in inches/4) x number of stitches across your 4” swatch = the number of stitches across you’ll need, in this case (24/4)x11 = 66 stitches. Going back to my sketch, I see that the afghan will be 24” x 18” BEFORE I add the border. I ended up with 11 stitches and 13 rows for a 4” square. Count the number of stitches across the top of the paper, and the number of rows along the side. Cut a piece of paper 4” square and lay it on top of your swatch.
Crochet a single crochet sample square about 5” x 5”. If you use a larger hook, the weave will be loose and won’t conceal the carried yarn as well.
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. I want the name to be centered on this afghan, and I want to leave some space around the edges of the name so that it doesn’t bump right up against the border.
#COLLEGE FONT CROSS STITCH GRAPH FREE#
How do you want it to look? There are tons of free fonts available, but the easiest way to start is to use basic block type letters. What’s going on your canvas? For this tutorial, I’m going to use my daughter’s name. That will bring my central area to 24” x 18”. I want the granny border on my afghan to be about 6” all around, so I added those measurements to my sketch. For example, let’s make 3’ x 2.5’ baby afghan with a granny border. What are you making? What are the dimensions? Will it have a border? Now – make a sketch of what you have in mind. The first thing you need to do is visualize your concept. I’ve made a few, so…how the heck do you do it? I used the same technique to make a custom blanket for a boat.Īnd a personalized afghan for an etsy customer.
#COLLEGE FONT CROSS STITCH GRAPH DOWNLOAD#
That pattern is available here as a ravelry download if you’d rather cut right to the chase. Once I figured out HOW, I used the same concept to create the pattern for my love afghan.
#COLLEGE FONT CROSS STITCH GRAPH TRIAL#
After a lot of trial and error with some graph paper, I came up with a suitable graph pattern. I’m ALWAYS a sucker for a challenge and I set out to find a way to do it. A few years ago, a friend asked me to crochet him a blanket with the Penn State logo on it.
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