Lisa Frank Toxic Waste

[evilcarrot]

If someone could make me a pattern of this, I will gladly take it on as my next insanely-huge project! (And if you could do .pdf format, even better, since I don't have a working printer at home and I can't install any software at work) You can halve the resolution if you want, or bring it down to about 200px wide (it's currently 300) but I don't want to lose TOO much detail so I wouldn't go below half. I'll probably stitch it on 18ct or 22ct, depending on the finished size. I'm terrible at pattern-making, my colors always come out so gross! Does DMC (or anyone) even make flourescent colors?

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[blackberrybear]

Does DMC (or anyone) even make flourescent colors?

Yes, dmc has some flourescent colors, it's part of their light effects thread collection.
http://www.dmc-usa.com/Products/Needlew ... -Pack.aspx
http://www.dmc-usa.com/Products/Needlew ... -Pack.aspx

[evilcarrot]

Nobody?

[blackmageheart]

I just ran this through PCStitch @ 150px width on 18ct (using the Stranded Cotton pallette) and it seems to give a good result....but with 392 colours. How would you feel about that? Is there a ceiling of colours you don't want to go past?

Also, there aren't enough Light Effects colours for this picture (36 in range, and only a handful are the fluorescent effects), but you could probably add a few here and there!

[evilcarrot]

Wow, that is a lot of colors! Would it look terrible reduced to around 75-100? I wish somebody would make a tablet version of pattern software!

[blackmageheart]

Wow, that is a lot of colors! Would it look terrible reduced to around 75-100?

Seems to look ok, think there was a lot of odd stitches in various colours. Here's a preview of a 100 colour version (warning! might no be accurate to thread colours though!)

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And here are some PDFs so you can check it out.

Toxic Waste (BW).pdf

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Toxic Waste (C).pdf

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I haven't checked the thread colours so can't be sure if they're all correct, but they should be ok!

I wish somebody would make a tablet version of pattern software!

Someone did, but by all accounts it's not very good, so you're probably better off with PDFs!

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you!

[evilcarrot]

Thank you so much! There are a few odd stitches I'd change, but I can spot them easily and can change them as I go.

I wonder, would a netbook have the processing power to use PCStitch? I'm buying my son one for his birthday and I could install PCStitch onto it and he'd never even notice. But I wonder if trying to make large patterns would hang it up too much.

Anyway, thank you, thank you, thank you!

[blackmageheart]

I wonder, would a netbook have the processing power to use PCStitch? I'm buying my son one for his birthday and I could install PCStitch onto it and he'd never even notice. But I wonder if trying to make large patterns would hang it up too much.

I'd guess a netbook *could* handle most of what PCStitch can do, but might struggle with the larger patterns. Best to check the netbook's specs and go from there, maybe.

And you're most welcome! Do post back if there's anything else I can help you with!