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Lisa Frank Toxic Waste
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:06 am
by 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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Re: Lisa Frank Toxic Waste
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:01 am
by blackberrybear
evilcarrot wrote: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
Re: Lisa Frank Toxic Waste
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:52 am
by evilcarrot
Nobody?

Re: Lisa Frank Toxic Waste
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:05 am
by 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!
Re: Lisa Frank Toxic Waste
Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:02 pm
by 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!
Re: Lisa Frank Toxic Waste
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:15 am
by blackmageheart
evilcarrot wrote: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!)
And here are some PDFs so you can check it out.
I haven't checked the thread colours so can't be sure if they're all correct, but they should be ok!
evilcarrot wrote: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!
Re: Lisa Frank Toxic Waste
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:27 am
by 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!
Re: Lisa Frank Toxic Waste
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:29 am
by blackmageheart
evilcarrot wrote: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!
