crochetmania.myfastforum.org :: Any GOOD instructions on sc graphing..I want to do graph gha

JoBug

Hi members, and friends I hope..
I REALLY want to do a graph ghan, HOWEVER
I dont know where to begin..lol
I want to do the sc ones, is there a GREAT book, site
blog for a new person that you can say is GREAT? All help appreciated
Thanks so much!
PS I want to do a single crochet graph with an outline of an angel the outline in a different color.......but I am thiniking it is going to be hard
to mix in the other color with only the outline of it..anyways, this is a want of mine to learn.
HUGS
JoAnn

anoramaxsis

I think Kathy and pheonixtears are the ones to help you be patient and they will see your post. A few years ago I did a baby afghan but I used double crochet stitches. Good luck!

Kahud48 · BOARD OWNER

I have never crocheted from a graph but I think Miss Kitty has.

JoBug

Okay thanks, I will wait to see if anyone has experience to help me.
HUGS
JoAnn

Miss Kitty · MANIA MOD

I'm doing a graph afghan now..
I know I have seen a pattern for one you are looking for but can't find it for now, I'll keep looking..
I have some instruction written down I'll find them and post them for you.
It's not hard.
Here is the last picture I have taken of mine..

Let us know if you need help. TXCrochetLover has done them too.

Patterns- http://www.angelscrochet.com/charts/index.php
http://www.citiusa.com/misc2.html

JoBug

Thanks Miss Kitty, I am going to just jump into one..lol..and see how it goes, when I come across problems I will post and hopefully you can answer for me..
I bought a graph of an angel ghan from etsy, it is a purple angel, and it is only two colors, white and purple, so I am going to give it a go...
HUGS
JoAnn

Miss Kitty · MANIA MOD

Here is a good place to look to http://iweb.tntech.edu/cventura/rightstitches.html
You are going to changed the colors the same way.
http://www.crochetnmore.com/chartcrochet.htm

Good place to look at - http://www.crochetcabana.com/specialty/working-from-a-graph.htm

TX CrochetLover · MANIA MOD

Hey JoBug, Miss Kitty's links are very good. The only thing I can add is to be sure and use a marking method of some sort so you know where you are on the chart. I use one of those magnetic boards and use magnetic rulers to keep my place on each row. But you can use a highlighter too. But if you frog, then you have to change to another highlighter color! LOL! Charts are read from left to right on one row then change to right to left on the next row.(Or vice versa) I also count my squares ahead of time and write them down in pencil on the chart so I don't have to stop and count while I am crocheting. As far as changing color just for the outline, you probably will have to cary that color all through the afghan. There may be other instructions on those links though. Hope this helps!

JoBug

Thanks Miss Kitty, I found them links VERY helpful! I been practicing today on a potholder...I made a heart graph, and am working the heart in the middle in white, the rest is green...it is going okay, I just have to make my stitches tighter I think, because I can see the carry through when I started the white, I put a tail out and sc over it before I started with the white, and I can see it. I guess it is good to practice first!!
Thank you so much
JoAnn

Miss Kitty · MANIA MOD

When you do the green for the background, you should have 2 separate
pieces of green. One for the left side and one for the right side of the dis cloth. Then one white for the middle. You do not carry the yarn to the end of the rows.

One method is:
1. Place each ball of yarn in a zip-top sandwich bag. Zip it closed when color is not in use. Keep the yarn wound as close to the work as you can when that color is not in use.

Or:
2. Purchase yarn bobbins, made for the purpose of holding small amounts of yarn for multi-color work.

3. Take a clothespin and wrap some yarn around it and clip the yarn in the end to hold it when not in use.

4. Cut some bobbins out of cardboard.

Carrying the yarn over a few stitches is okay but you do not want to go over 4 sts.