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Cross stitch and embroidery

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Um, has anyone ever bothered manually converting a decently large paper pattern into digital?

Was it worth the time you saved during actual stitching?

Because it seemed like a really good idea to give myself a Pattern Keeper version of Errol, but this much took me half an hour, so maybe not...

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[โ€“] thegiddystitcher@sunny.garden 3 points 1 year ago (9 children)

@Jornia @Drachin @lemmy_stitch Thank you! Mine is significantly smaller, but still big enough to be a pain in paper form, so sounds like I was on the right track all along.

*rolls up sleeves*

[โ€“] Drachin@troet.cafe 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

@thegiddystitcher I think @Jornia didn't do it by hand though. Should have read more carefully. If I'm right she... took a photo or scanned the original and put it into the app...? @lemmy_stitch

[โ€“] Jornia@troet.cafe 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

@Drachin @thegiddystitcher @lemmy_stitch
I scanned the template and then loaded it into the app.
The template is also squashed, I've now folded it up to make the symbols easier to read

[โ€“] thegiddystitcher@sunny.garden 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Jornia @Drachin @lemmy_stitch Sadly mine has so much backstitch everywhere PK can't really make sense of it. But you know what, I'm in the groove, I'll just keep going.

For science! ๐Ÿ˜†

[โ€“] Jornia@troet.cafe 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@thegiddystitcher @Drachin @lemmy_stitch PK doesn't recognize the symbols for me either, which isn't so bad. I can still mark the finished one and the symbol list is next to it.

[โ€“] thegiddystitcher@sunny.garden 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Jornia @Drachin @lemmy_stitch Will let you know how long this takes and if it was worth it in the end ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] Jornia@troet.cafe 2 points 1 year ago

@thegiddystitcher @Drachin @lemmy_stitch I'm excited, entering the 2 photos into PK took about 45 minutes
It didn't turn out perfectly, but it still works great.

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