I have not done many cross stitch pictures since I started stitching in 2011, completed 4 and am on a fifth, this one.
My first was a kit bought from e-bay 300 x 250 stitches, and during the year it took me to do that I decided I wanted to make my own picture as none of the kits really provided what I wanted. So, I looked for free software to convert an image to a chart. I only found 'Ryijy Stitch Designer' by Jari Haurito in Finland. I didn't like the output from his program, though his colour conversion to DMC colours was good. So, I wrote a program to create a chart from the modified colours from Jari's program (he has since incorporated something similar in an updated Ryijy Stitch Designer after I sent him my source code). Anyway, as a result of that I have stitched three other pictures plus this one.
I obtained permission from the photographer to use this image:
Which converted into a page plan (77 x 109 stitches per page):
And in reality, pages 2-4 & 6-8
Finally, 10 days after that photo above and 2500 stitches of plan page 1, we get up to date and see the face appear:
It's done in 14 count on a roller frame. Total number of stitches when complete 30209. Have done about 22500. Started in February 2014, hope to finish before August.
Hope it doesn't seem too mundane compared to some of the amazing projects here.
Regards,
Richard.
oh dear Richard your poor daughter!!! Hope she has recovered.
