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Website Review - The magic of StitchFiddle
Today's post combines two of my passions - music and crochet. I am a trained operatic soprano, and although I don't do it for a living, I do sing with my local chorale. I couldn't find a good treble clef crochet chart for a scarf I'm considering making, so I utilized my favorite chart-making site StitchFiddle.com and a free vector image of a treble clef found on Google Search to make my own! I love the versatility of StitchFiddle - you can not only make crochet charts but also knitting and needlepoint, with multiple different types of each (for example, corner-to-corner aka C2C or filet crochet). You can either start by uploading your own image - which StitchFiddle will use in conjunction with settings like number of colors, pixels/squares, and gauge to generate you a chart - or you can start with a blank canvas and hand-edit each pixel. I did the latter with my clef because I wanted to fit it into a space 35 pixels high and the uploaded image lost too much detail in translation. Even after you upload you can tweak each pixel though, which is nice when it's only a teensy bit off.After editing and perfecting your chart, my only issue with StitchFiddle is that a lot of features are paywalled - you must subscribe to make practically anything except a basic chart. Honestly though, if you'll use it with any frequency the subscription is worth it. It gives you unlimited access to all features and tools, plus the ability to download as either an image file or a nice .pdf document with additional tweaks, and a bunch of other cool stuff. In summary, StitchFiddle.com is a great versatile, highly-featured tool to make all sorts of charts for your craft needs. Go check it out, and tell me what you think in the comments!
Once I complete the scarf, I will be posting the pattern along with my clef chart for free, so check back for it! Might take some time though, as I have a billion and one WIPs still hanging out waiting for me to get to them. 😄
*I am not affiliated with StitchFiddle.com or any of its partners. I simply like the website and wanted to share my review.*
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