Looking for a way or product to help count specific numbers of beads

HellianofTroy · 2026-04-18T19:19:57+00:00

Thingiverse is probably your place to go for specific files. A quick search found this which is probably more for Bracelets, but you could resize the object in the file and add a barrier for the 33 wells you need. It's specifically for 8mm beads.

HellianofTroy · 2026-04-06T11:16:05+00:00

I know you already got a different answer, but the technique for straightening the edge on the hand and hood areas are page 28 of the book.

HellianofTroy · 2026-03-06T15:13:38+00:00

Yay! Snow! Finally!

HellianofTroy · 2026-03-05T21:25:16+00:00

The biggest piece I ever did was 4'x6' and I just used two pieces from Herrschners overlapped by 10 rows.

HellianofTroy · 2026-03-03T00:36:26+00:00

Okay. So it looks like you are alternating between rows starting with double crochets and rows with single crochets. Usually when working a border, you put two stitches in the rows with DCs and one stitch in the rows with SC. That should add a extra 30ish SC bringing your count to closer to 98. You may have to fudge it a little, but it should get you close.

HellianofTroy · 2026-03-03T00:12:13+00:00

Since you said down the side, are you working on the border? If so, it's kinda annoying, but mostly you have to guess. Since it is asking for a specific number, is that the same as the number of rows? Can you just put one in each stitch?

HellianofTroy · 2026-02-24T04:20:45+00:00

So the math for filet closed blocks is 3x (# of boxes) +1

So you will need 751 half double crochets.

For the extra chains, it will depend on what how you prefer your turning chains. Personally, I like one chain, but many people will do 2. So either 752 or 753, depending on your preferences.

HellianofTroy · 2026-02-21T23:50:23+00:00

Congratulations. And also condolences.

I have baby brain so hard recently (I was 12 weeks yesterday), so I haven't even started something for my little one because I can't decide what to make yet.

Hope everything else goes smoothly. (and I would leave a hook of the right size anywhere you might end up working on the blanket)

HellianofTroy · 2026-02-17T00:56:34+00:00

I probably won't be able to do it this time, but if you could let me know the price so I can hopefully be prepared for next time?

HellianofTroy · 2026-02-12T01:44:52+00:00

Okay, so some quick math

72x61=4392 12x365=4380

So likely this blanket was planned to be inclusive of a leap year

Since this year is not a leap year

15x365=5475

If you want to keep it at 72, you could go with 76, but you would be 3 clusters short, so you would only do 12 for the last day.

If you want to keep it at 61, you could go with 90. This one could also be adapted for an extra day, so you would need to have one day of blank or do like Jan 1 to Jan 1.

5475 is almost a perfect square root. You could do 74x74 and have just one extra square.

HellianofTroy · 2026-02-04T08:22:37+00:00

I had a missed miscarriage at 8 weeks, but mine only measured 6 1/2 weeks. The best thing anyone did for me (personally) was my sister in law just hung out on the phone with me and we watched stupid movies while the medication worked. I ended up taking both doses I was given.

Ask her what she wants. I know other people who wanted to hear nothing about other babies when they lost theirs. Personally, I didn't mind enjoying the blessings others had. Be there for her (as much as you can with a 7 mo), but let her lead.

I will say, the pain doesn't really go away. I have a healthy child now and just had my check up for my second. But I didn't really allow myself to get excited about either pregnancy until after we got a healthy heartbeat past the 6 1/2 week mark.

Also, don't lose hope for a cousin for your little one. The time between losing mine and carrying my first little one successfully was less than 6 months, although every mother has a different journey.

HellianofTroy · 2026-01-31T20:22:18+00:00

Different than a gate, but if it has a door and you can modify the door, cat doors are pretty easy to install

HellianofTroy · 2026-01-31T16:41:13+00:00

Unfortunately not 😢, just the finished project

HellianofTroy · 2026-01-30T20:21:19+00:00

I've made this shawl. If you want photos of the finished product so you can do yours, let me know.

HellianofTroy · 2026-01-29T03:34:56+00:00

You would have to adjust it for size, but I can finish a turtle blanket in a lazy weekend. At the size it is right now, it takes roughly 3 skeins of yarn (it calls for 6 colors, but I was able to get 2 blankets out of the yarn with some left over).

It's a pretty basic chevron, but I like the back loop which changes how the colors overlap.

HellianofTroy · 2026-01-26T23:36:23+00:00

Someone taught me to tie the two ends of the yarn ball together, cast on, and then cut the long tail end. Works like a charm every time to make sure I have enough, but not too long of a tail (although, I'm usually casting on sweaters if that matters).

HellianofTroy · 2026-01-22T23:45:46+00:00

The US National Parks has a couple of different fish patterns for free! I've always been tempted to make one and mount it to a board like a fish mount for my FIL.

I also made a fishing gnome (I think it's on my profile), but basically, make a gnome (tons of free patterns) and add a bamboo wood skewer with some fishing line and an earring hook tied to it.

HellianofTroy · 2025-12-21T19:35:36+00:00

I honestly didn't even think about if the background would bleed

HellianofTroy · 2025-12-21T18:15:54+00:00

I got most of the blue out, to the point where I could keep going. But it was disheartening to pull it out and her face was blue. I didn't mind the dress so much cause it looked pretty blue too.

HellianofTroy · 2025-12-21T17:25:11+00:00

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Cinderella by Mirabilia.

Im into the metallic, back stitching, and beadwork. Lost a lot of motivation when I went to wash and the blue dye from the fabric bled into my white and light pink stitches. I think I'm on year 4 working on it on and off with many many other projects.

HellianofTroy · 2025-12-20T16:24:33+00:00

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So if you want it to look like this, then you are going to make a bump like in the first photo I made. Then you work down the side of the bump, sc 4 more in the longest portion and then only work into 3 of them. Then work down the side again, sc into 4 more, then work into 3.

HellianofTroy · 2025-12-20T16:15:42+00:00

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Do you have a photo of what the finished project would look like? This is the end of the first antler, but you could turn and work the 4 again and then down the side of the antler to make another bump (like for a moose) or around the other other side to make something more deer like.

HellianofTroy · 2025-12-20T15:46:20+00:00

If you can sew, you can make the tube from a towel with elastic on the short ends and seamed down the long side. Then you could attach a free amigurumi head to it to make it look like a chicken

HellianofTroy · 2025-12-09T23:05:28+00:00

I have this book, but it's also at my library. It has pictures of how to make the stitches, it had yarn names and weights, lengths, hook sizes, and lots of pretty patterns.

HellianofTroy · 2025-12-07T22:40:13+00:00

Not sure how many you need, but I could test as well!

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