I hope you love this how to crochet portraits tutorial as much as I do. It also helps and makes turning your work so much easier. Please see the picture below on how I clipped my yarn balls onto a board to keep them from tangling. I usually marked every 10 stitches which made it easier to count when one colors was a long row. As you can tell on the pictures, I used a green pen to mark off when I finished a stitch or to count stitches. I took about 2 weeks, sometimes working on it all day.Īlso here are some progress pictures and pictures of the finished project. This is not a project that is finished overnight. I think patience is the only thing I recommend you to have. I hope this post as well as the video below helps you to make a beautiful graphgan on your own. The wrong side has all the yarn accumulations whereas the right side shows the actual image that is created. It shows you how to change colors and create a good (right) side and a bad (wrong) side. To better explain how you can make a graphgan, I created a video using a small image of a heart. I used 1 double crochet per stitch (3 dc in the corner stitches).īefore weaving in or tying off some of the ends so they do not show in the front. ![]() It saves on time not having to weave it in which is the reason I used a frame for the finished display.Īfter finishing the crochet portrait, I went all the way around it to make an edge. You can sew a fabric to the back of the portrait to hide all the ends. However, some people also make it into a blanket. Because crochet creations usually are not the thinness of a paper, it would have never fit into a frame with glass. Perfect for a frame that size.īy the way, the frame I bought had plexiglass. Using a 5.0mm hook and the “big” size graph my crochet portrait turned out to be a 24×30 inch picture. I went back and forth in rows, meaning I turned my work and did not crochet only in one direction. HERE is a tutorial for the Waistcoat Stitch.Īlso, I recently created a tutorial on how to change colors using the bobbin method! Check it out HERE! It sure will help you keep your colors organized! You can also use the Waistcoat Stitch instead of single crochet as that probably looks neater in the end. I used all single crochet for the crochet portrait, meaning one single crochet equals one tile on the graph. This is an updated video that should better explain the process. I have plenty of it still left overīut I used more white and black, as you can tell from the picture.ĭid you know I work in Research and work with DNA? Well, I created a DNA helix that can be used in schools as models to teach children the importance of science! Get the FREE pattern HERE How To Crochet Portraits Video Tutorialsīelow you can find a video tutorial on how to crochet portraits and create a beautiful graphgan or a framed picture. ![]() I bought 4 skeins (1 white, 1 black, and 2 different grey tones) of Caron One Pound. It is hard to determine considering everyone has a different image, tension and different color amount. ![]() START YOUR OWN BLOG IN UNDER 5 MINUTES! See how to do that HERE! I did, so you can too!Īt first I did not know how much yarn I would use. I printed it out and used it as a template to get my yarn to use for the project. Once I uploaded the picture to the link mentioned above (microrevolt), I clicked on the “big” size as well as the “crochet” stitch size. ![]() Yes, you do not need any fancy tools to turn a great-looking picture into graphgan. I changed it from colorful to black/white/grey using PowerPoint. I had a picture of my late boss but changed the colors of the picture. By subscribing, I consent to receiving emails.
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