tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8595637979604048641.post1178689741306342019..comments2023-10-29T03:10:23.097-05:00Comments on Carolyn Christmas Designs: Circle Dance Yarn AmountsCarolyn Christmashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09053121795420029031noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8595637979604048641.post-23761758773812398742014-09-17T21:00:21.678-05:002014-09-17T21:00:21.678-05:00Thank you for the total yardage! I've been try...Thank you for the total yardage! I've been trying to figure out how much yarn I would need for each of my colors and with the total I was able to calculate what I need.<br /><br />For anyone else trying to figure out some estimates, you need to color the layout image with how you want to make the afghan. Select each area and expand the selection by 1 pixel without using antialias and fill it with the appropriate color. You want to avoid any blended colors at the edges of selections. If necessary, crop the image down to just the colored layout (no border around it).<br /><br />Once you have your sharply colored image, use Paint.NET (free software) to open the image and the magic wand tool to select everything of the same color. At the bottom of the window there will be a pixel area number, that's how many pixels of that color are in the image. Divide that by the area of the image (mine cropped to 1147x879, or 1,008,213 pixels) to get the percentage of the afghan that uses that color. Multiply the percentage by 2340 to get the yardage estimate.<br /><br />Photoshop can allegedly do the pixel color counts in the histogram window, but as I do not have Photoshop I can't say for certain if you can get the information from it that you need.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8595637979604048641.post-85108591785286391682014-01-19T09:40:04.677-06:002014-01-19T09:40:04.677-06:00I love this! I'm still trying to finalize my c...I love this! I'm still trying to finalize my colors. I'm pretty sure I'm doing a Christmas afghan. I've been hoarding Red Heart Holly & Ivy waiting for the perfect pattern. I'm thinking about maybe doing a round or two in a contrasting color, then the rest of the circle in the Holly & Ivy, then the border in Light or Dark Sage. Some of the very small blocks will have the circle in a solid color with the border color I finally choose. Decisions, decisions!analeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13733119717685692413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8595637979604048641.post-77240140331666644582014-01-18T05:10:40.092-06:002014-01-18T05:10:40.092-06:00Very nice colors ! Thanks you for the patterns. Very nice colors ! Thanks you for the patterns. Sophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11245342627023271183noreply@blogger.com