Crochet Patterns by Cyndie Birdsong Designs

You can find FAQ's and extended Help here for my Mosaic Chart Creator template for Excel.  This page will be updated over time as needed - Please comment on this post if you don't find your answer here so that I can be sure to add your questions & issues to this page.  FAQ's Can this be used for other types of charts? Because there are already online apps out there that create regular graphs, I didn't include that in this template. This template is unique in that it will help you create an Overlay Mosaic chart with the specific rules to that style of crochet. This chart uses Macros - is that dangerous?  Macros in themselves are simply snippets of code that tell Excel (& other Office programs) what to do. Sometimes it's a recording of a series of steps, which can then be run by the click of one button (like in this template). Some hackers might use macros to try and phish for sensitive information or install malware, which is why you should always be sure th...

  Quick Overview: 📋 This is an informational page about my Mosaic Crochet Chart Creator template for Excel, where I will go over the functions and chart sizes available in this template. There is also a link below where you can download a sample template to be able to test it on your version of Excel, and be assured that it's compatible for your computer before purchasing the full version from my Etsy shop . Full Tour & How to Use Template:  While there are many chart creator apps out there, I couldn't find one that created this particular style of crochet - Overlay Mosaic - so I used Excel to make my own designs, and bit by bit was able  to automate much of my design process using the magic of Excel's formulas & macros*. I then realized that others might be interested in this type of template for designing their own mosaic charts, so I fine tuned, tested, modified a bit more, and now I think this final version should be a helpful & fun tool for anyone who wa...

I have quite a large yarn stash and my poor TV room cabinets were bursting at the seams! (along with some laundry room shelves, a few bags in my living room, a few stray skeins in my bedroom.... you get the idea!) So I finally took a day (or three) to consolidate everything into one space, sort through, weigh, log, and finally store! I'm sharing my process in case it can help other yarn addicts out there!  Now, just because you take a weekend to do this one time, this organization system will still need some maintenance from time to time, if you are like me and always have a dozen projects going! Here's a video I did to show how I was doing a catch-up re-org after a couple months of many, many projects. It's helpful to have a kitchen or postal scale so that you can weigh partial skeins to get an approximate remaining amount. Not necessary but very helpful..  I'm sharing my Excel file here, Yarn Inventory Template , for you to use when logging your yarn. It's on ...

  Design by Cyndie Birdsong   Follow me on  Instagram  for the latest patterns I'm working on! Join my Facebook crochet group for updates and to show off your projects! https://www.facebook.com/groups/crochetawaythecraycray More of my patterns can be found on: Ravelry Etsy Lovecrafts     This pattern has been designed & written by Cyndie Birdsong. Please do not share, copy or redistribute this pattern. (You can send them to this site to get their own free copy, however!) This helps pattern designers keep developing more patterns & contributing to the creative crochet community, which we appreciate! You are welcome to sell your finished item, but please give credit to Cyndie for the design.