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Topic #1085: Crocheting pixelated pictures
By Valerie Mates (valerie)

#1: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Feb 23, 2026

One of my son's caregivers has been making crocheting from pixelated images, and that made me think that there might be some synergy with webpbn.

Here is a picture of the project that she is working on now:

Crochet in progress of a pixelated bird

She says the info is from "Corner To Corner Crochet" on YouTube. I haven't watched their videos yet, but this one looks like it might have the info about how to do it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjLwyhDDfgk

Anyway, I am intrigued, so I thought it would be neat to post it here.

#2: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Feb 23, 2026
that's a lovely idea!
#3: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Feb 24, 2026
I think that PBN puzzles lend themselves well to make needlepoints.
#4: Byrdie (byrdie) on Feb 28, 2026
It would be interesting to see some of the black and whites of celebrities.
#5: Jessikitty Rose (jrosemarsh129) on Feb 28, 2026
Great idea!
#6: Jessikitty Rose (jrosemarsh129) on Mar 2, 2026
I'm still thinking about this two days later because I've been crocheting a lot of baby blankets lately. Another option is fillet crochet, rather than C2C. Maybe I'll do one at some point.
#7: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on Mar 7, 2026
When I first started doing these puzzles in Games magazine as a kid it coincided with my mom's cross-stitching phase. That's how I got her into them too, for a little while at least. On to the next crafting phase!
#8: Joanne Firla (JoFirla) on Mar 7, 2026
Confession time here. I admit I have taken snap shots of some of these puzzles with the the intent of making them into knitted pictures.

Many years ago I knit a baby blanket from scratch making up pictures by using graph paper and drawing out my ideas, then knitting them into colorful squares I later knit together.
#9: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Mar 7, 2026
Coolness!
I'd love to see pictures!
#10: Joanne Firla (JoFirla) on Mar 8, 2026
I wish I had one. It was a really long time ago. I didn't even save my sketches. Palm slap to the forehead. If it had been knit after I acquired a smart phone, then yes, I would have a picture of it. But this baby blanket was created before cell phones were invented.

Some of the pictures were an owl, ice cream falling off the cone, an airplane, a kite flying in the sky, a rainbow, a smiley face, etc. The fun part was knitting in a scripture blessing around the outside border along with the baby's name and date.
#11: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Mar 9, 2026
Joanne, that blanket sounds amazing!!!!!
#12: LoloJean (LoloJean) on Mar 11, 2026
Many forms of pixel art lend themselves well to needlecraft, whether it's crochet, knit, embroidery of various styles, or latch hooking!

Any of the pretty puzzles on this site would do well as charts for something like that.

I will say, though, that all of my major projects (mostly double knit) wouldn't make very fun puzzles!

As a particular favorite if mine, I'd like to offer crochet filet lace as a fantastic medium for translating puzzles here. It even maintains the grid!
#13: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Mar 12, 2026
Cool!
If you're up for sharing, I'd love to see pictures!

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