00 CROCHET - BABIES & CHILDREN

This is one of three torrents devoted to children patterns. This one is crochet only [it also includes lots of baby afghans and blankets],another is knit only and the third is of books/booklets/magazines which have both knit and crochet patterns, thus couldn't be separated - so, you crocheters might want to check that one out too. None of these is my own scan and original upload. These patterns have been painstakingly collected from all over the web (many times one by one, on obscure direct download sites, as a free downloader with endless waiting times, or torrents with only one intermittent seed which took days to complete). Then came my part of the job, the sorting, organizing and editing. It's amazing to see some collections and the mess they're in, everything jumbled together, duplicates with different names, and really horrid quality scans which no knitter can ever decipher. I have the sensation that sometimes people just reupload files they got from elsewhere without even opening to check! All files were viewed or at least previewed (thank you, Windows 7!) and renamed for clarity and consistency, putting author name when available, or publisher, and real title exactly as in the front cover, so that duplicates became immediately visible, and then choosing the best, deleting the others. I often added on the title the sizes or ages of children involved. Jumbled page numbers were corrected where needed,pictures rotated where needed. Then patterns were divided into categories, folders and subfolders. The junior patterns were further separated into babies (0-2 years) and children, for ease of browsing, as babies' patterns, for some reason, are always much much more than for the remaining ages. Additionally, in many cases of really bad scans (dark, crooked, barrelled/warped, faded, fuzzy, colours blueish, blotched, including extraneous background etc...), extensively edited with Photoshop (cropping, rotating, fixing colour shade, fine-tuning black/white contrast,dewarping, and many more delicate and advanced actions too lengthy to list here) to make the pictures and especially the instructions both presentable and easier to use. The torrent is not in .rar, so you can pick and choose, but if you already have one of those files, I strongly recommend that you compare file size to see if it's really the same. If it was a bad scan, chances are that I have edited it, so this version will be much clearer and more readable. After all, in knitting patterns, readability is even more important than in books - every little word or number counts, and we don't want to ruin our eyes, do we? Some really low quality things that couldn't be rescued, I just deleted. No point in them taking space, there are so many other good ones available! Most files are either in .pdf or .jpg form or both. If you have any preference and you'd like just one format, just download Acrobat pro, and it will easily convert from one to the other in minutes. Open the .pdf and choose file-Export-image-jpg. Or go to Windows Explorer, select the .jpgs, right click and choose "combine supported files in Acrobat". No big deal! I have also included a picture of a handy chart I made with child sizes by age and chest in cm and inches, so that you can immediately see which patterns are suitable for the child you have in mind. Presented with all my love to all knitters all over the world. I hope you enjoy these collections!

udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80
udp://open.demonii.com:1337
udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969
udp://exodus.desync.com:6969

whitecat2010 (2011-09-11)

I don't know why it shows 0 seeders and 0 leechers. Presently there are 24 seeds and 122 leechers, and I'm still seeding as well at maximum bandwidth.

 _F1_ (2011-09-11)

TPB tracks the seed-leech count from openbittorrent tracker (automatically includes in torrent file when you upload) which often goes down. The seedcount on the client (like uTorrent) is nearly correct as it shows the highest count from all the trackers included. This torrent is well seeded already.
Keep up good work whitecat :)

marumin (2011-09-16)

Thanx so much!!!! Great patterns!!!

whitecat2010 (2012-02-25)

You might be interested in my Crochet afghans (throws) mega collection

Hundreds of books and leaflets, all cleaned up, renamed, categorized etc...
I'm still in initial seeding, 'cause I had a problem with my connection last week (it was fixed yesterday), but there are 64 people who already have 53% and going strong, so you shall start getting files altready. by the time you get to 53% the initial leechers will have completed it and the speed will hopefully be even more.

fatkitty21 (2012-02-28)

Thank you so much for these great patterns. I would really like to knit some of the ones on Pingouin 122 but the instructions are missing. Is there any way to get them please.
thankyou
Chris

whitecat2010 (2012-03-03)

Fatkitti122
It is not among my crochet patterns. It's a knitting pattern, I have uploaded a torrent with Knitting patterns - babies and children here: http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/6667034
The full title in my torrent is KNIT - Pingouin 122 6 layettes [0-18m].pdf

FireGoddess1969 (2012-03-11)

thanks

fatkitty21 (2012-03-23)

Thank you whitecat2010 but even on that torrent the pictures are there but in the instruction folder they are all missing :(

AnahnNYmous (2012-05-09)

This is great!!!

whitecat2010 (2012-08-11)

@fatkitty You are right, the instructions are missing. I hadn't checked this one. I will delete it from my collection and I suggest you do the same.