I love to crochet from graphs. I would make afghans for children of teddy bears, panda bears, Spiderman and had so much fun doing it, that I decided to try crocheting pictures of people from graphs.

My first one was of Elvis Presley. I seen the graph online and downloaded it and made my crocheted Elvis portrait. I was quite pleased with it and it was so much fun, so when I found this site, KnitPro Web Ap, which has free to use online software for uploading photos and turning them into graphs, I got hooked on it! First I turned the photos to black and white in my photo software. I would never try to crochet a colored photo! Not at this time anyway, maybe some time in the future I will tackle one.

So here is what I have done so far. I have Elvis, Jamie (my son), John Lennon, Hank Williams Sr, Buddy Holly, and Johnny Cash.

If you are interested in crocheting from graphs, I wrote an article called "Crochet Graph Pattern Tips".

Elvis Presley - This is the first one I crocheted a couple years ago. I actually made two as I gave one to my ex-sister-in-law, Becky, who is (and always was) a big Elvis fan.

Jamie - This is my son. He is the guitar player for the band "Age Of Daze". He had his head shaved when this photo was taken. Momma doesn't like it when he does that...lol But he just did it again when he was home for the 2007 Christmas holidays.... (sigh)... I have no say in it when it comes to his hair (or non-hair) I guess.


John Lennon - I like the way this one came out with the shadows. Love the way his glasses came out too.


Hank Williams Sr - This one was a challenge as it was wider to fit in the cowboy hat. I kept track of the time I put into this one. It took 43.5 hours. So I would estimate that every crocheted portrait would take about 40 hours to complete.


Buddy Holly - I was not so pleased with this one. It does look like him, but I left out some shadows around his neck and left side around his ear. I think I should of put those in and it would of looked better.


Johnny Cash - I like the shadows in this one. I have come to the conclusion that photos with a lot of shadows make the best crocheted portraits.


Not sure what who I will crochet next, but I have ideas, just got to pick one.