Holy Crap, we have achieved chart!

After copious amounts of head-thudding, I finally managed to persuade a spreadsheet to show what I want. It's too big to fit on one page, and refuses to print in landscape mode, but at least the thumb is in the right place and it's roughly mitten-shaped with the pointy bit at the top where it belongs.
*sigh*
Now to attempt knitting from it. If that works, I'll share.
If not, it's back to the head pounding. At least I've gotten good at that.

Still no chart. Though I now have some interesting lumps on my head...

I've gotta take a break from this charting madness. I could just do this so easily with a sheet of graph paper and a felt-tip marker... Why, oh, why isn't it just as simple to do it in a post-able format?
I knew I wasn't going to like the 21st century.

In the meantime, I've been looking at pretty pictures here. Love Drops Designs (Garnstudio) - more fabulous patterns than you can shake a circular at! I started out looking for a pattern for a vest; I've got some lovely yarn that was Christmassed at me and a vest seemed like a good plan.
Then, of course, I got distracted. I found this slipper pattern - and I am seriously in love! I don't actually need another pair of slippers, but I won't let that stop me from making another pair of slippers. It's all about the process, after all.
And while I was peeking around, I found what might be the perfect pattern for my handspun Cotswold.
Cardigan? Check. Simple lines? Check. Classic style? Check. Gauge matches my swatch? Check. Go check it out! (Is it okay to post their photo here? I don't know the rules...)

Charts 'R Not Us

Spent the whole afternoon trying to cobble together a chart for the thrummed mittens. It's a wonder that designers don't ask 80 kabillion dollars for a pattern...
I'm sure I was doing it the hard way. (Is there any other way?) And I'm also sure there's some geewhiz-spiffy software out there that would make my life 100 percent easier, but since I can't afford it anyway, I'll have to stick with the slamming-my-head-on-the-desk-using-Paint system for at least a while.

Hey, look... Tiny image. Go figure.
*sigh*

I'll try that trick again with a .png file this time.
Hallelujah! That's a little better...

On the plus side of life, I have homemade pizza in progress for supper. At least there'll be one positive thing about my day!
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(ETA: *facepalm* I just realized there's an error in the top of the chart. *sigh* )