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Stitch Works Software. Crocharts - the crochet chart drawer. Stitch Maps. Les abréviations courante au crochet. Standards and Guidelines for Crochet and Knitting. The publishers, fiber, needle and hook manufacturers and yarn members of the Craft Yarn Council have worked together to set up a series of guidelines and symbols to bring uniformity to yarn, needle and hook labeling and to patterns, whether they appear in books, magazines, leaflets or on yarn labels.

Standards and Guidelines for Crochet and Knitting

Our goal is to make it easier for industry manufacturers, publishers and designers to prepare consumer-friendly products and for consumers to select the right materials for a project and complete it successfully. Included are: We urge manufacturers, publishers and designers, to adopt these guidelines. Downloads of the graphic symbols are available at this web site at no charge. We ask that if you use them in any publication that you advise us in an e-mail of your intention to use them and that the following credit line be given: Source: Craft Yarn Council's www.YarnStandards.com. Programmes informatiques tricot. Knitty.com. I used to like row-by-row instructions.

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They told me what stitches to make, and I made them. It was very simple. CYCAKnitChartSymbols.pdf (Objet application/pdf) Aire River Knitting Font. Knit Chart Symbols. S-and-g.pdf (Objet application/pdf) Updated Terms & chartic Symbols Used in These Patterns. LaceFontSample.pdf (Objet application/pdf) Chez Plum » Tutorial: How I make my knitting charts for lace. So, a couple weeks ago I showed a glimpse of the knitting chart I was working on.

Chez Plum » Tutorial: How I make my knitting charts for lace

I finally took the time to make a little tutorial and explain the way I did it. I hope it’s clear enough, or feel free to ask your questions ! (Click for larger pics !!) This one will be the lace pattern used in the Isabeau purse pattern. I start with creating a table in an Excell-type software (Im using the freeware OpenOffice Calc, here with a french version). First, select all the area of your future chart, go to format/columns/width and decrease the witdth of the columns (I chose 0,53 cm) to create nearly-square cells. Select the area of your future chart, color it in a light color of you choice. Number the rows and stitches, starting at bottom right corner of chart.

Then the “real work” starts. Then I copy the “repeat” of my lace pattern below, in another colored area. The chart is nearly ready. Knittingchartmaker - A knitting chart designing program. Cathy Scott's StitchMastery. Software. I mostly love my iPad, but I wish someone would write the perfect knitting app.

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The iTunes store has quite a large handful--counters, project managers, books--but none of them is The Killer Knitting App. Recently, a new program appeared that would seem, from reading the PR, to fulfill my KKA requirements. Errrgh. Software for Knitters: Part I. Personal computers, dweeby and enormously expensive toys twenty years ago, are now, for better or worse, an intimate part of most of our lives.

Software for Knitters: Part I

Their uses span a breathtaking (or alarming,depending on your point of view) range of applications. We all know about the Internet; word processing, photo editing, and Solitaire. Software for Knitters: Part II. Good old Excel.

Software for Knitters: Part II

This spreadsheet app has been around forever, and its uses are myriad. You can keep a stash list, make charts, and keep track of pattern rows as you knit. I use it mostly for chart-making when I want to to edit the pattern on the fly—something that’s impossible with a graphics-based program such as Knit Visualizer. I’m going to spend this entire entry on Excel for several reasons. First, there’s a spreadsheet program available for every platform—PC, Mac, and Linux. These files are available in the Files section of the knittingsoftware Yahoo group that I started a few minutes ago while I was writing this section (isn't the Internet wonderful?). Everyone is welcome to join the group, however, please don’t expect me to give you technical service!

All you need to get started charting in a spreadsheet is a good font and a bit of knowledge about spreadsheet software. Fonts In addition to these, there are two fonts, free for the taking, on the Internet. Now you are ready to begin. Software for Knitters: Part III. Knit Visualizer version 1.2 Platform: Mac and PCRating: 4 out of 5 stars Knit Visualizer is an astounding programming tour de force.

Software for Knitters: Part III

Jacquie's Journal. KnitChart. Knitting Chart Maker - Review of Knitting Chart Maker Program by Jacquie. The Bottom Line For a free program, this is a good option for people who want to make charts for their own use and who have a good grasp of what the different symbols mean.

Knitting Chart Maker - Review of Knitting Chart Maker Program by Jacquie

I found it a little frustrating to use, but other people might not replicate the problems I had. And even with the issues I had, I would probably still use this program to make simple charts for my own use. Pros. 3 Easy Ways to Chart a Knitting Pattern — so you wannabee a Domestik Goddess? How can a crafter turn an image into a custom pattern for a knitted motif — quickly and easily — without spending a fortune?

3 Easy Ways to Chart a Knitting Pattern — so you wannabee a Domestik Goddess?

It’s not as difficult as you might think, and it can be done for little or no cost at all. Suddenly, all sorts of creative possibilities come to mind – custom logo knitwear for the cheerleading squada child’s artwork reproduced on a sweater vest for GrannyImpressionist landscapes rendered on knitted afghans and throws a knitted tote with a rock idol’s portraityour pet’s portrait on a knitted cushion cover… // knitPro web app. Knit Foundry: Software. Buy Knit Visualizer If you are upgrading from 1.x and have a discount code; please use our upgrade page. ** When you purchase our software to download, you will be sent an email with download instructions.

Knit Foundry: Software

The download is time sensitive so you should plan on downloading the software as soon as possible. Software for knitting. EnvisioKnit Design Studio Knitting Software. Intwined Pattern Studio.