


The Lace Tool is a special add-on for Stitch Designer.
Click on the tool and you can draw lace patterns instantly, as they will look
when knitted, leaving DesignaKnit to work out the lace carriage passes and
settings. You can design lace for
Brother
and Silver Reed electronic
machines, Brother and Silver Reed punch card machines
and Toyota Machines. The Lace Tool is great for
hand-knitted patterns too as it allows the designer complete freedom.

With the Lace Tool you can draw both Lace and Fine Lace - and you can mix the
two. You can design stitch patterns with bands of lace, Fair Isle and
stitch texture in the same pattern, and you can even have lace and Fair Isle or
texture in the same row. When you follow the pattern in
Interactive
Knitting, DesignaKnit will tell you when to change to the lace carriage,
when to change the carriage settings from fine lace to normal lace and vice
versa and when to change back to the knitting carriage, and when to change the
knitting technique.

You can prepare lace patterns for both Simple and Fashion lace knitting and
you can combine Fashion Lace with bands of Fair Isle or textured knitting. When
you follow the pattern in Interactive Knitting,
DesignaKnit will tell you when to change from Fashion to Simple lace settings
and, if you are combining with other knitting techniques, when to change the
carriage.

If you have a Toyota machine you can design the lace as it will look when
knitted, and DesignaKnit will automatically separate the lace selection to
produce a template for the punchcard. Then, when you link to
Interactive
Knitting, via the ScreenLink, DesignaKnit will tell you which carriage to
use and when to change.