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This section of DesignaKnit 7 looks similar to other Windows paint programs, but its tools and functions are specially adapted to designing stitch patterns for machine and hand knitting.
This is where you can design a stitch pattern, choose one of several printout formats, integrate the stitch pattern into the garment pieces and convert pieces ready for Cut-and-Sew knitting.
Designing Stitch Patterns
 | Design stitch patterns in colour, texture, or both, depending on the intended knitting method |
| Patterns of up to 800 stitches and 1,130 rows may be designed, depending on the available memory |
| Stitch-related grid adapts to match the knitting tensions you enter |
| Draw your own designs with the pencil, paintbrushes, fill tools, colour-replacer erasers, and filled and outline rectangle and ellipse tools |
| Use these tools with colour or texture, or both |
| Use custom brushes |
| Capture motifs with the selection box of the single and multicolour/stitch-type lassos |
| Draw or paint in colour and/or stitch type symbols |
| Zoom in to work in close detail; zoom out for a wider view of your project |
| View multiple repeats of your pattern, or just a single version |
| Copy and cut to the Windows clipboard |
| Paste any bitmap from the clipboard directly into your design |
| Import graphics from the DesignaKnit Graphics Studio |
| Experiment with symmetry using the Kaleidoscope tool |
| Flip motifs horizontally or vertically |
| Stamp motifs randomly or tile them across all or any part of the design |
| Use any installed TrueType font to place text on your design, using colour or texture, or both, or custom fills |
| Use a Graphics Tablet to trace or draw a design directly into the program |
| Allocate symbols to colours for black and white charts, especially for handknitting or draw directly with symbols with or without colour |
| Check you do not have too many colours in a row, and check the length of floats and awkward colour changes |
| Separate up to six colours in a row for jacquard knitting, and check that there are no mistakes in the sequence |
| Colour-changers are fully supported - graphic display allows you to change the default yarn arrangement |
| Integrate stitch pattern with garment piece |
Printing
| DesignaKnit offers a range of diagrams and charts for garment shaping and stitch pattern instructions for both hand and machine knitting |
| Use your colour printer to produce full-colour scale charts, or take advantage of the facility to use symbols instead of colours |
| Print templates for punchcards, reader cards and mylar sheets |
| Print templates for Knitleader and Knitradar |
| Save printouts to bitmap files for use in other applications |
Integration
| Show the pieces singly or, by having more pattern repeats on screen, all the pieces of a garment at the same time |
| Move pieces around and place with precision |
| Place pieces exactly to position motifs and patterns |
| Match side seams, sleeves to bodies and cardigan fronts |
| For downloading to a knitting machine, DesignaKnit will make certain that the stitch pattern is placed centrally for each individual piece |
| Cut out the spare fabric so that you can see exactly how the pieces will look when they come off the knitting machine. For fine adjustment of position, you can move the pieces around in cut-out mode |
Cut-and-Sew
| Experiment with layplans, making sure that the pieces are correctly placed on the fabric |
| Use the cut-and-sew command to weld the shape to the stitch pattern |
| Fill necklines and armholes with a variety of stitch patterns - stripes, bird's eye, solid colour or outline |
Stitch Designer is included in both the Standard and the Professional versions of DesignaKnit 7.
To download an interactive demonstration of DesignaKnit 7
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