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Knit, knitting pattern given

1. Knitting pattern is present as a file
2. Double click file
3. The Software opens
4. Klick "knit"
5. Choose knitting machine model
6. Choose board (COM, WIFI, knittec,...)
7. Enter mesh sample. Mesh sample is same as in file?
8. Yes: continue with 8.
9. No: Is it unambiguously convertible? 1. Yes: continue with 8. 2. No: let the user correct errors that possibly occurred
10. Display knitting project with all mesh patterns, motives and mesh increases and decreses
11. Configure starting line for knitting
12. Display, what line am I in, what am I knitting
13. Display instructions
14. Instructions have a text, video, website, help, how does it look afterwards, what are the conditions
15. Bind off
16. Done

Convert image to knittable motif

1. Open software
2. Choose "create mesh pattern or motif"
3. Import image (.svg should be possible)
4. Move, rotate, mirror, scale, cut, crop image

• Choose dimension mode, in cm or by meshes

5. Choose number of colors

• If more than one color, choose color representatives and make a color palette out of these
• Sector image according to histogram into color sectors
• Assign colors from color palette to color sectors

6. Name, save and close. The motif is saved in an extra file for "meshpatterns and motifs"

Create A Mesh pattern

1. open software
2. choose create mesh pattern or motive
3. choose mesh patttern
4. estimate dimensions of mesh pattern, grid shown
5. choose numer of colors
6. if more than one color, choose color represenation
7. choose base color form palette
8. choose color from palette and fill mesches with color
9. click single meshes and color them
10. Choose mesh instruction from list and place it on the grid
11. mesh operations are

• knit mesh
• purl mesh
• ..., see

8. copy mesh instructions
9. insrert mesh instructions and colors that were copied to crate a bigger patter
10. repeat 9. arbitrarily
11. name and save the file, pesh patterns will be saved in an separate file

Place image or mesh pattern on sewing pattern

1. open software
2. choose from sewing pattern list
3. "example scarf"
4. input dimensions
5. choose motive of mesh pattern
6. motive is placed on sewing pattern
7. duplicate the motive and move it
8. define repetition scheme
9. repeat 7.ii to 7.v if liked
10. information about position can be

• dependent on meshes (i.e. for holes, zick-zack line, ...)
• absolute values in centimeters - i.e. the picture should be 10cm wide

6. name and save

Convert Knitting pattern to picture

If I have a knitting pattern as a file I would like to generate a picture from it so I can display the file in Explorer/finder/nautilus/html

Put pictures into knitting pattern

Pictures should be saved as files inside the instructions so one can transfer them with the instructions.

Compose Instructions

Choose from a gallery of examples and drag&drop them into your own masterpiece.

Create Punch cards

Create punch cards for older machines and machines that are not hacked.

Define custom instruction

I would like to define my own, custom instructions and also share them with a picture, video, text, ...

Show Machine instruction equivalents

When I have a pattern, I would like to know

• red - which instructions are unknown to the machine and must be performed by hand
• green - instructions that the machine can do without problem
• yellow - instructions that a machine could do a little different - equivalents are defined somewhere. i.e.
  • increases in the middle of the row could be on the side
  • yarn over with twist could just be yarn over

Replace instruction

I would like to be able to replace an instruction with an other. This is especially useful for red and yellow instructions.