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1. katog co N Created in Knit Visualizer www knitFaundry com Figure 33 Lace Puff Chart for Flat Knitting When I created this image in the Preview Dialog I selected Horizontal Layout Turned Simple Legend On to remove the stitch instructions and didn t show any notes I used Copy to Clipboard to bring the image into this document If you look at the picture in the Barbara Walker book you ll see that this image matches very closely to the actually knitted item If you d like to convert this chart to knit something circularly all you need to do is remove the outer two columns which are edge stitches for when it is knit flat and change the Chart Properties dialog to select Circular modifying the location of the row numbers in the chart Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 53 of 75 Lace Puff BW 2 283 2423 2221120 10 1 16 15 44 4 18 1 12 Lb 40 9 eee e ONZ Y A oeee eeo e o b 17 2 oeeo NA 5 lt 3 P d Oeeee0 2 NIZ NI Created in Knit Visualizer www knitfoundry com Figure 34 Lace P
2. from CN over left P 13 to CN hold in front p3 from CN C3 over 3 right 13 to CN hold in back then from CN Uu AMA C3 over 3 right P 513 to CN hold in back then p3 from CN C1 over 4 left 511 to CN hold in front k1 from CN Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 71 of 75 C1 over 4 left P 11 to CN hold in front p4 from CN C1 over 4 right 54 to CN hold in back then k4 from CN C1 over 4 right P sl4 to CN hold in back k1 then p4 from CN C2 over 4 left 512 to CN hold in front k2 from CN C2 over 4 left P 512 to CN hold in front p4 k2 from CN C2 over 4 right sl4 to CN hold in back k2 then 4 from CN C2 over 4 right P sl4 to CN hold in back k2 then p4 from CN C3 over 4 left 513 to CN hold in front from CN over 4 left P 13 to CN hold in front p4 from CN C3 over 4 right sl4 to CN hold in back then k4 from CN C3 over 4 right P 5 4 to CN hold in back then p4 from CN C4 over 4 left 514 to CN hold in front 4 from CN C4 over 4 left P sl4 to CN hold in front p4 k4 from CN C4 over 4 right sl4 to CN hold in back k4 then k4 from CN C4 over 4 right P sl4 to CN hold in back k4 then p4 from CN c4 over 1 left sl4 to CN hold in front k1 then k4 from CN c4 over 1 le
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4. Figure 32 Parser Error Dialog Whoops Click Ok and go back to fix text Verify that the Right Side Row checkbox is selected before re adding the row Let s continue entering the Lace Puff pattern We ve successfully entered the first Row Verify your settings Stitch Count 26 We get this number from adding 12 12 2 Mode Flat Right Side Row UNSelected Text k1 p2tog p2 yo yo p2 p2tog b rep from end k1 After entering the second row the chart now looks like 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 5 2 Oe NM e Oee o O O No Row 3 RS row Text k1 ssk kl yo kl k2tog rep from And so on until you have finished all 8 rows in the pattern Edit the Chart Properties and enter the title Lace Puff and the source BW 2 pg 283 and whatever notes you d like Make sure and save your work The finished chart looks like this e Cal E 7 e e Lace Puff BW 2 pg 283 ONG S 24 22 21 20 18 13 C 15 14 14 12 11 RR n E e mt Legend knit 0 N7 Y 7 n NC Oeececo NA NU UA 5 2 lt e purl Y
5. 4 mm 2 ane cmm V Basic 1 e ey 5 e le a e purl e e slip V le e xo e x gt gt e le E e slip wyif a a e knit Ebl B a E e gt lt a ey lt e e xe 7 in st below 9909009009009009509009909999999539590 0000000000000 0 0 0 9 J ele e Xe ey ele NIB ki elongated Jee ee ee e k1 elongated twice Jf e ee eee ee eL No Stitch x e eo ee e e je gt ee ee ee V Increases fee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee n make one M le ee ee ee ee e e make one right MR ee exe eee e ee oj le o eee i e e ee ee oj yo o ee ee XN yt ee e ki piki inist W ee ee eee 4 ee ee e ee ee ee ee DD e XL iyok inist le ee ee ee ee o plyopl inist e ee o ee ee e ee e 2 e
6. 59 Delete as 62 MAO 65 Save Locations 62 E M eB us o ets 25 Clear Charl sedit 26 CODY dtt R 26 CE AA 26 Derea a a at 26 Duplicate 26 Mirror Selection 26 26 Red Oene 26 25 Empty Stitch Preferences 36 Exit Knit Visualizer 25 Eyedropper Mode 48 F FAQ OMe cocaine 6 File 25 16 25 17 New Chatten 16 Bi Open Recent nee 17 Page SCO 19 PPM discessus 19 ELT ONCE 18 Foreground Color 31 Format Menu 30 31 Decrease sunk 28 Increase Font 28 tto ar tdt 29 Replace 28 G Orid Life Suo oett oett 36 H Help Menu About Knit Visualizer 4 Clear Preferences 4 Highl ht sese 43 47 I Images Copy to Clipboard 24 Exporting testen 23 Insert 27 Insert Copied Rows Columns ER 27 New Columns 27 New 28 Installation 6 9 Running Knit Visualizer 10 Uninstalling 10 Windows Vista 6 Windows XP 6 K Keybo
7. E Chart 9 im n 99 9 9999 inl ee E 4 eee eee eee em ud ee o Ls E eee eee eee eee LJ imi ee ee 3 2 o o o eee 1 Created in Knit Visualizer www knitfoundry com Legend Notes knit Use this pattern to add some great texture to your garments purl Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 23 of 75 Rocks and Trails Judy Alexander 1981765 4321 knit Title VV 7 knit stitch i slip Source eleleleleivivielvivia V Slip stitch if to purl holding yarn in back VV purl 1 purl stitch Chart Created in Knit Visualizer www com Horizontal Notes Pattern for Rocks and Trails sock pattern available at theknitter com Used in The Sock of the Month club in 2005 Sock pattern used two colors grey and white Use white For rows 1 2 5 6 Use grey for Notes rows 3 4 7 8 R3 512 times sl 2 times R4 sl 2 times p sl 2 times p5 R7 k5 sl 2 times k sl 2 times R8 p5 sl 2 times p sl 2 times Diamond Fantasia Pi BW Title 12 6 15 14 13 12 9 216 341 2 Legend INO o No Na No Stitch Sou rce 5 o 5 ya 5 7 Placeholder Ho stitch made No Fez knit AO
8. k1 elongated knit one stitch wrapping yarn twice Drop extra wrap from needle on next row EIL k1 elongated twice knit one stitch wrapping yarn three times Drop extra wraps from needle on next gt No Stitch Placeholder No stitch made make one Make one by lifting strand in between stitch just worked and the next stitch knit into k of this thread make one right Place a firm backward loop over the right needle so that the yarn end goes towards CU 5 M make one left Place a firm backward loop over the right needle so that the yarn end goes towards the front yo Yarn Over l kfb Knit into the Front and Back of the stitch pi k1 in 1 st knit purl and knit again all the same st to make 3 sts from 1 V k1 yo k1 in 1 st k1 leave on needle yo then knit again into same st to make 3 sts from 1 X pi yo p1 in 1 st p1 yo p1 all in 1 st to make 3 sts from 1 V Central Double Inc k1 through back loop k1 in one stitch then insert left needle point behind the vertical strand that runs down between 2 sts just made and k1 through back loop into this strand to make 3rd stitch of group yo twice Yarn Over Twice yo 3x Yarn Over three times yo 4x Yarn Over four times yo 5 Yarn Over five times yo 6x Yarn Over six times yo 7x Yarn Over seven times yo 8x Yarn Over eight times m4 sts in one k1 p1 k1
9. In this pattern the indicates that a repeat is starting The indicates another repeat is starting After the end is found the parser sees the text twice it knows to take the stitches in between the parentheses and use them two times Then the parser continues reading the text and sees rep from It knows that repeat is now completed and fills out the remainder of the chart ending with a single knit stitch Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 54 of 75 Here are some examples to get you used to what style of quantified repeats the parser will accept p2 k2 twice p2 k2 2 times p2 k2 3 times p2 k2 once 4 p2 k2 1 times Remember you can combine different types of repeats by nesting one repeat inside another like this pl ki yo 3 times Make sure that you don t confuse the end parens though This would be incorrect WRONG p1 k1 yo 3 times The parser will give you an error as it must finish the repeat before it can finsh the repeat Changing the way the last repeat of the row ends Often the very last repeat of a pattern row is slightly different for whatever reason To change the last repeat you can do this yo p2tog p9 p2tog b yo 7 rep from end last repeat p4 Make sure and type in end last repeat just like that with only single spaces This is one of those cases that the parser requires the spacing to be absolu
10. sssk Slip 1 as if to knit 3 times insert left hand needle from the front to the back of all stitches at same time and knit them together p2tog Purl 2 stitches together p2tog tbl Purl two stitches together in back loops inserting needle from the left behind and into the backs of the 2nd amp 1st stitches in that order A p3tog Purl three stitches together as one N p3tog tbl Purl three stitches together as one inserting needle from the left and behind p4tog four stitches together as one p5tog Purl five stitches together as one p6tog Purl six stitches together as one p tog Purl seven stitches together as one 51 p2tog psso slip 1 stitch p2tog then pass slipped stitch over p2tog bobble To make bobble 1 yo k1 yo k1 in one stitch turn and 5 Turn k5 Turn and p2tog p2tog Turn and sl1 k2tog psso completing bobble T t cluster2 Slip 2 stitches with yarn in back pass yarn to front Slip same three stitches back to left needle pass yarn to back k3 I 7 duster3 Slip 3 stitches with yarn in back pass yarn to front Slip same three stitches back to left needle pass yarn to back left cluster4 Slip 4 stitches with yarn in back pass yarn to front Slip same 4 stitches back to needle pass yarn to back k4 cluster5 Slip 5 stitches with yarn in back pass yarn to front Slip same 5 stitc
11. 3 P ro g Fiesiknit visualizer _ Files The program requires at least 59 86 MB of disk space Setup Knit Visualizer 2 0 Select Com ponents Select Components Which components should be installed You are required to install the ronds s hielo deeem the components you do not want install Prog ram amp Libra ries Installing the Sample Charts is optional Sample Charts It is recommended to install the Sample Charts so you will be able to view some pre existing charts to get an idea of what you can create in Knit Visualizer e sure the Applications tab is selected e Find the Knit Visualizer entry and right click on it Select Maximize Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Setup Knit Visualizer 2 0 Select Start Menu Folder Where should Setup place the program s shortcuts Select the Start Menu folder in which you would like Setup to create the program s shortcuts then click Next Accessories Administrative Tools Avery Dennison Burn a CD or Data DYD Convert Image To PDF Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI Corel Paint Shop Pro X Create shortcuts For all users C Don t create a Start Menu folder Setup Knit Visualizer 2 0 Select File Associations Which file associations should be created Select the file associations you want to create cle
12. When you invoke Mirror it takes the current selection and flips it around in the specified direction This is not the same as rotating the selection Note the position of the purl stitches in the following diagrams Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 27 of 75 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 2 5 5408 Original 4 1 9994 t Chart 3 2 2 2 c Mirrored Original Chart Mirrored Vertical amp Horizontally y 2 eee Some caveats on using Mirror Horizontal If you attempt to mirror a cable stitch it will flip around the symbols inside the cable and it won t look like anything useful when it s done 3 2 1 After Mirror alala Cable Before Horizontal M Vertical Mirroring doesn t have that problem as there will be no stitches spanning rows Mirroring works on any type of selection Insert Menu Overview The insert menu contains commands that allow you to insert new rows or columns into your chart All of the New Column or New Row commands work with whatever is currently selected in the chart They will not be enabled if you do not have column s or row s selected respectively Insert Menu Insert Copied Rows Columns This command is the only one on the Insert menu that requires you to have previously Copied a selection It will not be enabled unless you have copied a selection of
13. ay Font Size 26 Figure 26 Status Bar On the very left of the status bar is the stitch that was last selected from the Stitch Palette This is useful because the list of stitches in the Palette is very long and the currently selected stitch might not be visible on the screen On the far right of the status bar is the font size currently in use This number is in points A 14pt font is as small as you can make the chart font in Knit Visualizer otherwise you wouldn t be able to see any of the symbols If you play around with the Increase Font Al and Decrease Font A buttons you ll see this value change If you wanted to pair two charts next to each other in a pattern but not physically in the same chart and make sure the cells were the same size you d check to make sure the font size was the same in both The font size is saved as part of the chart so whatever you select before you save the chart is what will be used when you re open it To the left of the Font Size is the size and type of the current selection For more information on selections and how to use them see the Selections section below Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 44 of 75 Knit Visualizer Modes If you were reading carefully you d have noticed that there are several toolbar buttons that let you switch between the different modes in Knit Visualizer Beginning with Knit Visualizer 2 0 there
14. color16 color17 ll AYP color18 one defined one defined one defined one defined one defined one defined one defined one defined one defined none defined none defined none defined none defined none defined none defined none defined none defined none defined Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 73 of 75 Where to go for Support Yahoo group knit visualizer users yahoogroups com You can join this group by visiting http groups yahoo com group knit visualizer users We have a group on Ravelry http www ravelry com groups knit visualizer users Both forums are monitored by The Knit Foundry Additionally you can send email to support knitfoundry com It might take us a while to get back to you but we do read all comments and suggestions Other Resources There are a lot of books on knitting charts First and foremost are the Barbara Walker Treasuries The cable symbols used in Knit Visualizer are modeled after the cables drawn in Barbara Walker s Treasuries While not all of these books cover charts they are a great resource for stitch patterns Knit Visualizer extensively used the patterns in these books to test and build the Pattern Entry parser A Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara G Walker Published by Schoolhouse Press ISBN 0942018168 A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara G Walker Published by
15. needle and purl it k1 from CN cross 2 over 2 left 513 to CN hold in front 2 sl center st from CN back to left hand needle and knit it k2 from CN cross 2 over 2 left purl bg 13 to CN hold in front k2 sl center st from CN back to left hand needle and purl it k2 from CN cross 2 over 2 right 513 to CN hold in back k2 sl center st from CN to left hand needle and knit it 2 from CN Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 72 of 75 DM TTA cross 2 over 2 right purl bg 5 3 to CN hold in back k2 sl center st from CN to left hand needle and purl it 2 from CN cross 3 over 3 left 5 4 to CN hold in front sl center st from CN to left hand needle and knit it k3 from CN cross 3 over 3 left purl bg sl4 to CN hold in front k3 sl center st from CN to left hand needle and it from CN cross 3 over 3 right sl 4 to CN hold in back k3 sl center st from CN to left hand needle and knit it k3 from CN cross 3 over 3 right purl bg 514 to CN hold in back sl center st from CN to left hand needle and it from CN colori n color2 n color3 n color4 n color5 n color6 n color7 n color8 n color9 n color10 color11 color12 color13 color14 color15
16. ol knit stitch NO of ye i 16 Yarn Over Horizontal NO No No A 511 k2tog psso m Long NO slip 1 k2tog pass slip stitch over k2tog o7 NO IM k2tog Leg end O knit two stitches together as one stitch ssk Slip one stitch as to knit Slip another stitch h as if to knit Slip another stitch knit Insert leR hand needle into front of these Created in Knit Visualizer www knitfoundry com stitches and knit them together slip Notes V Slip stitch as iF to purl holding yarn in back This pattern was used in a sock For theknitter com s sock of the month club in 2005 Pattern based on Diamond Fantasia pattern by Barabara Walker We ve shown the layout maps in color so you can see how each element type changes position If an element is unselected in the Preview Dialog eg the notes or legend that area will not be shown and the elements below the hidden ones will move up to take over that space The layout you choose depends on how many different symbols are included in your chart the font size note contents and the chart width Play around with the different layouts to find one that looks good with your charts Export You can create a PNG file from the Preview Dialog Click the Export button and you will be prompted for a location to save the file PNG files use the png file ex
17. the CD should auto play the installation program for you when you insert it into your CD drive on your computer If not open the CD in Windows Explorer and open the Windows directory Double click the exe file to begin the installation Important Installation Steps Setup Knit Visualizer 2 0 udi License agreement License Agreement Please read the Following important inFormation before continuing You must agree to the license tows You must accept the terms of this agreement In order to insta Knit ini Knit Foundry License Agreement Visualizer Selecting ST accept In this document the term Software refers to Knit Visualizer and any tools utilities released as part of or with Knit visualizer and Company a th e a ree m e nt wi e n a b e th e refers to The Knit Foundry By installing this software you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions N ext b utt i You may install the Software on one computer only and are allowed to keep one vi 1 1 Kad Kx s mcd 1 gt I accept the agreement I do not accept the agreement Setup Knit Visualizer 2 0 Desti nation Directory Select Destination Directory Where should Knit Visualizer be installed Select where you would like to Select the Folder where you would like Knit Visualizer to be installed then click Next n st a it VI S u a 7 r Th e Destination directory d efa u It IS C
18. 1 and then an aspect ratio of 1 4 Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 37 of 75 12 41 10 1 C 2 1 12 111 1097654321 1 Figure 23 Aspect Ratio example The second chart will look much more like your knitting will in size and shape Title You can give your chart a title by entering the text in this field This title is displayed when you Print or Export your chart Source Its always a good idea to give credit to the original pattern source You can list your name the book and pattern the chart is based on or any other information desired This information can be displayed when you Print or Export your chart Notes This area is for any notes related to knitting the chart This can include information on where repeats begin and end suggested yarn even the text of a pattern to knit using the chart The notes can be displayed when you Print or Export your chart TT Keyboard shortcut Use Control to open the Chart Properties dialog Use Enter to save preferences and close the dialog Use the Tab key to move between fields View Menu Stitch Library Manager create your own custom stitches or edit already created custom stitches you use the Stitch Library Manager The Stitch Library Manager will be covered in a separ
19. Click Save again make sure all the stitches you want are showing in the list Now you can send out the NancySharedStitches kvl file to your friends and they can import it Knit Visualizer library files kvl are plain text so they shouldn t be a problem to attach into an email Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 66 of 75 Tips and Tricks For more tips and tricks please see our website http www knitfoundry com software html To generate the pattern text for your chart click on the Print button You ll see the Preview window and one of the elements in that window is the pattern text You can print it directly from there or if you d like to get just the text for the pattern for another document select the pattern text using your mouse cursor and type Control C to copy Change to the other application either notepad MS Word or other word processing software and then type Control V To include your chart in a pattern where you want the legend in a separate location than the chart export one image file with only the chart and one image file with only the legend You can then move them around independently to work with whatever formatting your pattern uses Remove all borders in the whole chart Click on the Select Arrow to enter select mode then use Control A to select all cells in the chart Click the Borders None button To fill an area very quickly with all
20. Version 2 1 Build Date 12 08 2008 08 04 PM For questions support send email Eo supportibknitFoundry com Updates and Manual available From Clear Prefs Figure 25 About dialog Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Page 41 of 75 For consistency throughout the manual almost all other screenshots are taken with the Blue Ice theme on a windows platform Information from the About dialog might be needed if you have questions or need support Click the Ok button to close the dialog The Clear Prefs button will clear out any application preferences saved including the chosen theme and recent files list Preferences are not required for Knit Visualizer to function properly but they are designed to make it easier to use Note that the Recently Opened files list is not cleared out completely unless you close Knit Visualizer immediately after clearing the application prefs Application Preferences are saved for you automatically as you perform actions such as select a different Theme in Knit Visualizer Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 42 of 75 Toolbar Buttons The toolbar provides quick access to the most often used actions in Knit Visualizer You can hold your mouse pointer steady over a button to see a quick tool tip with information on what that button does The following table shows each toolbar button and a short description of what it does Creates a new chart Open a chart from your hard dr
21. all the Purls Simply copy the last row worked and Duplicate Control D it to the top If you do this every other row where you d be doing Wrong Side rows make sure Circular is selected and Right Side Row is selected then you can simply hit ENTER twice to enter the same row again If there are more than just purls and knits in the row use the stitch palette to fill in the correct stitches See Row X or Same as Row X Select the Row indicated by clicking on the row number either to the right or left of the row and Duplicate Control D The works when the pattern row is for the same side both times This won t work if Row X is a wrong side row and the new row is right side row Then you ll have to type in the pattern instructions for that row again so that Knit Visualizer can parse it as the correct side row Row X Knit This really means knit ALL stitches not just knit one stitch Make sure the stitch count is set correctly and then press All button Or you can type in k or into the Instruction Field The same applies for rows that should be all Purl stitches You can create a bunch of blank rows at the top of the chart easily but pressing the All x button Each time you press this it will create a row that contains the No Stitch placeholder You can then paint stitches with the Stitch Palette How Many Repeats To Enter When entering a pattern that has repeats it s a good idea to enter at least tw
22. black default Color wheel foreground White default Specify specific RGB background values Use up arrow to N push the color into the NS DM wheel Slider to change from dark to light Figure 16 Foreground color selection dialog The dialog will always show the currently selected color in the wheel portion and the rectangle across the top In Figure 16 it s black because that s what we started with If you play with the slider to the right of the wheel and click elsewhere in the color wheel you ll reveal a whole world of color shown in Figure 17 1 242 100 245 Cancel Ok 4 Figure 17 Choosing a color You can move the slider down to make that color darker adding more black into it Or you can type in a specific RGB Red Green amp Blue value into the small boxes on the bottom left of the window then press the up arrow to push that color into the color wheel Once you have chosen a color you like click Ok to close the dialog and go back to the main window You ll see that the foreground swatch now matches the color you chose Figure 18 Changed foreground color swatch You can now click the three paintbrushes 009 in the toolbar to enter Coloring mode and click on a symbol in your chart to paint that symbol pink You can paint the background color in Coloring mode by right clicking on a symbol Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitf
23. command File Menu Open Recent Knit Visualizer keeps track of the last ten charts you opened saved in this list for you to easily choose a recently opened file Selecting a filename from this list will open the file As always if the currently displayed chart has not been saved you will be prompted to save it before opening the new chart File Menu Import There are times when you want to easily combine two charts into one The import functionality gives you a simple way to do this Have the destination chart open in Knit Visualizer then navigate through the File menu and select Import Select a File to bring up a File Chooser dialog that lets you pick a kvc chart file If you ve opened the other chart recently you can choose it from the list of files shown in the sub menu Once you ve selected a file you will be shown a dialog that asks you where to put the imported chart Importing chart that is 8 rows by 14 columns Where would you like to place the imported chart C3 Left Right Bottom OK Cancel Figure 6 Import Chart dialog When you import another chart into the existing one you are adding to the chart not overwriting your current chart If you select Right the new chart will be put on the right side of the existing one and Remember version 1 x files were kct so look for kvc files now Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visu
24. e Documentation in Manual about installing on a Vista system Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 12 of 75 All other features remain the same there have been no updates to the Knit Visualizer software itself just the installation To determine if you have the 1 2a version of Knit Visualizer navigate to the Help gt About Knit Visualizer window You should see VISTA in the date of the build Version Version Version 1 2 of Manual August 25 2006 Added information about screen resolution 1 2 August 9 2006 Added Insert menu with commands to Insert Column s to the Right Left amp Insert Row s above below Added stitch definition for sl2kwk1p2sso was missing previously Added new stitches k4tog k5tog k6tog k7tog p4tog p6tog p7tog nupp incr4 incr5 incr6 incr7 Changed Stitch Palette to separate knit related decreases from purl related decreases Bug fix Exception being thrown when parsing a multi cell stitch on as a wrong side row Bug fix pattern instructions generated for multi cell stitches were incorrectly counting number of times to repeat the stitch Enhanced pattern instruction generation to recognize when a multi cell stitch is interrupted by another stitch and change instructions accordingly Changed Chart Preferences to Chart Properties to better describe what it does Added Application Preferences to allow user to set stitch
25. free to knit or go see movie e Knit Visualizer with a different chart loaded and edit entry for custom stitch pink thing changing the color used to green for this stitch e Save library Time passes Run Knit Visualizer and load Chart coloredborder kvc Your chart looks correct but how can that be It s because Knit Visualizer saw that the custom stitch in your chart was slightly different than what is in your Library It doesn t want to presume that you want to use the Library one so it creates a different custom stitch using the definition on the chart file When you run the Stitch Library Manager now you ll see two entries for this particular stitch see Figure 42 The first one which is still pink is the one defined in your chart You can tell this because the _ icon tells you that custom stitch has not been written to file The other is the one that was read in from the Library file Stitch List new _ edit LE nit 26 pink thing LA pink thing 8 Figure 42 Two similar custom stitches So what now Maybe you wanted to use the new definition of the stitch Knit Visualizer doesn t want to make any guesses so it just creates you a new stitch just in case you needed any of that information If you d like to use the pink thing from your library that is now green you can use the Replace Stitch tool that you can get to from the Format menu Save your chart and now you ll have the same inf
26. in The Sock of the Month club in 2005 Sock pattern used two colors grey and white Use white For rows 1 2 5 6 Use grey For rows 3 4 7 8 Pattern R1 RS k10 R2 k10 5 2 times sl 2 times k5 512 times p sl 2 times p5 k10 k10 k5 sl 2 times k sl 2 times p5 sl 2 times p sl 2 times Rocks and Trails Judy Alexander lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt VV Legend knit Chart V slip purl Created in Knit Visualizer www Notes Pattern for Rocks and Trails sock pattern available at theknitter com Used in The Sock of the Month club in 2005 Sock pattern used two colors grey and white Use white For rows 1 2 5 6 Use grey For rows 3 4 7 8 Pattern R1 RS k10 R2 k10 R3 sl 2 times sl 2 times 5 R4 sl 2 times p sl 2 times p5 R5 k10 R6 k10 R7 sl 2 times sl 2 times R8 p5 sl 2 times p sl 2 times Square Lattice Barbara Walker book 2 3020 28 22 26 25 24 23 2 21 20 10 12 18 15 16 8 2 6 4 3 2 1 eeeccc 9909 0 0 e e ee ee o o jas ee o inl e ee eee a ee o e e m o
27. m Ti H 1 Ji Figure 7 Title Bar showing unsaved changes At any time if you try to do something that would close the current chart with unsaved changes you will be shown this dialog Figure 8 Unsaved Changes Dialog Answer Yes to save the chart No means don t save and continue whatever task prompted the dialog Cancel will abort the task such as Exiting the program and take you back to the main window leaving the unsaved chart still open It is always a good idea to save your work often in case the cat happens to walk across the keyboard or your dog steps on the power plug and turns the machine off To dismiss the dialog without using your mouse use the Tab key to navigate to the desired button Press the Space key to invoke that button Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 19 of 75 f try and open file with a text editor While it looks like plain text it s a special format that must exist in a specific order and have specific data in it You could accidentally modify something in your file and lose all your hard work If you still want to take a peek inside thats OK understand really but make sure to not save it after opening it outside Knit Visualizer File Menu Page Setup The Page Setup dialog lets you view and change printing related options You can select a paper siz
28. of 75 Stitch Library Manager New in version 2 0 you can create your own Custom Stitches using the Stitch Library Manager Once created your custom stitches will show up on the Stitch Palette just like standard stitches do except in their own special group Custom Stitches which is located at the top of the Palette and you can click and draw with them just like standard stitches To bring up the Stitch Library Manager you need to select View Stitch Library Manager or use the f3 keyboard shortcut Define Stitch List Cu stom eame stitch with Abbrv gt Font these fields Symbols _ A EAT E A A Size change 0 Your custom stitches Sde Instr listed here LI b ra ry fi le Stitch Library File C Documents and Settings nancy My Documents knitting kycharts MyCustomStitches kvl Import Library Save Library Close amp Save Library Figure 36 Stitch Library Manager window When the window comes up it is sized to be just slightly smaller than the Knit Visualizer main window so you might not notice that the Knit Visualizer main window is still there You can t go back to the main window until you re done working in the Stitch Library Manager The first time you run Knit Visualizer s Stitch Library Manager you won t have any custom stitches so you ll see exactly the screen in Figure 36 From here you can create a new custom
29. on very large charts mark every 10 columns and 10 rows You can also use borders to help emphasize the cables in your cable patterns See Figure 13 below Each of the Border buttons operates on the current selection using the currently selected Border color shown in the toolbar and with the exception of the Borders None command will add the border 3 8 2 58 8 4 3 2 6 9 e 9 5 9 amp 9 28 Patchwork Cable I Barbara Walker Treasury 3 19 18 17 1615 1411312111101 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 4 e ee Kee ecee e leee im ee eee eee e Ke er 24 e DOE 15 7 N eee eecee7 L e Nee ee 2 e e e le ef reated in Knit Visualizer www knitfoundry com e e oo Figure 13 Cable pattern that uses borders for emphasis indicated by the command remove all borders from those cells Control 0 zero Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com For every cell in the selection not just edge cells Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 31 of 75 All Draw borders around the outside perimeter of the selection Interior cells are ignored Control i Left Draws a border on the left side of the selecti
30. recommended if you do charts for flat knitting Foreground The color used to draw the symbols Default is black Background The color used to draw the area behind the symbols Default is white Font The font used to select the symbols Only one font may be used for each custom stitch Symbols The symbols that make up this custom stitch Required must choose at least one Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Click on the to get a bit of help screen Star s means you must enter something for these fields 2 Create New Stitch Page 60 of 75 Name ig Foreground Backgreund Abbrv Right Side Instr Wrong Side Instr Font Symbals Knitvisualizersymboals Modify symbols used for this custom stitch A A VAAO o1 X8 AO ZZ NNE k VN AN WN Double click va qo LL in this list on A ON S 0 0 the symbols Cancel Edit you want to add them Figure 37 Editing area of Stitch Library Manager Before you start entering data let s take a look at all those fields Note the asterisks on the Name and Abbrev fields You ll also see one next to the Symbols field These fields are required and you cannot create a custom stitch without them The Create button will remain disabled until all
31. stitch This tool will allow you to set everything back to black and white and then start over coloring your chart Force Selection to Black and White This tool will only affect the selected area in your chart making the symbols black and the background white Force all to Stitch Defaults This tool will cause all stitches in the chart to go back to their default colors For system stitches this will be black on white for custom stitches they might have another default that you can set using the Stitch Library Manager Force selection to Stitch Defaults This tool will cause all selected cells to go back to their default colors For system stitches this will be black on white for custom stitches they might have another default that you can set using the Stitch Library Manager Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 35 of 75 View Menu Chart Properties Each chart you create in Knit Visualizer has a set of properties associated with it In addition to changing the settings related to the row numbering you may add a Title Source and Notes for a chart See Figure 22 for what this window looks like Row Numbering Options Show All Row Numbers on Right Side Circular First row is a Right Side Row Hide Wrong Side Rows Starting Row Number r Chart Options Grid color Gray Show Symbol For Empty Stitches Aspect Ratio 1 Ti
32. stitch delete an existing one edit a custom stitch or import someone else s stitch library A Note about fonts You can specify which font to use when creating your custom stitch The list of fonts includes ALL the fonts on your system Some fonts might have better symbols than others Wingdings Webdings for instance The built in Knit Visualizer fonts are the first ones in the list KnitVisualizersymbols and KVJknit These two fonts have symbols much more geared towards knitting symbols KVJknit includes This screen really really really really needs minimum 1024x768 resolution on your computer Bigger numbers are better If you re running at 800x600 resolution you won t be able to see all the elements on the screen because there is just too much to display in that small of an area Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 59 of 75 some alternate cable symbols If you pick a font that is available on your computer you may or may not be able to see that same custom stitch in Knit Visualizer on another computer It should always work on your current computer as long as that font remains installed For mac users notably Tiger aka 10 4 x you ll notice that each font takes a bit of time to load before you can see all these symbols This is necessary so that we can ask the font which symbols are available for your use Once you ve loaded the font once it is cached into memory
33. the software determine how to perform the translation The pattern entry area of the screen is shown in Figure 30 1 2 3 Pattern 6 8 Mode Flat Right Side Row Stitch Count 19 2 Text lle p3 ki p1 3 times Row 1 Row 1 All p All x 5 Figure 30 Pattern Entry You enter one row at a time in the Pattern Entry section The options above the Text field tell the Parser what type of row to expect Starting from the top left 1 Mode Circular or Flat Circular will mean we are always entering a Right Side Row Selecting Flat means we need to specify if the row is RS or WS The parser will flip this back and forth for us as we enter rows 2 Right Side Row If this box is selected then you are entering a Right Side Row Ignored if Circular is selected 3 Stitch Count How many stitches will this row consume This should match the number of stitches in the row you already entered The parser automatically adjusts this value for you as you enter new rows This is very important if there are repeats in the pattern and you want the parser to fill across the size of your chart You can type in a value or click on the arrows to change the value 4 Text The area where you type or paste in the pattern text You can use the up down arrow keys to change the Stitch Count while typing in text 5 Add Row Button to click when the pattern text is ready to be parse
34. to show you as much as possible and minimize the amount of scrolling you need to do Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Preview C downloads CableR odd2 k ve Cable Road Body Pattern 4 1 1 DLE Created in Knitvisualizer www knitFoundry cami Pattern R1 RS 2 2 k6 2 ktbl p2 R2 WS p tbl k2 p R3 p2 p2 pZ k tbl p2 R4 k2 p Ebl p tbl k2 RS p2 k tbl p2 c3 over right p2 k tbl 2 p Ebl p tbl k2 R7 p2 p2 k6 p2 p2 RS k2 p tbl k2 p tbl Options Title Source Legend Chart n Pattern Motes Legend Options Full Text Colors Background Colors Layout Horizontal lt Pattern Options Loom Knit Work from RS but back and Forth Show Page 20 of 75 purl RS purl stitch W S knit stitch knit tbl R5 Knit stitch through back loop Purl stitch through back loop knit R5 knit stitch W S purl stitch c3 over 3 right R5 513 to hold in back k3 then k3 from CN WS none defined Advanced The size of the symbols in the Preview Dialog chart is the same size as the Main Window chart Export w High Resolution Show Header Filename
35. you ll get a warning prompting you to save to file Remember if you don t save to file the custom stitches you created might be gone when you close Knit Visualizer What s that Toolbar for The toolbar above the list of symbols is there to modify the selected symbols for your custom stitch dh X A A Size Change 0 Figure 40 Custom stitch symbol toolbar Most of the buttons on that little toolbar will only be enabled when you can use them Here s what they do Insert a symbol from the list below Delete the selected symbol in the list above Move the selected symbol to the left Move the selected symbol to the right Pd BK Decrease the size of the font used to draw these symbols Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 62 of 75 A Increase the size of the font used to draw these symbols Most of these buttons just move symbols around in your symbol list The most important ones are the buttons that change font size Sometimes you ll load a font that s on your system and it might appear that there isn t much there Hit the A button a few times to see if it makes any difference You might see symbols showing up in the big list that only show up when the font is adjusted smaller Once they are in your symbol list check them again If the font is built really large by default you might not be able to see those stitches when you use them in your chart a
36. 09 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 3 of 75 INSERT MENU INSERT COPIED ROWS COLUMNS vec E A EEIE Eii 27 INSERT MENU NEW COLUMNS TO THE MH RIGHT LEFT 27 INSERT MENU NEW ROWS ABOVE BELOW 28 FORMAT MENU INCREASE amp DECREASE FONT vececccecececececesesscecseseseseeavevesieseeevevevevevevevavevisissustevevevetetevees 28 FORMAT MENU REPLACE 28 FORMAT MENU JUSTIFY 29 29 FORMAT MENU BORDER 30 ee 31 CIOL um CO 31 ugs COOP 33 Select Border 34 Force all Black and re se ere se se e serie sa s sese se sa e serve pa s sese sa pase sei 34 Force Selection 10 Black dnd While iai cea SIS da vt aeg det v USER E
37. 2 to CN hold in front k1 k2 from CN C2 over 1 left P 12 to CN hold in front p1 k2 from CN C2 over 1 right 51 to CN hold in back k2 k1 from CN NXX Y C2 over 1 right 51 to CN hold in back k2 from CN C2 over 2 left sl 2 to CN hold in front k2 k2 from CN C2 over 2 left P sl 2 to CN hold in front p2 k2 from CN C2 over 2 right 5 2 to CN hold in back k2 k2 from CN Wi C2 over 2 right P 512 to CN hold in back k2 p2 from CN C2 over 3 left 5 2 to CN hold in front k2 from CN C2 over 3 left P 512 to CN hold in front p3 k2 from CN C2 over 3 right 13 to CN hold in back k2 then from CN Wi C2 over 3 right P 513 to CN hold in back k2 then p3 from CN over 1 left 513 to CN hold in front k1 then from CN C3 over 1 left P 13 to CN hold in front 1 from CN C3 over 1 right 11 to CN hold in back k1 from CN C3 over 1 right 511 to CN hold in back p1 from CN over 2 left 513 to CN hold in front k2 then from CN C3 over 2 left P 13 to CN hold in front p2 then from CN C3 over 2 right 512 to CN hold in back then k2 from CN WDR AMA C3 over 2 right P 512 to CN hold in back k3 then p2 from CN over left 513 to CN hold in front
38. Borders and any color associated with borders will remain in place This operation is also undoable so if you make a mistake you can immediately use Undo to go back to where you started Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 29 of 75 Format Menu Justify The items in the Justify menu only affect a chart that has the No Stitch included in it and then only if those are on the edge First though we need to know what a No Stitch is The No Stitch Concept In some charts all the cells in the chart are real stitches In other charts the final piece has shape such as in a sleeve or a triangular shawl Some lace patterns have increases on one row and decreases on another row To make the yarn overs line up and look more like the final knitting we need the ability to say skip this space it doesn t really exist on those rows that have the decreases Knit Visualizer uses the No Stitch symbol to represent these areas The Justify commands only affect a chart if there are No Stitch cells on the outside edges of the chart Knit Visualizer decides how to allocate the No Stitch cells based on the desired Justification We will use an example chart to show the differences as you select the different Justifications Original 2 amp 8 3 2 1 Legend Chart Stitch e amp 6 amp 5 pur
39. ITCH AND KEEPING IT IN YOUR CHART ONLY ccceccsceccccececcscccscuccscecescecescscescecesescusesces 64 IMPORTINGZXNOTEHER LIBRAR oe MAE E CLA E E UAM E 65 SHARE YOUR SIITCIFEIBRAR NI MAE LAE D IL D Maec AA DD ID LE 65 TIPS AAND ERICKNS O ee eee cen Puta oen v ee teh poe ec ed use tees Cora dae veste cepta eo eeu EESE 66 QUICK REFERENCE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS 67 QUICK REFERENCE STITCHES amp DEFINITIONS ecce eroe ente teen etes ee eese ee eese seno eee 68 WHERE FOR SUPPORT i itecie ces eeveve ee Uca Pace Ue eov TUE Y De ao Fives avesse ce cose or coss 73 RESOURCES O 73 ONNE 73 ENDE eser 74 Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 5 of 75 What is Knit Visualizer Knit Visualizer was created to make it easy for you the knitter designer to create charts from a stitch pattern and modify those charts easily Why charts Charts give you a chance to understand how a stitch pattern looks what two repeats side by side look like before you ever sit down with needles and yarn Want to ch
40. Ignore Wrong Side Rows 35 5 Save Chart xo uoces 18 Selec Mode 45 SOCO orne f 37 Starting Row Number 36 tatis ede esito 43 Stitch Definitions 68 Stitch Library Manager 58 Stitch 1 46 SUPP OF qo cedat fi tob osea 73 Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual T Tips and Tricks 66 E 37 Toolbar Buttons 16 42 U Uperade outer etat Res 13 V 12 12 1 23 co 11 11 View Menu Application Preferences 37 Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Page 75 of 75 Chart Properties 35 Hide Pattern Entry Fields 37 39 THEMES 39
41. In Printout 4 Print Preview M Figure 10 Preview Dialog If you d like the chart to be smaller on paper close the dialog change the font size using the 2 toolbar button then select Print again The smaller the font the more chart will be able to fit on one piece of paper Uncheck or check the appropriate checkboxes to affect what you see in the Preview Dialog What you see on this screen is exactly what will be printed exported or copied to the clipboard Field Title Source Chart Notes Legend Description The title is displayed in a larger font across the very top of the chart The source of the chart in a smaller font than the title displayed directly under the title The chart itself The notes entered in the Chart Properties Dialog The legend for the stitches in the chart Only stitches To hide Created in Knit Visualizer tag line use the keyboard shortcut Control Shift K when viewing the Preview dialog Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Pattern Legend Options Text Colors Background Colors Layout Type Pattern Options Loom Knit High Resolution Show Header Filename in printout Page 21 of 75 included in the chart are displayed Uncheck this box to hide the legend The amount of information placed in the Legend is determined by the row numbering options in the Chart P
42. Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual o USER MANUAL Presented by The Knit Foundry building better tools for knitters http www knitfoundry com Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Page 1 of 75 Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual UNINSTALLING KNIT VISUALIZER CHANGE HISTORY CONVERTING FROM VERSION 1 X TO VERSION 2 X LEARNING THE MAIN WINDOW MENUS amp TOOLBAR BUTTONS WHATISKNIT VISUALIZER 5 HO om F E KNIT VISUALIZER MENU ABOUT KNIT VISUALIZER ccccccececccecececcccscecececeecceecececueuscscecsesescececesusesescuceeuss F KNIT VISUALIZER MENU PREFER ENCES KNIT VISUALIZER MENU QUIT KNIT 0 FILE MENU PN EEOAE E AEN E A NA ENEA mm NU ONCEPRT S EEEE EEEN EEE EE E E E EEEE EDIT MENU EDIT MENU M REDO ett ttt EDIT MENU E PA E A EAE AETS MENU DUPLICATE prcne a E ENa EDIT MENU x DEEI EDIT MENU CLEAR CHART EDIT MENU MIRROR SELECTION HORIZONTAL amp DA Quei re INSERT MENU OVERVIEW Cc Copyright 2005 20
43. RR 34 Foreca toone De aul S 34 IUS ETT ITI NORIS EBORE 34 VIEW MENU SY CHART PROPERTIE 35 Row Numberine 35 Show Row Numbers as Right Side 1 35 First Row is a Right Side Row in v1 x it was Odd Rows on Right Side of 35 Hide M TON SIE RONS eee qud ttiam Ma M MER C MM M EN 35 UTI cant TE n 36 Char OPTIONS PERROS 36 Eun 36 Show symbol Tor E mpy 36 E 36 J 37 DUE NER 37 37 VIEW MENU LASTITCH LIBRARY MANAGER seega A EA 37 VIEW MENU APPLICATION PREFERENCES cccsceccececcececcececcecececcececescececcestscecesceceeceseecscasescesescesescesescesescesescecess 37 Soleh med 38 Stitch used when adding new 1 8 38 Colors to use in Draw 4 renere e te etare eise sse ssa sie
44. Rows or Columns since this command does not work on cell selections Inserts the buffer into the chart based on the current selection s topmost cell for rows or left most cell for columns Only works if you have copied full row s or column s into the buffer i Keyboard shortcut use Control I to invoke Insert Insert Menu New Columns to the Right Left Once a column selection has been made you can now insert new columns to the right or left However many columns are selected is how many new columns will be created For instance if you have 1 column selected and choose New Columns To the Right a single column will be inserted to the right of your current selection If you have 3 columns selected and choose New Columns to the Left then 3 new columns will be created to the left of your selection The new column s will be selected when the operation is complete Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 28 of 75 Insert Menu New Rows Above Below To insert new rows into your chart select one or more rows then choose New Rows Above or New Rows Below Just like with the New Columns command however many rows you have selected will determine the number of rows created The newly created rows will now be selected in the chart Format Menu amp Increase amp Decrease Font You can change the size of the font used to display the symbols in the cha
45. Schoolhouse Press ISBN 0942018176 Charted Knitting Designs A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara G Walker Published by Schoolhouse Press ISBN 0942018184 A Fourth Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara G Walker Published by Schoolhouse Press ISBN 0942018206 Online Resources Knit Foundry has a tutorial for reading charts and knitting from them http www knitfoundry com freestuff html Kim Salazar at her string or nothing blog wrote an excellent series of tutorials on charts amp creating them from patterns The first tutorial is here http www string or nothing com 2005 10 31 CHARTING101 aspx A lot of what she describes in her tutorials Knit Visualizer does for you but it s very useful to understand the concepts Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Index A About Knit Visualizer 16 41 Application info icon 5 Aspect Ratio 36 B Background Color 31 oec 34 Borders Adding 30 C Chart oeconomus 13 Color Draw Mode 46 Draw Mode 38 TOTO 34 Color swatches 3 47 Create New Chart 16 Custom Stitch Back to defaults 34 64 Deseo oe
46. a Walker s A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns page 283 That pattern is a Multiple of 12 sts plus 2 That means there are 2 edge stitches and 12 stitches in each repeat If we want to enter this pattern we should execute Edit gt Clear Chart if another chart was present and set up the Parser as follows Stitch Count 26 We get this number from adding 12 12 2 Mode Flat Right Side Row Selected Text 1 ssk yo p2 yo k2tog rep from end kl Resulting Row 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 41 10 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 If you happen to have the BW books you ll notice that the actual text in the book was this K1 ssk k3 yo p2 yo k3 k2 tog rep from end k1 The parser ignores all those commas so there s no point in typing them in We leave the spaces for clarity although habit made me leave out the space in the k2 tog because I normally type k2tog Either will be recognized by the parser For the parser to recognize the rep from repeat you must include the single spaces the the rep from portion of the pattern Given that adding spaces is a natural tendency this shouldn t be a problem but it is something to keep in mind The Stitch Count you enter is important because it tells the parser how many times to repeat the stitches in between the repeat indicators If you accidentally enter 27 28 or even 29 it s Ok the parser will
47. ainting symbols from the stitch palette you have the choice to use default colors black on white background or use the currently selected color in the toolbar for the foreground or background or both If selecting something other than default colors for this option you will use the colors selected and showing in the toolbar unless painting a custom stitch that has foreground and or background color defined for that custom stitch Strings to build chart and legend You can change the strings shown in the Preview Dialog associated with the Legend Notes Pattern and 50 on This is very useful if you want to create a chart and legend in another language This preference will affect all charts created using Knit Visualizer and is not chart specific The different fields and where they are used are described in the following table Legend Heading used when showing the Legend Displays directly above the legend Pattern Heading used when displaying pattern instructions Displayed inside the box at the top above the pattern instructions RS Label used to indicate a right side row in both the pattern instructions and in the legend when using the Full legend WS Label used to indicate a wrong side row in both the Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 39 of 75 pattern instructions and in the legend Row Prefix R Text used to prefix each row number in the pattern
48. alizer 2 1 Manual Page 18 of 75 soon The chart will remain rectangular adding new rows or columns as necessary Any new cells created that weren t in the open or imported chart will be created according to the Application Preference Stitch used when adding new Columns Rows which can be a knit purl or the no stitch If you happen to make a mistake importing your chart or don t like the positioning of it simply use the Undo feature Control z right after doing the import Note Import Chart is a new feature available in version 2 1 File Menu Save and Save As At any point when working on a chart you can save it to your file system as a kvc file This allows you to work on the chart again later or share it with your friends who also have Knit Visualizer If the chart has already been saved once using Save will save it again to the same location Save As lets you give a new filename to the chart All charts are saved with the kvc filename extension Keyboard Shortcut Control S will invoke Save when you are in main window You can tell if a chart has not been saved by looking at the Knit Visualizer s title bar The filename of the current chart is shown there A chart that has never been saved will be shown as untitled If the chart has been saved the filename will be shown and an asterisk will be in front of the filename when it has not been saved BB Knit n RI m m
49. and will load faster the next time until you quite Knit Visualizer Due to this slow load time you might be better of exploring the fonts on your system using Font Book to determine which font you want to use and then select this font on within the Stitch Library Manager Font loading appears to be faster on the mac in Leopard 10 5 x Windows users shouldn t see any speed delays Create a Custom Stitch To get started creating a custom stitch press the new button above the empty list on the left side of the screen See Figure 37 This will enable all of the fields on the right which you ll need to define your custom stitch and changes the title of that area of the screen to Create New Stitch The fields are defined in the following table Some fields are required and some optional Custom Stitch Fields Name The name is what you ll see in the Stitch Palette and used in the Legend for a chart Required you must enter a name Example knit Abbrv Used in pattern generation should be an abbreviation or very short form of the name of the stitch Required you must enter an abbrv Example Right Side Instr This text will be used in the legend as the right side knitting instructions Not required but highly recommended Wrong Side Instr This text will be used in the legend as instructions for knitting the stitch when on the wrong side of your knitting Used for Flat back and forth knitting Not required but highly
50. ange where you start knitting the pattern That is much easier to do when you can see which stitches line up on top of each other in a chart and how the repeats interact with each other Knit Visualizer contains an extensive palette of knitting stitches that you can easily paint onto your chart From lace complex cables and color work you can do it all easily The symbols are clear and easy to read You can easily zoom in out to determine the best viewing size for your particular chart High resolution export makes including Knit Visualizer charts in your pattern easy and with no necessary manipulation in a secondary graphics editor The Knit Visualizer parser will interpret a stitch pattern and build the chart for you This gives you an excellent starting point for combining different patterns changing the edge stitch pattern or whatever you need to do to make the pattern work for your project Printing is a snap with multiple layout options for the chart auto generated legend notes and more A Print Preview screen shows exactly how your chart will look on paper Printouts can be scaled down to fit more on a page or scaled up to make the chart easier to read A large notes area for each chart will let you put special instructions even a full pattern with your chart Chart title author notes and Chart Properties including font size row number preferences are saved in your save file For the creative person Knit Visualizer can also be use
51. ar the file associations you do not want to create Click Next when you are ready to continue Knit Visualizer File kvc Setup Knit Visualizer 1 0 Select Additional Tasks Which additional tasks should be performed LS es Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perform while installing Knit Visualizer then click Next Additional icons Create a desktop icon Create a Quick Launch icon Setup Knit Visualizer 2 0 Completing the Knit Visualizer Setup Wizard Setup has Finished installing Knit Visualizer on your computer The application may be launched by selecting the installed icons Click Finish to exit Setup Run Knit Visualizer Page 8 of 75 Select Start Menu Folder In Windows you access programs from the Start button All Programs Menu The default name of the folder placed there is Knit Visualizer Select File Associations You can choose to associate the extension kvc with Knit Visualizer This will allow you to open the application by double clicking on a saved chart file Select Additional Icons You can create a desktop icon and or a quick launch icon If you unselect both of these you will still be able to access Knit Visualizer from the Start button All programs menu Finish After a progress dialog displays the files being copied you will be shown this last screen You can run Knit Visualizer immediately from this screen Copyright 2005 2009 T
52. ard Shortcut icon 5 Keyboard Shortcuts 67 Knit Visualizer Change History 11 What is it 5 L Library Pile 61 M Mac About Knit Visualizer 16 Preferences 16 Quit Knit Visualizer 16 Main Window 15 Manual How to Read 5 Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Page 74 of 75 E 44 N NO e ettet 29 NOTOS diodes Other Resources 73 P Paint 46 Parser of 56 Basic Stitches 54 55 OE i EAA 53 Entering Repeats 51 Error Messages 56 Increases amp Decreases 33 Other Types of Instructions 56 Quantify Repeats 53 Simple Example 50 Pattern Entry Area 49 Pattern Entry Mode 48 Pattern Entry text 1 5 Pattern Generating 20 Preview Dialog ODUODS 20 Printing 21 Setups cene 19 24 Preview Paged 24 Preview Dialog 19 to PMET oo ESAE 25 R Read The Manual 3 Row Numbers Begin with Right Side Row35 ores emicuit aeree 35
53. are more modes for you to work with The full list of modes Mode Name Description Select mode Used for selecting rows cells columns in your chart to then copy duplicate delete etc 4 Draw mode Used to draw stitches into your chart from the Stitch Palette 099 Coloring mode Used to change the color of stitches already in your chart Eyedropper mode Lets you select a foreground or background color from a stitch already painted and or colored in your chart There is also a mode that doesn t have a toolbar button because it s a special case Parsing Mode You use the Pattern Entry portion of the screen for typing in pattern rows and automatically generating symbols into new rows in the chart You can switch between modes in several ways Click on the toolbar button for that mode use a keyboard shortcut to switch into that mode or perform an action that will automatically put you in that mode To enter Select mode do one of the following e Click on the Select Mode button e Click on chart s row numbers or the chart s column numbers at any time 17 Use the keyboard shortcut 1 to switch to select mode Flip between Select and Draw mode with the s keyboard shortcut To enter Draw mode do one of e Click on the Draw mode P toolbar button e Click on a symbol in the Stitch Palette 17 Use the keyboard shortcut 2 7 Flip between Select and Draw modes with s keyboard shortcut To enter Colorin
54. as Control key the mac substitute Command for the word Control and the shortcuts will work as described UnInstalling Knit Visualizer To uninstall Knit Visualizer simply find the Knit Visualizer Uninstaller on Windows Double click the item and follow the prompts Any charts you have created or altered in your Knit Visualizer program directory will remain after uninstallation Please note you will not be able to read kvc files once the program is uninstalled For Mac OS X you simply drag the application s to the trash can Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 11 of 75 Change History This section details out changes made to Knit Visualizer since the original release More recent changes are listed first Version 2 1 December 2008 This release includes some bug fixes as well as a few new features Import Chart feature Change text that is associated with Legend Notes Pattern etc in Application Preferences e Fixes o Pattern Parsing fields are hidden by default on the main window use View gt Hide pattern Entry and unselect to see them o Notes allow all characters now Legend shows symbols in correct size o Certain Legend fields are editable on the Print Preview window be warned nothing is saved if you change it here o Background of chart on Windows is truly white now no longer using the theme color which caused grey printo
55. ate section later in this document Ww Keyboard shortcut Use F3 to open the Stitch Library Manager View Menu Application Preferences You can change application wide preferences using the dialog shown in Figure 24 Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 38 of 75 Stitch used when deleting cells Stitch Stich used when adding new Columns Rows Stitch Colors Eo use in Drawing made Default Colors b amp Strings to build chart and legend use defaults Legend Legend Pattern Pattern RS RS ws ws Row Prefix R R Notes Notes Tagline Created in KnitVisualizer knitFoundry com Cancel Figure 24 Application Preferences Dialog Stitch used when deleting cells When you select some cells not rows or columns and hit the Delete key the application removes all the symbols associated with those cells It has to fill the cells with something and by default it fills with No Stitch symbols If you d like to always fill cells with something else such as a knit stitch change the option here You can select from knit purl and No Stitch Stitch used when adding new Columns Rows Inserting empty rows by default will contain the knit stitch you may decide to use a knit purl or No Stitch by selecting it here Colors to use in Draw mode When p
56. cXoverY l r pb Read this as Cable X stitches over Y stitches To the Left Right With Purl Background Some examples will help clarify this Parser Stitch Palette Meaninc clovers3l 1 over 3 left Cable 1 over 3 stitches leaning left clover3r 1 over 3 right Cable 1 over 3 stitches leaning right c3over2rpb 3 over 2 right P Cable 3 over 2 stitches leaning right with a purled background cAoverirpb 4 over 1 right P Cable 4 over 1 stitches leaning right with a purled background If you specify pb at the end the instructions and symbol will have purled stitches behind the cable Using for left means the cable crosses to the left Using for right means the cable crosses to the right When entering patterns that have cables the parser will most likely not understand the format used in your pattern If you can t easily substitute the above syntax for cables for what the pattern specifies use a number of No Stitch cells to be place holders for a cable 4 or x8 and then paint the cable in later from the stitch Palette Cables in Knit Visualizer can go all the way up to 4 over 4 The parser will Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 56 of 75 understand larger cables but there aren t symbols to display for them You ll see a bunch of question mark symbols in the chart where the cable would be How to Handle Non Pattern Instructions Knit all the knits Purl
57. d Pressing the Enter key in the Text box does the same thing Sometimes you don t want this to be the exact number of the row already entered There are cases when entering repeats that the number of stitches specified after the repeat is excessively long For instance k2 k2tog yo ssk k1 k2tog yo sl2knitwise k1 p2sso rep from end yo ssk k1 yo ssk k2 The repeat is calculated before the parser sees the stitches after the end and then tacks all those stitches on When you see the chart it will be obvious it added a few extra stitches Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 50 of 75 6 All k A quick method to enter all knit stitches Uses the value in Stitch Count for quantity of stitches Clicking this button is equivalent to typing in and clicking Add Row 7 All p A quick method to enter all stitches Uses the value in Stitch Count for quantity of stitches Equivalent to 8 All x A quick method to enter all No Stitch Empty stitches Uses the value in Stitch Count for quantity of stitches Equivalent to As you enter pattern rows it is important to keep an eye on these values to make sure they are what you expect Sometimes just the Right Side Row checkbox being set incorrectly will give you very different results Before following along in these examples please verify your Chart Properties are set to the following Circular Knitting OFF Odd Rows on R
58. d Print Preview You can print directly to your printer using the Print button or you can see how it will fit on the page s by using the Print Preview feature Clicking the Print Preview button will show you this window View Pages at 50 96 gt Print Scale 80 Setup g N NI illi ie B B E B Hu Figure 11 Print Preview window The Preview Dialog closes when you bring up the Print Preview window From this window you can perform the following tasks Task Description Page Setup View and change paper size orientation margins etc This is the same command as File gt Page Setup Print Print the document as shown This has been tested on Windows XP with Microsoft Office 2003 If you have an older version of Microsoft Word Copy to Clipboard might not work for you Export to a PNG file first then include that image in your document Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 25 of 75 Close Close the dialog without doing anything View Page at 90 Select a percentage for viewing the pages The smaller the percentage the more pages on the screen at once Print Scale 96 Change the scale of the chart in the printout This lets you squeeze the chart onto less pages Note that the Print Preview is fairly memor
59. d to chart out weaving treadle sequences cross stitch charts any type of pattern that requires a grid to organize the symbols If you are new to knitting using charts be sure to check out the tutorial available from The Knit Foundry website http www knitfoundry com freestuff htm l How to Read this Manual The manual covers installation use of the software and a lot of tips and tricks Throughout the document you might see these items This will be in front of a tip that will help you navigate a window or dialog using keyboard shortcuts gt Information about the application Text displayed like this is meant to be typed into the Pattern Entry text field 5 O This icon means difference in the application for Mac users Important Note Reading The Manual Even If You Don t Want To I know most people don t want to read the manual I hardly blame you However there are a lot of scenarios related to custom stitches that are covered in that section that you should know and Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 6 of 75 understand Things like where the custom stitch information is saved Or maybe What happens if you delete a custom stitch from your library and then open a chart that used that custom stitch If you are suddenly interested please read on For Frequently Asked Questions FAQs and other related items like the
60. do Control Z to remove the last row entered and verify the text you entered then try again Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 57 of 75 Whenever using Undo or Duplicate always check to make sure the Right Side checkbox is selected correctly for the next row You might also see a question mark symbol in the chart That means the parser recognized something that looked right but it didn t know what symbol to assign to it Parsing vs The Stitch Palette There are stitches on the palette that you won t be able to put on your chart by parsing text An example is yo twice This and other stitches are included in the palette so that you can include it in your charts If you find a strange stitch in your pattern instructions that the parser doesn t understand it s best to enter a place holder for them You can use any stitch you want but it might be easiest to find those placeholders by using something not commonly included in your patter such as the empty stitch DZ Ko Here we ve put 5 empty stitches for a 5 stitch cable The parser will include the empty stitch as place holders and we can paint the appropriate looking cable on top of them once we get far enough into the pattern to decide what will look best Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Save location for your Stitch Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 58
61. do This is because the parser assumes you are Undo ing an error in the last entry and that error might have been selecting the wrong type of row doesn t want to guess wrong so it leaves it alone The lesson in this is always check to make sure the Right Side Row checkbox is selected unselected as you want it E IMPORTANT There are limitations to what the Parser can understand There are so many different ways of representing the same basic knitting stitches that it would be impossible to understand them all The more complex the pattern the less likely you will be able to enter it exactly as written It is best to start with very simple examples understand how the parser thinks believe me it has a mind of it s own before moving on to more complex patterns This section will give you ideas on how to make it understand the pattern you want to enter but there are no guarantees It is possible the parser will pretend to Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 51 of 75 understand the pattern but spit out a different stitch than you think it should Always check your chart Entering Repeats The parser can understand repeats and how to use them to fill out an entire pattern row When entering stitch patterns via the parser it s best to do at least two repeats worth so you get an idea of how they work together Let s say we are working on the Lace Puff pattern from Barbar
62. e gt DD ee ee e DOLAR ee ee ee ee e E ee ef yo twice le e ee eee ee ee yo 3x ee ee e oj are 2 le er Xe e e ee ef o y ee e e e XL yo 5x 5 e eee ee ee oj yo 6x le ee ee ee ee ee e e ee gt ee ee e ee ee oj 7 Y le ee ee oo ee o ee e yo 8x 3 ee a ee ee ee oj EUR wv le o ee ee ee e e o e ee gt eee ef ee ef v m5stsin one m6 sts in one vy Pattern Entry Mode Circular Stitch Count 64 2 Text Add Row 89 Selected Stitch 0 amp Font Size 14 Figure 4 Knit Visualizer Main Window N Chart area Pattern Instruction Entry area hidden by default as of version 2 1 Title Bar shows location of file and indicator if file is unsaved Menubar amp Toolbar Stitch Palette Status Bar Color swatches OUI B C9 This Manual will cover everything you need to know to create charts with Knit Visualizer As a quick overview you work with the chart in the Chart Area 1 selecting copying inserting rows columns and cells painting stitches and other operations Each cell in the chart represents one stitch in your knitting Sometimes it s a c
63. e amp source the Orientation of the chart on the page the margin sizes and the printer to use The specific options available in this screen are dependent on your operating system and specific printer options available Changes made in the Page Setup dialog are in effect until you close Knit Visualizer You must close the Page Setup dialog either via the OK or Cancel buttons before you can go back to the main Knit Visualizer window Page Setup M Source Automatically Select M Margins inches Left fi Right 1 Top Bottom Figure 9 Example Page Setup Dialog File Menu Print amp Export as PNG The two menu items Print and Export as PNG both open the same dialog the Preview Dialog This dialog exists to allow you to choose what items you want included in your printout or image file See Figure 10 Both are included in the File menu to remind you of these important features TT Keyboard shortcut Control P will bring up the Preview window By default the Preview Dialog shows the Title Source Chart Legend and Pattern text These field values are entered in the Chart Properties dialog See the View Menu x Chart Properties section for more details A scroll bar shows up along the right side of the window if there is more information than can easily fit on the screen Knit Visualizer tries to make the Preview Dialog as big as it can if you have a large chart This is
64. ed There is no possible way for the manual to cover all the combinations you can enter in the parser as the combinations are in some ways endless The parser might also be modified in future patches to parse additional combinations of stitches We will cover the basics here to get you started Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 49 of 75 What Can Be Parsed The basics consisting of knits purls most decreases amp increases Cables are difficult because there is no common syntax used to specify the same exact cable between different books The best thing to do is to use the Draw mode to fill in cables This has the added bonus of letting you see which way the cables turn and you get a much better visual idea of how the pattern will look knit up There are several ways to specify repeats within a pattern row see details in sections following The parser was designed to parse most of the Barbara Walker Treasuries patterns with the exception of cable stitches The parser does understand the cable specification formats used in Nicky Epstein s Knitting On the Edge and Knitting Over the Edge books E g 2 2rpc The best rule of thumb if you get an error back from the parser is to always check for typos first and then check for odd stitches Pattern Entry Area The pattern Entry area is where you enter the text of the knitting instructions and specify the options that will help
65. eeececeecscasescesescesescusescecescesescscesescesesees 47 COLOR BACKGROUND MANY TIMEG cccsceccececcececcececccsceccececcececesceccecseesceceecseeecsceecscsescesescesescucescsseeceseseecsescesesces 48 COLOR BOTH FOREGROUND AND BACKGROUND MANY TIMES csceccsceccsceccsceccececcccececcscsesescescuctscecescecescecesescesesces 48 Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 4 of 75 EXEDROPPER MODE 5 3 iiss 48 PATTERN ENTRY MODE PARSING KNITTING INSTRUCTIONS cccccsccscccccccccccccccccccccccccccees 48 GAN BE PAR SED tees idees 49 PATTERN APEA urona REN SWE PRS rls iiem cce d E ud Ld 49 SIMPLE PARSER EXAMPLE DI I E E EP teas asl tne are de IM se se 50 ENTERIN REPEAT rn ec MM EE MEE ToU ee ORE i DE 51 AFEN CAVEAT orc Sess cc LI D LM A pale SO beac Re CILE saeco nt SIAR 53 QUAN TIBIED RE PE AG S i oes ere Sas eae ME ca E tals Naeem 53 CHANGING THE WAY THE LAST REPEAT OF THE ROW 54 ROT MERC 54 InGregsgak DAE A L Suede toties 55 ME aed dep IM M M iM 55 HOW TO HANDLE NON PATTERN INSTRUCTIONS cscscc
66. em with the charts that use them and you don t really have to save them in the User Stitch Library file at all Unless you want to use them in other charts easily without having to load the chart that has them defined If you want to do this 1 Create a Custom Stitch 2 Use esc to close the Stitch Library Manager answer No when prompted to save your Stitch Library file 3 Create your chart using your stitch 4 Save your chart 5 Exit Knit Visualizer The next time you load this chart the custom stitches used in it will be imported automatically Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 65 of 75 Importing Another Library You can import a different library file by using the Import Library button Browse to the location of another kvl file and you will import all the custom stitches from that library file If you want to save these stitches into your own library don t forget to hit Save Library otherwise they will just disappear when you close Knit Visualizer Share your Stitch Library Create a library of custom stitches to share e Remove all the stitches from your library but the ones you want to share Change the name of your User Library to something like NancySharedStitches kvl and then click Save e Re import your original stitch library e Reselect the stitch library file you want to use to save ALL your stitches with the key e
67. er the stitch will revert to an unknown state with as it s symbol and it won t have any definition in the legend if you export print the chart The best way to deal with this is to load an empty chart before deleting any custom stitches Custom Stitches and Chart files Custom Stitch information is saved in two places The first place is in your User Library file which you specify in the Stitch Library Manager The second place is in a chart that uses that custom stitch Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 63 of 75 Anytime you use a custom stitch in a chart that stitch information will be saved with the chart This way the definition of that custom stitch is locked into that chart as it is when you save it If you later change the definition of a stitch in your library for instance you decide your custom knit stitch should use a really thick rectangle instead of a slim bar any chart you saved with the original definition will remain the same When you go to load that chart again the custom stitch will be compared with the one in the library and a new version of it will be created just for your chart Here sa walk through of a scenario to help explain e Create custom stitch pink thing e Save library e Create chart using pink thing stitch o Save chart to coloredborder kvc information about pink thing stitch is saved with chart Time passes feel
68. es to make it easy to find the stitch you need The first group in the Stitch Palette is Custom Stitches and will contain all the custom stitches you create using the Stitch Library Manager If you aren t interested in a group of stitches you can hide that set by clicking on the title of the group As of version 2 0 if you have closed a group Knit Visualizer will remember that and keep it closed even if you quit the application See Figure 27 To select a stitch simply left click on it It will now become the highlighted stitch and you should see that stitch on the bottom left of the status bar Any stitch previously selected will be unselected You can only select one stitch at a time in the Stitch Palette When you select a stitch in the palette Knit Visualizer will be automatically put into Draw mode This used to be called Paint mode in Knit Visualizer versions 1 x Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 47 of 75 ki elongated twice if No Stitch i V Increases V Decreases V Misc gt Cables Left Twist lt Left Twist PB PIS PuiediettTwst RN Right Twist Right TwistPB Purled Right Twist 1 over 2 left Fame 74 lasfe Figure 27 Stitch Palette with several groups closed In Figure 27 The Increases Decreases amp Misc groups are all closed To open them again simply click again on t
69. foundry knitVisu charts centerchart kct C knitfoundry KnitVisu charts Dale14208 kct C knitfoundry kKnitVisu charts dewdrop_bwpg149 kct gt Destination Same as original Files s Back Figure 3 Save File Converter perform conversion Now that you have selected your files and destination you re on the final step of the conversion process Notice that the Next gt gt button is grayed out that s because you ll need to click the Begin Converting Files button to actually perform the conversion after you check all the settings If you decide to not convert your files at this time you can use the Close button to exit out of the Save File Converter tool If there were errors in conversion and this happens rarely you ll see a dialog with details If you happen to run the conversion process more than once on the same file the Converter will not overwrite an already existing kvc file It will instead append 1 or 2 or 3 up to 9 to the filename it creates Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Learning the Main Window There are several different areas of the screen that you should familiarize yourself with as shown in Figure 4 Page 15 of 75 BB Knit Visualizer C Documents and Settings All Users Documents A E File Edit Insert Format View Help gt k ZM 7
70. ft P 5 4 to CN hold in front 1 k4 from CN C4 over 1 right 51 to CN hold in back k4 ki from CN C4 over 1 right P sl1 to CN hold in back k4 p1 from CN c4 over 2 left 514 to CN hold in front k2 then from CN C4 over 2 left P sl4 to CN hold in front p2 then k4 from CN C4 over 2 right 512 to CN hold in back k4 then k2 from CN C4 over 2 right P 5 2 to CN hold in back then p2 from CN c4 over left 514 to CN hold in front k4 from CN c4 over left P 5 4 to CN hold in front p3 k4 from CN C4 over right 13 to CN hold in back k4 then from CN C4 over 3 right P 13 to CN hold in back then p3 from CN cross 1 over 1 left 512 to CN hold in front k1 sl center st from CN back to left hand needle it it from CN cross 1 over 1 left purl bg 512 to CN hold in front sl center st from CN back to left hand needle and purl it k1 from CN i 7 iJ AMA AINA A AMA AMA NOI CU cross 1 over 1 right 512 to CN hold in back sl center st from CN back to left hand needle and knit it k1 from CN cross 1 over 1 right purl bg 512 to hold in back sl center st from CN back to left hand
71. g mode e Click on the Coloring mode a button e Use the keyboard shortcut 3 To enter Eyedropper mode e Click on Eyedropper mode 2 button Use the keyboard shortcut 4 Use the m key to move through all the different modes in order You didn t know there d be a test did you Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 45 of 75 keyboard shortcuts are only active when you have been working in the chart If you are in the parser area then you ll just end up typing 1 or m or s or whatever you tried to type into the parser field You can easily tell which mode you are in because the mouse cursor changes to a different cursor in the chart area and the appropriate mode button in the toolbar will be selected If you find that you have accidentally switched modes because you clicked in one of the areas mentioned above simply click the correct Mode button in the toolbar to switch back If you accidentally drew a stitch or colored a stitch use Undo Control z to remove that stitch Select Mode The first mode and the most intuitive for most computer users is Select Mode You ll be using selections to among other things copy paste insert duplicate and indicate where to add new columns or rows When you re in select mode the cursor in your chart will be an arrow There are three types of selections in Knit Visualizer The status bar
72. he Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 9 of 75 Mac OS X System Requirements Mac OS X 10 4 x or 10 5 x Administrator privileges are recommended Disk Space approx 10MB Memory 512MB or higher recommended Screen Resolution 1024x768 In order to use Knit Visualizer on your Macintosh you must first verify the proper system files are available Using the Finder find the path Applications Utilities Java You should see J2SE 5 0 listed If not follow these directions to install the proper files You can download the JDK from the apple site at http www apple com support downloads java2se50release3 html There might be a later version available Check http developer apple com java download for info When the Java download completes you ll be prompted if you want to continue installing or not Select Continue several times Agree to the license agreement Continue until prompted for the Administrator password enter it You should finish with a message The software was successfully installed You can also use the Software Update mechanism to find and install the new version of Java Refer to the documentation included with your computer for how to use the Software Update tool Install Knit Visualizer on Macintosh Download You will download a file named KnitVisualizer2 0 dmg After the download is complete your system should automatically mount the file as a drive for you As the fi
73. he title bar for that group Each stitch comes pre defined with a set of knitting instructions on how to make that stitch You will see these instructions in the Legend in the Preview window or you can view this from within the Stitch Palette by holding your mouse steady over the stitch name If you d like to see all instances of a stitch highlighted in the chart select it in the Stitch Palette and click the Highlight Stitch toolbar button Those stitches aren t a selection you cannot copy and then paste them the highlighting is just a visual indicator to allow you to find them easier Coloring Mode Coloring mode exists so you can paint colors into your chart If you haven t read it yet go read the Format Menu Color section This tells you how you choose oolors to color with As a quick reminder you ll be coloring with the colors selected in your foreground and background swatches on the toolbar Figure 28 Foreground Background swatches from toolbar You can switch into the Coloring mode by clicking on the toolbar icon using the 3 keyboard shortcut When you are in coloring mode the chart s cursor will switch to a blue paintbrush ES Figure 29 Blue paintbrush cursor Color foreground To paint the foreground color on a cell simply left click on that cell Color background To paint the background color on a cell right click on that cell Color foreground many times To color more than one cell at a time y
74. hes back to left needle pass yarn to back k5 nupp p1 ki k1 in stitch take first 4 stitches created over the last Left Twist 11 to CN hold in front k1 from CN Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual A Page 70 of 75 Left Twist purl bg 51 to CN hold in front p1 from CN pA Purled Left Twist 51 to CN and hold to front p1 p1 from CN 3 5 r NY Right Twist Skip the first stitch knit into 2nd stitch then knit skipped stitch Slip both stitches needle together OR k2tog leaving sts on LH needle then k first st again sl both sts off needle N Right Twist purl bg 51 to CN hold in back from CN N x Purled Right Twist 1 to CN hold in back p1 p1 from CN OR p into 2nd st then p 1st st C1 over 2 left sl 1 to CN hold in front k2 k1 from CN C1 over 2 left P sl 1 to CN hold in front p2 k1 from CN C1 over 2 right 5 2 to CN hold in back k1 k2 from CN 377 C1 over 2 right P 5 2 to CN hold in back k1 p2 from CN C1 over 3 left sl1 to CN hold in front k3 k1 from CN C1 over 3 left P sl1 to CN and hold in front p2 k1 from CN C1 over 3 right 513 st to CN hold in back 1 from CN WM C1 over 3 right P 13 to CN hold in back k1 p3 from CN C2 over 1 left 5
75. ight ON Hide Wrong Side Rows OFF The parser ignores all punctuation commas semicolons etc amp most white space with some notable exceptions You can type upper or lower case letters Simple Parser Example If you have selected Flat knitting after you enter a row the parser will change the state of the Right Side Row checkbox For instance if you start with Flat selected and Right Side Row selected You are telling the parser you are entering a pattern that was written for knitting back and forth and the row you are going to type in is a right side row Stitch Count is set to 10 You then type in k2 p2 vo pz k2 and press the Enter key The parser adds the first row to the chart 11 4 32 1 ee 1 Figure 31 A Simple row entered via Parser Now the Right Side Row checkbox is automatically unselected in preparation for the next row Also the button Add Row now has the text Add Row 2 Hit Enter a few more times to see what happens Notice how the Right Side Row checkbox keeps turning itself off and on and the Symbols entered for the Wrong Side rows are different than those for the Right Side Rows Also the Row in the Add Row button increments to tell you what the next row will be Now you can use the Undo key Control Z to remove those rows you just added until there is only one left The Add Row button adjusts but the Right Side Row checkbox doesn t check uncheck during the Un
76. instructions Notes Header used to indicate the Notes section Notes are entered in the Chart Properties dialog Tagline Displayed underneath the chart in a smaller font than the other headers You can make any of these values blank for instance the tagline if you don t want to see it To go back to the default values simply click the use defaults button and then click OK to save the change All application preferences are remembered even after closing Knit Visualizer If you Clear Preferences from the About Knit Visualizer dialog these settings will go back to their defaults Pressing cancel will abort any changes you made in the dialog Pressing OK will cause the selections to go into effect immediately and be saved T Keyboard shortcut use Control comma to open this dialog quickly View Menu Hide Pattern Entry Fields To see the pattern entry fields make sure there is no check next to this menu item The Pattern Entry fields are hidden by default since version 2 1 give as much space as possible on the screen to the chart you can hide all the pattern entry fields Simply select the Hide Pattern Entry Fields checkbox and the Pattern Entry fields are hidden from view To show them again select Hide Pattern Entry Fields again which will uncheck the checkbox and show all the fields View Menu Themes New with version 2 0 both Mac and Windows users can change the theme used to display the windows charts a
77. inted pasted into the middle of it 2 mail Las Let 1 Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 46 of 75 Drawing mode Drawing mode is how you draw stitches into your chart by using your mouse Think of if just like sitting down at some graph paper with a pencil you ll be drawing the symbols onto your chart Of course with Knit Visualizer your task is made much simpler because we can easily draw a whole cable with a single click of the mouse You enter draw mode by clicking on the pencil toolbar button or by selecting a stitch from the Stitch Palette Once you re in Drawing mode the chart s cursor will change to be a pencil just like the icon you see in the toolbar button The whole point of using the Drawing mode is so you can paint your stitches from the Stitch Palette The Stitch Palette contains all the different stitches you can use in your chart Each stitch is comprised of one or more cells You can see exactly what the stitch looks like by its entry in the Stitch Palette Once you select a stitch you can then paint it by simply left clicking on the chart at the desired location The new stitch will be painted from that cell and out to the right The currently selected stitch which is what will be painted is shown on the far left of the status bar If you want to paint the same stitch many times all in the same area you can hold down the Shift ke
78. ion 1 x to Version 2 x For previous users of Knit Visualizer you will need to convert all your saved charts from the old format to the new format Version 1 x of Knit Visualizer used the kct format once you go through this one time conversion process you ll have new copies of all your charts with the kvc extension on them Also in previous versions of Knit Visualizer you might have used the charts directory underneath C Program Files Knit Visualizer to store your charts I highly recommend that you copy your charts out of that folder and to somewhere else on your filesystem such as Documents or My Documents or anywhere else that makes sense to you When you run the Save File Converter you ll see the first page of the wizard which lets you select the files you d like to convert While it s not necessary you can save time by first consolidating all your old charts into one directory Simply click on the Select Files Directories button and you ll be shown a dialog where you can choose kct files If you leave the Include files found in subdirectories checked the Save File Converter will also scan any subdirectories of any folders that you select to find files to convert Figure 1 shows what the screen looks like after we have selected some files to convert Step 1 Select Old Chart Files Select source files and or directories that contain Knit Visualizer 1 2 or earlier save files These files end with the extensio
79. it will continue to live in your Stitch Library even if you don t use it in a chart Write the Library to File In order to save your custom stitches so that Knit Visualizer will have them the next time you run it you need to write out the Library file The Library file will have an extension of kvl short for Knit Visualizer Library plus Knit Visualizer automatically remembers where you said to save your User Library Stitch Library File C Documents and My Documents knittingikycharts Custom stitches kyl Import Library Save Library Close amp Save Library Figure 39 Saving the User Library At the very bottom of the Stitch Library Manager you ll find a place to specify the User Library filename to use This needs to be a full pathname to your user library and must have the kvl extension on the name To make this easier you can click the to browse for the location and specify a filename or you can simply type in the full path and filename If you click the Close amp Save Library button your new stitch will be saved out to the library file and the window will be closed If an error occurs when trying to write to the file you ll get an error message and the window won t close You can also just click Save Library to save the file and then keep working in the Stitch Library Manager If you try to close the Stitch Library Manager without having saved the work you just did
80. ive Save the chart to the hard drive Print Export chart View Chart Properties Undo last edit Redo last undo action Copy selection Cut selection Paste selection Delete selection Zoom out make the font smaller Zoom in make the font larger Select mode Draw mode Coloring mode Eyedropper mode select color from chart Swatches showing currently in use colors click on each box to change foreground background Justify None Justify Center Justify Left Justify Right A ag Ne gt 5 n n Color used to draw borders click on box to change H Border Remove all Border Add All edges Border Add Left Pi Border Add Top Border Add Right Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 43 of 75 rii Border Add Bottom _ amp Highlight all stitches in chart that match currently selected stitch in palette Some toolbar buttons might be disabled meaning that action cannot currently be performed For instance the Paste toolbar button is disabled if there is nothing in the buffer to be pasted You ll see some of these same icons next to items in the menus those have the same operation as the toolbar button Status Bar Information The status bar is at the very bottom of the main window and shows you some useful information as you work with your chart See F gure 26 Status Bar Selected Stitch 7 98 1 col
81. l 6 amp JE SE None Leave Justification as is No changes to the chart no matter how the No Stitch cells are placed Left Justify with all symbols to the left and No Stitches to the right 14 13 L2 HL 6 3 4 1 9 ee ee 7 e 9952592925925 5 see ee eee 5 5595593529259 i Center Justify with No Stitches to the left and right balanced as possible If there are an odd number of No Stitch cells one side will have an extra No Stitch but it will always be the same side 15 14 132 1 8 8 2 6 8 4 3 2 9 4 4 e SE amp 5 4 4 5 e amp 5 SE JE SE JE 4 3 e SE SE SE SE JE SE JE SE JE i Right Justify with all the symbols to the Right and all No Stitches to the left Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual If there were any No Stitch cells in the center of the chart those would be ignored no matter what the i G 4a Page 30 of 75 justification setting It is only the No Stitch cells on the left and right edges that are affected by the justification setting Keep in mind the purl stitches in the example could be anything knits increases decreases and so on 15 14 13 12 Format Menu Borders Many knitting charts like to indicate repeats within the chart by a line or
82. l show you a dialog that says An unidentified program wants access to your computer and say it s from an Unknown Publisher This is normal Click Ok to continue with the installation as shown in the Windows XP section Windows XP Download and CD System Requirements Disk Space approx 65MB Memory 512MB or more recommended Screen Resolution 1024x768 All versions of Knit Visualizer will startup at 1024x768 resolution unless it detects a lower resolution value Prior to version 2 0 to force it into 800x600 follow these steps e Knit Visualizer e Right click on the task bar and select Task Manager OR you can use Control Alt Delete to get to it Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 7 of 75 Older processors more than a few years old might have difficulty running Knit Visualizer due to the graphics intensive nature of the application More memory is always recommended and will improve the performance of Knit Visualizer accordingly A dedicated video card isn t required but even one that has 64MB of memory will improve your system s performance while running Knit Visualizer Once you have the installation exe file either via download or on a CD browse to the file and double click it to begin the installation Below you will find the important screens in the installation process with an explanation of their purpose If you received Knit Visualizer on CD
83. latest version of this manual please see http www knitfoundry com software html Installation Knit Visualizer is available for the following platforms Windows XP Windows Vista amp Mac OS X 10 4 including Leopard 10 5 x Instructions for installation on your specific platform can be found here The instructions for installing the Demo and the full application are the same It is recommended that you uninstall Windows or delete Mac the Demo or any previous versions of Knit Visualizer before installing the full version Windows Vista Download and CD System Requirements Disk Space approx 65MB Memory 512MB or more recommended Screen Resolution 1024x768 The Vista installation is very similar to that of Windows XP with a few exceptions e install into the default C Program Files Knit Visualizer location you need to have administrative rights on your computer If you are not an administrator right click the installation exe file and select Run as Administrator You will need to know the username and password of an administrative user to continue If you don t have administrative rights you can install it anywhere else that you have permissions e There is no charts directory under C Program Files Knit Visualizer Vista doesn t let mere mortals write into this area of the file system so your file save dialog should default to opening into your Documents directory When you first run the installer Vista wil
84. le is mounted you will be prompted to agree to the license to use Knit Visualizer unless you re installing the Demo Agree to the license and once the file is mounted open the Finder application and open the mounted drive to find the Knit Visualizer Save File Converter apps and the Sample Charts directory Simply drag the Knit Visualizer application to your desired location If you use Applications then you will need to authenticate as an administrator on your computer If you use your user Applications directory you won t need admin privs If you have previously used an older version of Knit Visualizer you should also copy the Save File Converter program You may copy the Sample Charts directory to anywhere on your system Install Knit Visualizer on Macintosh CD Put the CD into your CD drive Open the Knit Visualizer CD icon You ll see a Mac OS X directory Browse to that directory then simply drag the Knit Visualizer amp Save File Converter application to the desired location If you use Applications then you will need to authenticate as an administrator on your computer If you use your user Applications directory you won t need admin privs The Sample Charts directory at the root of the mounted disk is valid for both Windows and Mac systems You may copy the Sample Charts directory to anywhere on your system Once the installation is complete you can Eject the temporarily mounted drive in the Finder Version number or
85. les to be created All new files will have the extension Create new files in same location as original File s C Create all files into this directory Figure 2 Save File Converter choose destination Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 14 of 75 The easiest choice is to let the converter create the new files in the same place as the original Your old chart files will not be overwritten as the new files will have a different filename extension If you d like all your files dumped into a single directory you can choose that place here Click on Next gt gt to come to the final screen in the conversion process Figure 3 Step 3 Summary amp Perform Conversion Review all settings to make they are correct then press the Begin Converting Files button To cancel conversion press Close button at any time Wait until you see the status bar completely Filled and the text gg underneath it says Complete before closing to allow the full conversion to take place Files to be Converted 18 total C knitfoundry KnitVisu C knitfoundry knitVisu C knitFoundry KnitVisu charts allstitches ket C knitfoundry knitVisu charts August2005RocksAndTrails kct alizer charts AABIG kct a alizer alizer alizer C knitfoundry KnitVisualizer charts cable 6 kct alizer alizer alizer charts ALL_SYMBOLS kct C knit
86. lizer C Documents and Se Edit Insert Format di mmm omm m ms md m m m i Black Moon Theme sls Knit Visualizer C Documents and Se File Edit Insert Format E Ew 1 Blue Ice Theme Blue Moon Theme o 0797 Ea Blue Steel Theme Knit Visualizer C Documents and Se File Edit Insert Format View Help PARA M UE x Green Dream Theme File Edit Insert Format View Help lt Mauve Metallic Theme Orange Metallic Theme Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Page 40 of 75 Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Silver Moon Theme Knit Visualizer C Documents and Se File Edit Insert Format View Help GI 9a ini al a i m p 7 a al a Sky Metallic Theme Knit Visualizer C Documents and Se File Edit Insert Format View Hele White Vision Edit Insert Format View Help 25 Q 4 Help Menu About Knit Visualizer To learn what version of Knit Visualizer you have installed and where to get support open the About dialog Figure 25 shows an example About dialog The text within this dialog may be different in your version of Knit Visualizer presented by KNIT
87. n kct Include files Found in subdirectories Files to be converted C knitfoundry KnitVisualizer charts AABIG kct a C knitfoundry KnitVisualizer charts ALL_SYMBOLS kct C knitfoundry KnitVisualizer charts allstitches kct C knitfoundry KnitVisualizer charts August2005RocksAndTrails kct C knitfoundry KnitVisualizer charts cable 6 kct C knitfoundry KnitVisualizer charts centerchart kct C knitfoundryKnitVisualizer charts Dale14208 kct C knitFoundry knitVisualizer charts dewdrop_bwpg149 kct C knitfoundry KnitVisualizer charts DiamondChartWide kct C knitfoundry KnitVisualizer charts DiamondFantasia_bw3 kct C knitfoundry KnitVisualizer charts DiamondFantasia_bw3_FOOT kct C lknitFoundrylKnitVisualizer charts DiamondFantasia bw3 FOOT2 kct C knitfoundry KnitVisualizer charts ella_knitty kect C knitfoundry KnitVisualizer charts ella_knitty_right_extension kct C knitfoundry KnitVisualizer charts Fan_shell_bw1_pg206 kct C knitfoundry knitVisualizer charts Feather_and_fan_bw1_pg205 kct c Aknitfoundrviknitvisualizericharts Font44 ket Added 18 files to the list 18 total files to convert Next Close Figure 1 Save File Converter select files Click the Next gt gt button to proceed to the next screen where you will be prompted to choose a destination for all of your new files Step 2 Select Destination Specify the location of the new fi
88. name might be slightly different Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 10 of 75 Creating a file association for kvc files To create a file association for kvc files follow these steps Find a chart file that ends in kvc you can use the Sample Charts provided for this Right Click and select Get Info Find the section labeled Open with Select Other from the drop down in that section Choose to enable All Applications from the drop down Select Always Open With checkbox Browse to where you dragged Knit Visualizer to install it Highlight Knit Visualizer Click Open 10 Back in the Info dialog click the Change button 11 Accept the change in the dialog See oae Running the program Windows XP Double click the Knit Visualizer exe file from the Windows File Explorer or click on the desktop or quick launch icon created during installation The splash screen will appear while the application is being loaded Once the main window is visible you may begin editing and creating charts Mac OS X Browse to where you installed the application and double click the icon The splash screen will appear while the application is being loaded Once the main screen appears you may begin editing and creating charts A note on keyboard shortcuts Throughout the manual keyboard shortcuts will be listed for most operations They will be listed
89. nd other elements within Knit Visualizer Each Theme has a slightly different set of colors and also affects the colors used in the chart that is printed exported The default Theme choice you will see the first time you run Knit Visualizer is the Blue Ice Theme or on Mac the Mac OS theme The application will remember the last Theme you selected and start with that Theme the next time you run The currently selected theme is indicated by the selected Radio Button in the View Menu On the Mac you will need to restart Knit Visualizer before you ll see the theme change and you ll be shown a nice dialog reminding you of that when you change themes The other caveat with themes on the Mac is that you ll have a split menu bar There will be the full screen menu bar across the top that contains the Knit Visualizer About and Properties items but the rest of the menu items will be attached to the application window The following windows show you a sampling of the colors for each theme Differences in monitors may affect the actual colors you see when you run Knit Visualizer Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Default Theme Ba Knit Visualizer C Documents and Se Will most closely match File Edit Insert Format View Help the look of the operating system Example shown at E 2 x right is on the Windows mnn 2 platform Black Star Theme sls Knit Visua
90. nge the shade of the grid lines in the chart by selecting something different in this drop down To hide the gridlines completely choose None Please note that whatever color you choose here for your gridline color will also be the color of the No Stitch background Show Symbol for Empty Stitches The No Stitch stitch can also be called an empty stitch The empty stitch will be depicted as an X on a grey background matching the grid color if this option is selected If this option is not selected then No Stitch cells will be shown with only the grey background and no X symbol Aspect Ratio To change the size of the cells in your chart to rectangular instead of square you ll want to change the aspect ratio To calculate your aspect ratio you need to know how many stitches and how many rows are in square area of knitting then divide the number of rows by the number of stitches For instance a gauge swatch tells you that a 4 inch by 4 inch swatch contains 27 rows and 21 stitches You would divide 27 by 21 to get the aspect ratio of 1 28 27 21 21 rows 4 inches II m NJ CO 4 inches While you can enter a number that is less than 1 and numbers greater than 2 it isn t recommended Stitches in the chart may not have as much vertical space when you change the aspect ratio to a number other than 1 so keep that in mind as you are viewing your chart and the look you want it to have Here is the same chart with an aspect ratio of
91. nus amp Toolbar buttons All the commands you need to access can be found either in the menus and or in the toolbar Many of these commands have keyboard shortcuts associated with them This section will go over each of these commands and tell you what they do While most of these commands are common to most software applications there is information here that goes beyond how to open a file Each section also lists the keyboard shortcut if there is one for that command On Windows system this shortcut will always start with Control Mac OS X users would use Cmd the fully little apple symbol instead Also on the Mac OS X platform some menu items are included in a menu that is named Knit Visualizer instead of on the File or Help menus Knit Visualizer Menu About Knit Visualizer Mac only This command performs the same task as described below in the Help Menu About Knit Visualizer Knit Visualizer Menu Preferences Mac only This command performs the same task as described in View Menu Application Preferences Knit Visualizer Menu Quit Knit Visualizer Mac only Exits the application prompting you to save the current chart if unsaved changes have been made Command Q will invoke this command File Menu New Chart Creates a new chart with prefilled cells reate New Chart of Rows Il i of Columns 15 Fill with Stitch knit C 3 Pu
92. o repeats For instance if your pattern is a Multiple of 8 sts plus 1 you should enter 17 for the Stitch Count field This is very useful if you don t want to start the repeat in the same place the pattern did Looking at multiple repeats across and down will help you see it in a different way Keeping Track of Which Row Comes Next The Add button will always tell you which row is the next one to be entered This is true if you type in a row or select one and Duplicate it using Control D If you copy and paste full row into the middle of the chart the button will adjust itself to use the next number in line Always check the Right Side checkbox to make sure it matches which side you are trying to enter next If you enter one and Undo Control Z it doesn t modify the checkbox s status Parser Limitations It is impossible to know all the different names for knitting stitches in the various books amp patterns Knit Visualizer has tried to come up with a good standard set to use along with quite a few aliases for some stitch names For instance you can enter either ktbl or k b or kb What To Do When Things Look Really Wrong If you get an error message you are entering something the parser doesn t understand or it s possible you had a typo when you entered the pattern row You could have the wrong number of stitches in the Stitch Count field The Right Side checkbox might have been selected when it shouldn t have been Use Un
93. ombination of stitches that make up a more complex stitch such as a cable You use the Pattern Entry 2 area to type in pattern rows such as k1 p2 k2tog yo 5 times This will add new rows to your chart at the top just like knitting adds new rows at the top The Stitch Palette 5 is what you use to select the stitches to paint in the Chart Area Custom Stitches you create will be available in the section at the top The Status Bar 6 gives you information about the size and type of your current selection the currently selected stitch and the font size used to display the chart on the screen and when printed When the application first starts up the chart area will either contain a blank 10x10 chart automatically created for you or the last chart that you had open as long as it was also successfully saved If the Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 16 of 75 chart area is empty such as it would be after creating a New chart with 0 rows and 0 columns or using the Clear Chart command there is still a chart present it just happens to contain no rows or columns It is often best to begin using the Pattern Entry area with an empty chart Alternately you can create blank canvas chart that contains all knits purls or Empty stitches from the New Chart dialog Read the relevant sections for more details on how to use Pattern Entry and the Chart drawing tools Me
94. on Control L HH Top Draws a border on the top side of the selection Control T 1i Right Draws a border on the right side of the selection TY Control R Bottom Draws a border on the bottom side of the selection Control B Format Menu Color Starting with Knit Visualizer 2 0 you can use color in your chart A stitch can have color this is the foreground color by default your stitches will use black The area behind the stitch the background can have color as well You can combine any of these to create the effect you want The first two commands in the Format gt Color submenu are Select Foreground Color and Select Background Color These commands can also be invoked quickly by clicking on one of the color swatches in the toolbar Foreground ewatch Background Swatch Figure 14 Foreground and Background color swatches The color swatches in the toolbar also show you the currently selected foreground and background colors When you first start Knit Visualizer the swatches will be set to the default colors of black foreground white background shown in Figure 15 Figure 15 Default colors Select Foreground Color If you click on the foreground swatch or choose Select Foreground Color from the Format Color menu you ll see the dialog in Figure 16 Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 32 of 75 Currently selected color
95. orget that a knit stitch which has no symbol can still have a foreground color assigned to it You can color a knit stitch green and see no visible result but the green will still be assigned to that stitch Tf you then drew a purl stitch into that stitch and had your application preferences set to draw in default colors then you would see green purl stitches where you had painted the knit stitch green Pattern Entry Mode Parsing Knitting Instructions The Pattern Entry mode is an advanced mode in Knit Visualizer that helps you build a chart from a stitch pattern All knitters seem to have extensive libraries of pattern books stitch patterns and magazines Not all of those pattern sources contain charts but they do contain written out instructions By using the Pattern Entry mode you can create a chart from the written out instructions You should treat this section of the Manual as more of a tutorial It will be helpful to follow along by entering the example pattern instructions into Knit Visualizer see what happens and play around to see what changing different options does The brains behind the Knit Visualizer s Pattern Entry function is the Parser It reads what you type in tries to understand it then adds a row to your chart based on what it thinks you said It s a bit like typing in German and getting English back out Sometimes it won t know what you are saying and will give you a message that tells you where it became confus
96. ormation Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 64 of 75 for that stitch loaded in your library You can delete the extra pink thing stitch if you need to work on your library and don t want it saved for all time You can also Compare the two stitches Read on Comparing Two Custom Stitches Sometimes it s hard to know what s different between two stitches that have the same name The easiest way is to select those two stitches in the Stitch list using Control clicking and then right click to find the Compare Stitches menu item This is the window you d see Stitch Comparisa Name pink thing pink thing Abbrv pink thing pink thing sldfkj lasdf RS Instr gt sdflkj i WS Insrt Font KnitVisualizerSymbols KnitVisualizerSymbols font Adj 0 0 Symbols E Foreground gt DT LIII Background Figure 43 Stitch Comparison Dialog The blue arrows in the second column point out what s different between the two stitches In this case on the RS Instr and the Foreground color are both different You can t do anything in this dialog only look at the two stitches to see what s different Click the Ok button or use the ESC key to close the dialog Creating a Custom Stitch and keeping it in your Chart only For those of you paying attention you ll have noticed that you can create custom stitches and keep th
97. oscsccscoscoscoscaccscaccsccsccscosceecscascscescscascescscescescascscesceceseas 56 HOW MANY REPEATS TO EN PER 56 KEEPING TRACK OF WHICH ROW COMES NEXT cccsceccsceccececcececcececcecscecccscecestecesesceseecscecscsescesescesescesescesescecess 56 PARSER LIMITATION heen ch Aes ees DM decr ME ae as Lea a 56 WHAT DO WHEN THINGS LOOK REALLY WRONG cccceccccecccceccccscscscstscscescscescusescscescscesescesescesescusescesescecess 56 PARSING V 5 PAEETEE cock ccc when dimer d eer 57 STITCH LIBRARY MANAGER sa sas bane bane 58 PINOT ABR uit rcd 2 3 M 58 CREATE A CUSTONSTITCE a ae T M I teen 59 RTT 59 W RITESTHE LIBRARY does hid Sub 61 WHATS THAT TOOBBAE B ae ete ideas sc dM AE eg MED DULL cer rend 61 DELBTEA CUSTOMSSTITCEH S un AE RUEDA de cer 62 A few Caveats about Deletine Custom SURES 62 CUSTONUS TEITOHES AND C FILES vadam ois Drm C ELE 62 COMPARING PWO QGUSTOMSTITCEEBS eductus Ute EDU bris LM 64 CREATING A CUSTOM ST
98. ou can use the shift key just like you do in Draw mode to paint more than one stitch Hold down the shift key then left click and drag your mouse around to paint an Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 48 of 75 area with the foreground color make sure you re still holding down that left mouse button the whole time Color background many times You can hold down the shift key and paint background many times by doing a right click and drag Color both foreground and background many times If you re really talented at mousing you can push down the shift key hold it there and then push the left and right mouse buttons and drag it around to paint both foreground and background at the same time Eyedropper Mode You ll use the eyedropper mode when you want to reselect a color that is already in use in your chart To go into Eyedropper mode Click the eyedropper icon 7 or use the keyboard shortcut 4 You ll see the chart s cursor change to an eyedropper and the eyedropper toolbar button will be selected To select the foreground color from a stitch left click on it You will see the color in the toolbar foreground swatch change to the color from the stitch clicked on To select the background color from a stitch right click on it You will see the color in the toolbar background swatch change to the background color from the stitch clicked on E Don t f
99. oundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 33 of 75 gt Coloring mode only lets you paint foreground or background colors not both If you right click in coloring mode you ll be painting the background color If you want to paint both colors at the same time you can change your application preference when in Drawing mode to paint both See View Menu Application Preferences Select Background Color You can select the background color by choosing Format gt Color gt Select Background Color or clicking on the background color swatch in the toolbar The window will look the same as you see in Figure Figure 16 but have the title Select Background color After you ve selected a few different colors for foreground or background you ll notice that the Color selection dialog shows those in the swatches on the right side The top two swatches will always be white and black so you can get back to the default colors easily If you want to choose another color again simply click on that swatch again in the Color selection dialog then click Ok 255 255 255 4 Cancel Ok Figure 19 Color selection dialog The following table shows you some examples of using color When a color is changed from the default it has been made bold in the description Default colors used Foreground black Background white Foreground blue background white If you re using a Theme and select White as the backg
100. p1 in one stitch m5 sts in one k1 yo k1 yo k1 in one stitch m6 sts in one p1 k1 k1 p1 in one stitch lt lt lt lt m7 sts in one k1 yo k1 yo k1 yo k1 in one stitch Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 69 of 75 gt ct 8 gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt N ssk Slip one stitch as if to knit Slip another stitch as if to knit Insert left hand needle into front of se 2 stitches and knit them together k2tog Knit two stitches together as one stitch k2tog tbl Knit two stitches together in back loops as one k3tog Knit three stitches together as one k3tog tbl Knit three stitches together through back loops Central Double Dec Slip first and second stitches together as if to knit Knit 1 stitch Pass two slipped ches over the knit stitch k4tog Knit four stitches together as one k5tog Knit five stitches together as one k6tog Knit six stitches together as one k7tog Knit seven stitches together as one 51 psso slip 1 knit 1 pass slipped stitch over knit 1 51 kwise k1 psso Slip 1 as it to knit knit 1 stitch pass slipped stitch over knit stitch 51 k2tog psso slip 1 k2tog pass slip stitch over k2tog 51 k3tog psso Slip 1 stitch k3tog pass slipped stitch over k3tog 512 k3tog p2sso Slip 2 stitches k3tog pass 2 slipped stitches over k3tog
101. probably make a good guess and still only create 26 stitches It s not until you get up to 38 which is 3 repeats 2 edge stitches that it will actually create 3 repeats in the chart If you don t get the number of repeats you expect you can always use Undo change the of stitches and try again There are multiple ways to specify repeats and the parser doesn t care which one you use A lot of patterns use the stitches rep from syntax but you might also see it written like this kl sSsk yo p2 yo k2tog end kl The means exactly the same thing as the original text We ve changed the first to a and the rep from to You can use pairs of parentheses or square brackets or curly braces all in the same fashion Make sure you always use them in pairs as the first one tells the parser Attention I m going to enter some stitches to repeat and the second one says The repeat is finished now take all those stitches and repeat as indicated If one of them is missing as in this line kl ssk yo p2 yo k2tog end kl you ll see an error message like this one You ll find the complete chart for this pattern in the Sample Charts directory named LacePuff BW2 pg283 kvc Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 52 of 75 Incorrect text at column 32 Invalid Knitting instructions Remaining string to parse is end 1
102. purl stitches or all knit stitches or any stitch copy a single instance of that stitch then select the area to fill Paste Control V and the area will be filled Does your chart look fuzzy when you paste it into another document either via Copy to Clipboard or Export to PNG Usually this means the other application is making the chart larger than it was originally created It s best to try and get the font size in Knit Visualizer as close as possible to where you want it for your other document Otherwise we recommend making the font larger then sizing the chart down in your other document Switch between Select and Draw mode quickly using the S key If you re in Draw mode tap S and you re in Select mode If you re already in draw mode tap S and you re in Select mode now This tip will only work if you are NOT currently typing into the pattern entry field Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 67 of 75 Quick Reference Keyboard Shortcuts Command Key Sequence Preferences preferences replaces it with blank stitches in the chart Deletes the current selection not copied to buffer Duplicate Control d Only works when selecting Cells or Columns Duplicates amp inserts the selection at the top of chart for rows and at the right of the chart for columns or right side of the chart Zoom in increases the font size of the chart Insert Control i Inserts a f
103. py will copy the contents of the current selection into the buffer Paste will fill the current selection with the contents of the copy buffer If the selection is larger than what the buffer contains Knit Visualizer will repeat the buffer across and or down to fill the space You may not paste rows into a column Selection and vice versa but you can paste cells into either row or column selections Ww Keyboard shortcuts Cut Control x Copy Control c Paste Control v Edit Menu Duplicate Duplicates the current rows columns selection to the top right of the chart You cannot duplicate a selection of cells i Keyboard shortcut use Control D to invoke Duplicate Edit Menu Delete Deletes the current selection For cell selections all cells are replaced with the symbol specified in the Application Preferences dialog For row and column selections the selected rows columns are deleted out of the chart completely 1 Keyboard shortcut use the Delete key to invoke Delete Edit Menu Clear Chart To create a completely empty no rows no columns new chart select Clear Chart If the current chart has unsaved changes you will be prompted to save them This command has the same effect as File gt New Chart and entering 0 for both of Rows and of Columns Edit Menu Mirror Selection Horizontal amp Vertical You can take the contents of a selection and have Knit Visualizer mirror it vertically or horizontally
104. rl None s Cancel Figure 5 New Chart Dialog If you are using a Theme on the Mac your menu bar will be half across the top of your screen and half in the window of the application Yes it s a bit odd but that s what you get for trying to not look like a Mac app anymore If you really want all your menu items in the screen menu bar use the Default theme Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 17 of 75 You can enter the number of rows and columns and a default stitch for each cell to contain To create an empty chart when you want to use the Pattern Entry mode enter 0 zero for both of Rows and of Columns Before creating a new chart you will be prompted to save the existing chart if there were unsaved changes Use the Tab key to move between fields The Enter key will close the dialog as if you had pressed the Ok button Use the space bar to select a radio button once you have tabbed to it File Menu Open This allows you to open a chart you have previously saved to your file system Knit Visualizer chart files all have the extension It is recommended that you create a charts directory in your Documents directory but you can store them anywhere on your file system If the existing chart is unsaved you will be prompted to save it before opening another one T Keyboard Shortcut Control O will invoke the Open
105. roperties dialog Printed instructions to knit the chart Select Simple to see only the stitch name in the legend Select Full to see knitting instructions for each stitch Include a different legend entry every time a stitch changes color This way you can have a red purl and a blue purl as separate entries in the legend Include a different legend entry every time a stitch has a different background color Useful if you are using the background color to indicate knitting color in Intarsia or Fair Isle knitting How the elements are arranged together See below Select this box if you re a loom knitter and want to always see the pattern instructions are right side row stitches but knit back and forth Select this box to export a higher resolution image takes more memory and time recommended only for the final version of your pattern Selecting this box will always create a header for your printout that includes the filename in it This option has no effect on a chart exported to PNG file All the auto generated information shown in this dialog is based on the row numbering options chosen in the Chart Properties dialog The legend will show instructions for knitting a symbol on both the right and wrong sides if the pattern is not circular and wrong side rows are shown in the chart The pattern instructions will mark the first right side and wrong side row as appropriate and the wrong side rows will contain the wrong side ve
106. round color the true background might appear to have a slight tinge of color to it that s the color provided by the theme Switch to a different theme and you ll see a slightly different background Screenshots for this section were taken using the Silver Moon theme which provides a fairly true white background Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 34 of 75 Foreground black Background pink Foreground purple Background pale yellow Select Border Color You can select a different color to use for painting borders by choosing Format gt Color Select Border Color or clicking on the Border color swatch on the toolbar Figure 20 Border color swatch in toolbar You will see the same Color selection window as shown in Figure 16 Figure 17 and Figure 19 The default color for borders is black Once the border color is changed any new borders will be painted with the new color e e 4 99 3 9 oo Oo Figure 21 Using colored borders You can use multiple colors of borders in your chart you aren t limited to just one Force all Black and White This tool will cause every stitch and background in your chart to black and white There are cases where you can end up with knit stitches that have a color associated with the foreground even though the foreground doesn t have a symbol and it will show up in the Legend as a different
107. rsion of the stitch to knit sometimes this is the same as the right side version as in a yarn over Layouts Knit Visualizer provides you with several layouts to choose from in the Preview Dialog The default layout is Vertical Select a different layout in the dropdown to change the layout the effect is immediate and you will see the new layout Here is a summary of the different layout types All charts generated by Knit Visualizer using Copy to clipboard and resized to fit on the page Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com 959 NoNo NoNo 8 gt S958 gt NOS 9 9 S858 NoNo gt gt NOS 9 55 NOS So 45087 1 NoNo 8 b S958 gt 55 558 Noise b P gt gt M Neel gt gt gt S859 gt Noa 35287 Vertical Vertical Centered Vertical Wide Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Chart Page 22 of 75 Rocks and Trails Judy Alexander 726 4 32 Created in Knit Visualizer www Notes Pattern For Rocks and Trails sock pattern available at theknitter com Used
108. rt using the Increase Decrease Font commands The font size is saved with the chart so when you re open the chart it will have the same font size it did when you saved it T Keyboard shortcut Control to increase font size and Control to decrease the font size Format Menu Replace Stitch If there is a stitch in your chart that you want to replace completely with another stitch e g all ssk with k2tog you can do so using the Replace Stitch tool When you select Replace Stitch from the format menu you ll see the dialog shown in Figure 12 Select Stitch Eo Replace color 4 New Stitch ki pl kijin 1st W yo 1 st W yopljinist 777 bobble lt gt Central Double Dec J Central Double Inc N color M color1 gt coloril lt color12 rnlnr13 X7 Cancel Figure 12 Replace Stitch Dialog The top dropdown under Select Stitch to Replace only contains stitches that are in your chart You ll see the name of the stitch and the symbols used in that stitch The bottom list under New Stitch contains all the stitches from the User and System stitch libraries that contain the same number of symbols in the chart stitch The OK button won t be enabled until you select something from the bottom list Once you select a stitch and a replacement you can hit OK and all instances of that stitch will be replaced with the new one including the colors of the new stitch
109. s an off screen storage space the buffer where a temporary copy is stored when you do a Copy or Cut This section of the Manual will explain details and limitations on each operation Edit Menu 9 Undo Many operations in Knit Visualizer can be undone by clicking the Undo button or menu item Any alterations to the chart painting deleting inserting pattern entry parsing once it has been entered into the chart can be undone If you close your chart without saving that can Pot be undone You are given 50 levels of undo Some operations only count as one undo even though it might have affected more than one cell in the chart For instance when you use the Shift key to paint the same symbol many times all of the symbols painted while holding the mouse down are part of the same undo action i Keyboard shortcut use Control Z to invoke Undo Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 26 of 75 Edit Menu Redo Once you have invoked the Undo command you will be able to Redo that same command If you Undo then Redo it is as if you didn t invoke either i Keyboard shortcut use Control Y to invoke Redo Edit Menu Cut amp Paste All of these operations require that something a selection be present in the chart Cut will make a copy of the current selection into the buffer and replace everything in the selection with the No Stitch symbol Co
110. t a really small size Experiment and see what works with the fonts you have on your system Typically I needed to reduce my wingdings font by 2 to get the symbols to show up nicely The text Size Change shows how much larger or smaller than standard this symbol font is being made This font size changes applies to only this custom stitch You ll notice that the size of the symbols changes immediately When you change the size of font used in your chart your custom stitches will scale with that change Delete a Custom Stitch If you don t want a custom stitch in your library any more select it in the list and hit the del button Don t forget to Save your library file otherwise that stitch will show back up the next time you run Knit Visualizer If that stitch is currently being used by the open chart you will see this warning That stitch sli p2tog psso is currently being used by the open chart Would you like to delete anyway Select Yes to delete Custom stitch Select No to leave Custom stitch defined Figure 41 Stitch in Use warning If you select yes you will see symbols in your chart where you had that stitch before Select no to go back to the chart and replace that stitch with something else before deleting it from your library A few Caveats about Deleting Custom Stitches If you delete a Custom Stitch named Pink Diamond and it s currently being used by the chart that s loaded in Knit Visualiz
111. tely perfect If you add an additional space it will get confused and not know what to do Many of the patterns in Barbara Walker s books use this type of syntax Basic Stitches This section will go over most of the basic stitches you can enter he following are all equivalent AW ral 5 5 AU D H ct Hs r using purls NO rp D 511 slip 1 513 slip 3 stitches e wyif sl wyib same as normal slip stitch k tbl le am sb below pr mum Su below x empty stitch E Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 55 of 75 Increase amp Decreases mij m3 puts three m1 stitches right next to each other kare pur emt Sn stitch k2tog k2tog tbi ssi k2tog same as k2tog tbl p3tog p3tog tbl parser does NOT like p3tog b even though this should mean the same thing psso 511 p2tog psso There are so many combinations variations of 1 stitch psso that it s impossible to have symbols for them all There are a few provided in the Stitch Palette that you can use if you like them Special Stitches cluster cluster5 and all those in between Won t go larger than 5 mb means Make Bobble Cables The parser understands cables that follow this syntax
112. tension stands for Portable Network Graphic and is a form of compressed image file that offers better quality than both GIF and JPEG Once the file is saved to your hard drive you can open it with any graphics imaging software web browser or similar application Using PNG files is one of the best ways to include a Knit Visualizer chart in your own knitting pattern Once you have created the PNG file you can insert it into On very small charts sometimes the image file created has a bit of extra white space around it If space is tight where you are using the image use any basic drawing program to crop out the extra white areas Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 24 of 75 your pattern in Microsoft Word or any other editor that accepts image files and resize it according to the space available Also check out Copy to Clipboard that skips the save to disk step Copy to Clipboard For pattern designers both Export and Copy to Clipboard will be extremely useful features When writing your pattern you want to include your chart in the pattern Once you have the chart looking exactly as you want it to select Copy to Clipboard You now have in your clipboard buffer your chart and whatever else you decided to show ready to be pasted into your document All of the charts shown in the Layout section above were inserted using Copy to Clipboar
113. three of these fields have a value Let s create a different version of the knit stitch By default Knit Visualizer uses an empty cell to indicate a knit Most of the time that s great but there are times you might want to use a vertical bar to indicate a knit Here is what the Stitch Library Manager looks like now that I ve entered my values Wrong Right Side Instr Knit this stitch Purl this stitch Side Instr Create New Stitch knit Foreground Background Abbrv Font IKnitvisualizersymbals Symbols E e Cancel Edit Create Figure 38 Creating a different knit with the Stitch Library Manager If you ve entered everything correctly you ll have green checkmarks next to the Name and Abbrev fields and the Create button will be enabled Hit the Create button to create the stitch The stitch shows up in the Stitch List on the left with this icon next to it Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 61 of 75 This icon warns you that you haven t written this custom stitch to file yet When the green book icon is next to a stitch name that stitch has been read from or saved to Library file gt E ES Even though you ve created your stitch it s not really saved yet To persist it in your own library you need to save it out to an actual library file so that
114. tle Source Notes Figure 22 Chart Properties Dialog Each of the options modifies the way the row numbers are displayed in the chart No actual chart rows are removed if the row numbering options are changed just the location of the row numbers Chart Properties are saved with your chart s save file so when you open the chart again later all the options will be reloaded as well If you create a New chart the Chart Properties will remain as currently set by the last chart until they are edited Click the Ok button to save the changes made in this dialog and see them affect the chart Click Cancel to close the dialog without saving any changes Row Numbering Options Show Row Numbers as Right Side Circular When this option is selected the row numbers are all displayed on the right side of the chart and the Legend generated in the Preview Dialog only includes knitting instructions for Right Side rows This signals to the knitter to knit every row from the front side since you begin knitting each row on the side where the row number is When the chart is marked as a Circular Pattern All other row numbering options will be disabled as they will have no effect on the chart s row numbers First Row is a Right Side Row in v1 x it was Odd Rows on Right Side of Chart This option is only applicable if the Circular Pattern checkbox is unselected If this option is checked then the chart will have the first row number sho
115. uff Chart for Circular Knitting Remember that there are two full repeats shown in Figure 34 You might want to indicate the repeats by using borders as shown in Figure 35 Lace Puff eeeeov oeeeejleeeco 7o e e e Y oeeejleeeo Y oeee eeo o e ele eo La e e eo NZ o eje o 0eeeeccccoN oeeeeccecco j 4 Oeeeeeeo NY oeeeeee Ne NIA Created in Knit Visualizer www com Figure 35 Lace Puff using Borders to show repeats A Few Caveats The parser will also automatically change the Stitch Count to match the last row you entered 95 of the time this will work and you won t have to think about it Every once in a while a row will be entered that will be way too long for what you really want This is due to the way it counts repeats and adds on stitches after the repeats are completed Usually it means one too many repeats has been entered You can use Undo then change the Stitch Count to a smaller value making sure the Right Side Row checkbox is set correctly then hitting Enter Quantified Repeats In many patterns there will be a grouping of stitches and a quantity to tell you how many times to work those stitches From another pattern that has a Multiple of 10 sts plus 2 Stitch Count 22 Mode Flat Right Side Row Selected Text k1 511 wyib sll wyif twice sll wyib p5 rep from end kl
116. ull row or column that was previously copied into the buffer Pastes buffer Control y Redo the last Undo action Save Control s Save the current chart If filename has already been assigned it will save again in the same place Paint Shift left click Paints the same stitch over each cell the mouse Continuous held down is dragged over while both shift and the left mouse button are held down Show Chart Control Shows the Chart Properties dialog Properties Border None Control O Removes all borders within all cells of the selection New Chart Control N Opens the New Chart dialog Open Chart Control O Prompts you to open a file containing a chart Show Preview Control P Lets the user view the Preview dialog and from there Print or Export to an image file Print this page for a handy reference Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 68 of 75 Quick Reference Stitches amp Definitions knit knit stitch purl purl stitch slip Slip stitch as if to purl holding yarn in back slip wyif Slip stitch as if to purl with yarn in front knit tbl Knit stitch through back loop purl tbl Purl stitch through the back loop k in st below Knit into stitch below inserting needle from front through the st in the row below st below stitch in the row below inserting needle from behind through the st the row gt
117. used when deleting cells and inserting new rows columns 1 1 Mac OS X version available Added ability to generate written out instructions from your chart from the Preview window Modfied layout of Print Preview Window set default view percentage to 50 Added key bindings for common commands in the File menu New Chart Preferences Key Binding Control left square bracket Cancel out of Preview Print Preview Chart Preferences dialogs using the Escape key Changed key bindings for increase decrease font size from arrow keys to keys Added Border Keybindings using the keystroke is just like pushing the button o Control T Add Top Border to current selection Control B Add Bottom Border to current selection Control R Add Right Border to current selection Control L Add Left Border to current selection Control O that s zero Remove all borders from within the current selection o Control that s a semicolon Add borders around all edges of the current selection Added binding to S key Type S to switch between paint and select mode Keep an eye on your cursor to see which mode you re currently in Remember the last Layout used in the Preview window even after quitting Knit Visualizer New Symbols make 1 right make 1 left On startup re loads the last chart you were working on when you quit O O O Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 13 of 75 Converting from Vers
118. uts exports o Added option to remove header on a direct printout o Rows with all no stitch stitches no longer throw exception when pattern instructions generated O Version 2 0 January 2008 Many features have been added to version 2 0 This list covers the major functionality additions You might find other new smaller features sprinkled throughout Knit Visualizer that aren t detailed here The core functionality of Knit Visualizer remains the same Please read the appropriate section in the manual for more details on each new feature e Save File Converter tool to convert your Knit Visualizer 1 x save files into the new format for version 2 0 Stitch Library to create custom stitches Color Color stitches backgrounds and borders Stitch Replacment tool New keyboard combinations to handle different modes Select Paint Color Eyedropper m toggles between all four modes Use 1 to go into Select mode 2 for draw mode 3 for color mode 4 for eyedropper mode e Application preferences Option to paint colors or not when in Draw mode Chart Properties o Starting Row number o Grid Color o Aspect Ratio can make stitches wider than tall e Preview for printing and exporting o High resolution option o Include color in legend e New color themes available also available on Mac platform e Toolbar amp Menu icons have been added updated Version 1 2a Windows version and Manual e Made Knit Visualizer 1 2 compatible with Vista
119. will give details on the size and type of the current or most recent selection 1 Cell Selection Once in Select Mode click and hold in the first cell then drag your mouse to add to the selection The cells selected are highlighted in a different color Check the status bar for details on the size of the selection Click on a column header hold then drag to select multiple columns Column Selection Row Selection Click on a row header hold then drag to select multiple rows We ve already covered the details of using Copy Paste Cut Insert amp Delete when going over the Edit Menu Knit Visualizer will give you a message if you try to Paste or Insert the wrong type of buffer into the wrong type of selection Remember there is always the Undo Control z feature to back out of the operation you just performed gt Once a stitch has been painted into the chart it can now be split up by doing a delete cut or paste through it This is allowed for maximum flexibility when designing your patterns Be careful to not chop up your stitches that are wider than one cell unless you only want to knit the first few stitches of it When the Legend is generated it will include that whole stitch and the knitting instructions for it even if only part of the L3 stitch is present This chart has the top cable that is still complete and the bottom cable has been split by purl stitch being pa
120. wn on the right of the chart which is most common When this option is unchecked the first row number will be shown on the left Hide Wrong Side Rows When this option is selected it means that wrong side row numbers are not included in the chart No rows are removed only the row numbers are adjusted to reflect this option If this option is selected The labels of some of the options and meanings have been changed from prior versions of Knit Visualizer to clarify their effect on your chart Copyright 2005 2009 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 2 1 Manual Page 36 of 75 then there are no Wrong Side rows included in the chart so the Legend generated in the Preview Dialog will not include Wrong Side instructions Starting Row Number New in Knit Visualizer 2 0 you can specify the starting row number of your chart This is useful if you want to use several smaller charts in your pattern and continue the row numbering from the previous chart You can enter a negative number here 0 zero or positive numbers The very first row number shown on your chart will be this number and all other row numbers in the chart calculated according to the row numbering rules selected in the checkboxes m Please note that Knit Visualizer is designed to only show row or column numbers up to three digits in length so starting your row numbering at 999 is not a good idea Chart Options Grid Color You can cha
121. y then left click and drag Every new cell you touch will have the stitch painted into it and in the cells to the right if the stitch spans multiple cells The Undo command will undo the entire paint operation when you are painting the same stitch many times using the Shift Key Drawing a stitch using Color If you want to draw your stitch using the selected foreground and or background colors as shown in the toolbar swatches check your Application Preferences This will determine if the foreground amp background colors are used when drawing stitches The only way a stitch will never be drawn with the selected foreground and or background colors even if your application preferences say to use the colors is if you have a custom stitch defined with a specific color For instance a purple diamond with a light yellow background A custom stitch with a defined foreground or background will always win out and use its own colors when being drawn You can change the color associated with that stitch later by using the Coloring mode A warning though if you manually color a custom stitch in your chart any changes to the colors used in that custom stitch definition via the Stitch Library Manager won t change that specific stitch in your chart You will have overridden the colors by manually coloring it See the Stitch Library Manager section for more information Navigating the Stitch Palette The stitch palette is organized into groups of stitch
122. y intensive as it has to render each page When you change the Page or Print scale percentages all pages are re rendered at the specified values Print You can print directly from the Preview Dialog without going through the Print Preview window by clicking the Print button It will use the options as last set in the Page Setup dialog and print exactly what you see in the Preview Dialog Knit Visualizer places a header on the top of each printed page containing the page number out of total number of pages and the save location of the chart file if the chart has been saved File Menu Exit PC only When you choose this option you are closing Knit Visualizer If the chart you ve been working on isn t saved you will be given a chance to save it before exiting You can also exit the application by clicking on the x in the upper right corner of the Main Window on Windows machines or the red circle on a Macintosh Edit Menu Concepts Many of the Edit menu commands are only available when there is something selected in the chart or when a previous selection has been copied or cut into the buffer For details on how to select cells rows or columns in your chart see Se ect Mode section A selection can be either a selection of rows columns or individual cells All selections are contiguous meaning that you can only have one group of rows columns cells selected at one time and only one type of selection at one time There i

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