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1. EDIT MENU DUPLICATE EDIT MENU x DELETE EDIT MENU CLEAR CHART EDIT MENU MIRROR SELECTION HORIZONTAL amp VERTICAL INSERT MENU OVERVIEW INSERT MENU INSERT COPIED ROWS COLUMNS INSERT MENU NEW COLUMNS TO THE RIGHT LEFT INSERT MENU NEW ROWS ABOVE BELOW FORMAT MENU INCREASE amp DECREASE FONT E I The No Stitch Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 3 of 46 FORMAT MENU BORDERS
2. 34 PATTERN ENTRY AREA 35 SIMPLE PARSER EXAMPLE 36 ENTERING REPEATS 36 A FEW 39 QUANTIFIED REPEATS 39 CHANGING THE WAY THE LAST REPEAT OF THE ROW ENDS 40 Basic Stitches 40 Increase amp Decreases 40 41 How TO HANDLE NON PATTERN INSTRUCTIONS 41 How MANY REPEATS TO ENTER
3. 24 VIEW MENU E CHART PROPERTIES 25 VIEW MENU APPLICATION PREFERENCES 26 VIEW MENU HIDE PATTERN ENTRY FIELDS 27 VIEW MENU THEMES 27 HELP MENU ABOUT KNIT VISUALIZER ooo re eee nnn roo 29 TOOLBAR BUTTONS 29 STATUS BAR INFORMATION 31 KNIT VISUALIZER MODES 32 SELECT MODE 32 PAINT MODE 33 NAVIGATING THE STITCH PALETTE 33 PATTERN ENTRY MODE PARSING KNITTING INSTRUCTIONS 34 WHAT CAN BE
4. FILE MENU SAVE AND SAVE AS FILE MENU PAGE SETUP FILE MENU S PRINT amp EXPORT AS Layouts Export to Clipboard Print FILE MENU EXIT EDIT MENU CONCEPTS EDEN REINO er ISI SIE EDIIMENU S BED renes ecu D DD LL Lee EDIT MENU CUT COPY amp a EDIT MENU INSERT
5. 42 KEEPING TRACK OF WHICH ROW COMES NEXT 42 PARSER LIMITATIONS 42 WHAT DO WHEN THINGS LOOK REALLY WRONG 42 PARSING VS THE STITCH PALETTE 42 TIPS AND TRICKS 5 43 QUICK REFERENCE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS 44 WHERE TO GO FOR SUPPORT 45 OTHER RESOURCES 22 22 0220 rrr roo ere rrr 45 ONLINE 45 INDEX 5 46 Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 4 of 46 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
6. 2 o je ee e 7 _ 0 ee eee fee eceeY KP LS BOBBY 2eeee e eee lt 2 X zxeee ef eeY Ke gt e gt 24 o e o eeee ee o 2 2ee e e e e eeee eed oo e 21 2eee e e eee N OKA Nooo seeeec o e eeee No XBeB Nee flee e oe oe o BeBenBe lees liee fee BeBeBeB7 Keen eeY XBeBeBeB eeei1n 0 ee leBeBeB cc see eeeee eed NB ep Neeee s eee e eee X lt gt Neees ieeecec e e 2 e e e e le o o oo e e e e e lee Created in Knit Visualizer www knitFoundry com None command will add the border indicated by the command i None For every cell in the selection not just edge cells remove all borders from those cells YT Control 0 zero All Draw borders around the outside perimeter of the Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 25 of 46 selection Interior cells ar
7. Printed instructions to knit the chart 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 version 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 Vertical Title Source Chart Legend Notes New in version 1 1 charts generated by Knit Visualizer using Copy to clipboard and resized to fit on the page Rocks and Trails Judy Alexander Legend knit V slip purl Created in Knit Visualizer www knitfoundry 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 k1
8. 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 15 q amp ls5 4 3 2 41 Legend LI Chart es 9 Na Stitch EE JE SE BE 8 amp amp JE SE JE 5 purl e SE amp amp 5 SE 5 JE i s SE JE JE 5E JE JE 6 i None Leave Justification as is No changes to the chart however the No Stitch cells are placed Left Justify with all symbols to the left and No Stitches to the right I 194 14 5 5 4 3 2 l ee ee e 9525929259259 5 SE JE 3 EE SE SE JE SE SE JE JE SE JE 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 1 a9 a 7 6 e e amp amp 9 7 e 8 5 amp SE SE 5 e SE SE 9 SE SE 3 e amp amp 5E JE JE E JE JE 6 i Right Justify with all the symbols to the Right and all No Stitches to the left 15 l EE i GB a 4 da Z Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manua
9. 30 V View Menu Application Preferences 27 Chart Properties 26 Hide Pattern Entry Fields 28 TREME 28
10. Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 33 of 46 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 stitch and the knitting instructions for it even if only part of the stitch is present This chart has the top cable that is still complete and the bottom cable has been split by a purl stitch being painted pasted into the middle of it 7 6 5 4 3 1 1 22 en ENN a a ad Paint Mode You enter paint mode by clicking on the paintbrush sf toolbar button or by selecting a stitch 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 s
11. what two repeats side by side look like before you ever sit down with needles and yarn Want to change 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 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 used to chart out weaving treadle sequences cross
12. 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 p4tog p5tog 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 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 decreas
13. 11 of 46 6 6 6 b OOOO 66 OOO Oooo 2 Oooo Oooo Oooo OO OOOO b b Select d Stitch o 999999 9 99999 606 gt Stitch Count 70 2 P Basic purl p tbl kin st below p in st below ki elongated ki elongated twice No Stitch lt lt X e ec P Increases mi yo kpk in 1 k yo k in 1 p yo p in 1 dbl incr yo twice yo 3x yo 4x yo 5x yo 6x yo 7 lt lt o lt Add Row 42 _ _ _ _ All x Figure 1 Knit Visualizer Window 1 Chart area 2 Pattern Instruction Entry area 3 Title Bar shows location of file and indicator if file is unsaved 4 Menubar amp Toolbar 5 Stitch Palette 6 Status Bar 0 amp Font Size 14 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 com
14. are the same You can install the full application on top of the Demo it will replace the necessary files to enable all features Windows XP Download and CD System Requirements Disk Space approx 65MB Memory 512MB or more recommended Screen Resolution 1024x768 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 the CD should auto play the installation program for you when you insert it into your CD drive on your computer If not browse to the CD and open the Windows directory Double click the exe file to begin the installation Setup Knit Visualizer 1 0 License agreement License Agreement Please read the Following important information beFore continuing E E EEEE EEE TEE You must agree to the license before continuing with the installation in Or der to install Knit The Knit Foundry License A
15. 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 511 wyif twice sll wyib p5 rep from end kl 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 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 p1 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 Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry h
16. i Bottom i Cancel Printer Figure 5 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 is to allow you to choose what items you want included in your printout or image file See Figure 6 Both are included in the File menu to remind you of these important features Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 15 of 46 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 Menu 81 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 to show you as much as possible and minimize the amount of scrolling you need to do Rocks and Trails Judy Alexander N ul e Legend knit knit stitch slip Y Slip stitch as if to purl holding yarn in back purl purl stitch Created in Knit Visualizer www knitfoundry com Options Show Tile Source Z Legend Pattern Notes Simple Legend Layout
17. k1 elongated k1 elongated twice No Stitch P Increases mi yo kpk in 1 k yo k in 1 pyop int dbl incr yo twice yo 3x yo 4x yo 5x yo 6x yo 7x lt lt o lt Pattern Entry Mode 7 Right Side Row Stitch Count Text AddRowse anik 0 Font Size 26 Selected Stitch Knit Visualizer C projects KnitVisualizer charts August2005RocksAndTrails kct 4 Ele Edi Format View Help LG 9189 V M B p tbl kin st below Y p in st below k1 elongated v ki elongated twice X r 1 No Stitch Ei P Increases mi yo kpk in 1 k yo k in 1 p yop int dbl incr yo twice yo 3x yo 4x yo 5x yo 6x yo 7x 3IgieioiOigiG oi Pattern Entry Mode Circular Z Right Side Row Stitch Count 10 gt Text Add Row 9 Allk Allp All x Selected Stitch 0 amp Font Size 26 ke Td p st below ki elongated elongated twice No Stitch gt Increases V B kin st below Y Y 5 x mi yo in 1 k in 1 p yop int dbl incr yo twice yo 3x yo 4x yo 5x yo 6x yo 7x lt lt 10 lt Pattern Entry Mode Circular Z Right Side Row Stitch Count 10 Text Add Row 9 All k Allp J All x Selected Stitch sSWaliZ
18. 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 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 36 of 46 results Before following along in these examples please verify your Chart Properties are set to the following Circular Knitting OFF Odd Z Rows on Right 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 wo k2vtog and press the Enter key The parser adds the first row to the chart 1090 65143 2 1 ee O l Figure 15 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
19. 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 Copy 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 Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 21 of 46 Keyboard shortcuts Cut Control x Copy Control c Paste Control v Edit Menu Insert This command has been moved to the Insert menu as of version 1 2 Edit Menu Duplicate Duplicates the current rows columns selection to the top right of the chart You cannot duplicate a selection of cells W Keyboard shortcut use Control D to invoke Duplicate Edit Menu X Delete Deletes the current selection For cell selections all cells are replaced with the No Stitch symbol For row and column selections the selected rows columns are deleted out of the chart completely 1T Keyboard shortcut use the Delete key to invoke Delete Edit Menu Clear Chart To create a completely empty no rows no columns new cha
20. select cells rows or columns in your chart see the 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 is 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 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 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 Ww Keyboard shortcut use Control Z to invoke Undo 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 T Keyboard shortcut use Control Y to invoke Redo Edit Menu Cut Copy amp Paste All of these
21. 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 parsed t Pressing the Enter key in the Text box does the same thing 6 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 purl 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 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
22. 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 E Information about the application Text displayed like this is meant to be typed into the Pattern 2 2 Entry text field F This icon means difference in the application for Mac users Please read through this manual before using Knit Visualizer Many of your questions will be answered here For Frequently Asked Questions FAQs and other related items please see http www knitfoundry com software html All charts are black and white Charts for color knitting are created using different black and white symbols for each color Future versions of Knit Visualizer will most allow you to use color Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 5 of 46 Installation Knit Visualizer is available on two platforms Windows amp Mac OS X Instructions for installation on your specific platform can be found here The instructions for installing the Demo and the full application
23. 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 kct filename extension Keyboard Shortcut Control S will invoke Save when you are in the 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 Sev s 35Xx0 52 b m E a keila El ii 1 1180 58 558 155 541153 52 151 50 a 1 42 1351 65 34 43 ll a l m 38 1 320381 51341331 2 21 31 130 1 22 1 28 0332 1 28 1 m Figure 3 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 m The current chart has unsaved changes Do you want to save Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 14 of 46 Figure 4 Unsaved Changes Dialog Answer Yes to be prompted for a place to save the chart means don t save and continue whatever task prompted the dialog Cancel will abo
24. thing sill Kk2tog Sill 520604 There so many combinations variations of 511 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 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 Meaning clover3l 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 r 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 x4 or x8 a
25. was previously s 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 0 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 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 45 of 46 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 This forum is 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 While not all of these books cover charts they are a great resource for stit
26. 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 Increase amp Decrease Font You can change the size of the font used to display the symbols in the chart 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 1 Keyboard shortcut Control to increase font size and Control to decrease the font size 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 Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 23 of 46 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
27. 0 R2 k10 23 sl 2 times k sl 2 times k5 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 Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com gt Sep SONOR Nee NOD 07 205 NS DO Noe SSD NeNel 52227 NS SL ee MO Yo S297 5528 SOSA Neel NBDE 097 52257 DS 297 SA NSDI 297 Solo 8207 8207 5257 Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Vertical Centered Vertical Wide Horizontal Chart Page 17 of 46 Rocks and Trails Judy Alexander _ VIVI V V z Legend knit Chart slip purl Created in Knit Visualizer www knitfoundry 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 R3 sl 2 times k sl 2 times k5 R4 sl 2 times p sl 2 times p5 R5 k10 R6 k10 R7 k5 sl 2 times k sl 2 times R8 p5 sl 2 times p sl 2 times Square Lattice Barbar
28. 06 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 8 of 46 Mac OS X amp System Requirements Mac OS X 10 4 Administrator privileges are recommended Disk Space approx 5 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 1ava2seb5Orelease3 html There might be a later version available Check http developer apple com java download for info When the 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 KnitVisualizer 1 1 dmg After the download is complete your system should automatically mount the file as a drive for you As the file is
29. 5 R4 sl 2 times p sl 2 times p5 R5 k10 R6 k10 R7 k5 sl 2 times sl 2 times R8 p5 51 2 times p sl 2 times Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 18 of 46 Diamond Fantasia 2 BW Title 12 16 15 4 13 12 2 6 5 4 3 2 1 Legend S INO oZ No Ma No Stitch Source lt 5 5 No o va 5 Placeholder stitch made NO o Iz knit AO NO ol knit stitch NO gr 15 Yarn Over Horizontal Chart No No L oZ o Not Nola D Spi kao pas sip sach over on O No No slip 1 k2tog pass slip stitch over k2tog g of NO No f a k2tog Legend Legend 2 gu knit two stitches together as one stitch ssk m dli p one stitch as if to knit Slip another stitch a Notes N knit Insert let 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
30. Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual USER MANUAL Presented by The Knit Foundry building better tools for knitters http www knitfoundry com Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Page 1 of 46 Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 2 of 46 WHAT IS KNIT VISUALIZER HOW TO READ THIS WA NU AU u u uu uuu uuu Install Knit Visualizer on Macintosh Download Install Knit Visualizer on Macintosh CD RUNNING EHE PROGRAM 2 UNINSTALLING KNIT VISUALIZER u ul ll lll lll lll l l l li l l I l i Il l CHANGE HISTORY Y u uA EEARNINGUEHE MAIN WINDOW MENUSA TOOLBAR F V SUAT ZER MENU ABbOUT KNIT VISUALIZER lll lll reinen F IPAS Se F KNIT VISUALIZER MENU QUIT KNIT VISUALIZER FILE MENU NEW CHART FILE MENU c FILE MENU OPEN RECENT
31. 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 Undo 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 It 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 gt 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 possibl
32. Type vertical Y Export _ Copy to Clipboard Print Preview 4 Print Cancel Figure 6 Preview Dialog The size of the symbols in the Preview Dialog chart is the same size as the Main Window chart If you d like the chart to be smaller on paper close the dialog change the font size using the Z 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 Description The title is displayed in a larger font across the very Title top of the chart The source of the chart in a smaller font than the Source title displayed directly under the title Chart The chart itself Notes The notes entered in the Chart Properties Dialog The legend for the stitches in the chart Only stitches 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 Legend Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Simple Legend Pattern Page 16 of 46 numbering options in the Chart Properties dialog If selected the legend will not display knitting directions for any of the stitches This option has no effect unless the Legend is displayed
33. Y Misc gt Cables Left Twist gt Left Twist PB gt x Purled Left Twist Right Twist Right Twist Purled Right Twist 1 over 2 left s Fd ramas lafe m Figure 13 Stitch Palette with several groups closed In Figure 13 The Increases Decreases amp Misc groups are all closed To open them again simply click again on the 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 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 a
34. a Walker book 2 an 20 2 27 26 25 23 22 2 n 9 i8 12 16 5 10 8 2 6 55 3 2 1 0000 0 6 0000 00000 0 a sleleieieiels 7000000000086 70000007 w e o ee e ka mi o as o e ee ee ee ee eee rm a e e e c o e m ____ o 9 9 u 00 9990000000606 o 8 ee 0 0 0 00009 e o o o o 2 n eee ee o eee l lle je o o o 2 e eee o Laj aj e Created in Knit Visualizer www knitFoundry com Legend Notes kni Use this pattern to add some great texture to your nit garments purl Rocks and Trails Judy Alexander j12 9 8 2 6 5 4 3 2 1 Legend VVeVVeeeeces VV VV 7 Init stitch ie sip VV Via Slip stitch as if to purl holding yarn in back VV VV 2 Purl m li purl stitch Created in Knit Visualizer www knitfoundry com 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 rows 3 4 7 8 R3 sl 2 times sl 2 times k
35. aint mode Justify None Justify Center Justify Left Justify Right Border Remove all Border Add All edges Border Add Left Border Add Top Border Add Right Border Add Bottom Highlight all stitches in chart that match currently selected stitch in palette Page 30 of 46 Some toolbar buttons might be disabled meaning that action cannot currently be performed For instance the Paste 2 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 Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 31 of 46 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 12 Status Bar Selected Stitch 77 1 col Font Size 26 Figure 12 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 p
36. ant to use the Pattern Entry mode enter 0 zero for both of Rows and of Columns Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 13 of 46 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 kct extension By default charts are saved in the charts directory inside the Knit Visualizer installation 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 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 A Save and A Save As At any point when working on a chart you can save it to your file system as a kct file This allows you to work on
37. bination 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 The Stitch Palette 5 is what you use to select the stitches to paint in the Chart Area The Status Bar 6 gives you information about the size 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 or you or the last chart that you had open as long as it was also successfully saved If the 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 Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 12 of 46 It is often best to begin using the Pattern Entry area with an empty chart Alternately you can create a 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 Menus 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 a
38. ception of cable stitches The parser does understand the cable specification formats used in Nicky Epstein s Knitting On Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 35 of 46 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 the software determine how to perform the translation The pattern entry area of the screen is shown in Figure 14 1 2 3 Pattern Entry 6 8 Mode Flat gt Z Right Side Row Stitch Count 19 Text p3 k1 3 times Add Row 1 Add Row 1 All k All p Al x Xo 5 Jo 7 Figure 14 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
39. ch 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 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 htm l 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 string or nothing blog city com charting 101 htm 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 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Index A About Knit Visualizer 12 30 Application info icon 4 B Borders Adding 24 C Create New Chart 12 E Edit Menu 20 Clear Chart 21 CODY aaa 20 UU MRNA 20 Del
40. dialog 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 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 Copyright 2005 2006 O The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual s gd 3 1 5 165 D w X Ern cal Creates a new chart Open a chart from your hard drive 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 P
41. e 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 a 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 O Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Learning the Main Window There are several different areas of the screen that you should familiarize yourself with as shown in Figure 1 3 gt Knit Visualizer C projectsVKnitVisualizerycharts nancy mystarpattern kct File Edit Format View Help SOG e Els we 6 67 amp 65 01 63 6 amp 2 61 0 58 5 56 54 33 5 31 A qi J 3 4 t BPA BHA n0 32 u Page
42. e ignored 1 Control Left Draws a border on the left side of the selection Control L cE Top Draws a border on the top side of the selection Control T Right Draws a border on the right side of the selection Control R H Bottom Draws a border on the bottom side of the selection Control B 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 9 for what this window looks like Knit Visualizer Che Circular Pattern Flat Pattern Options Show grid lines z Odd Rows on Right Side of Chart Show Symbol For Empty Stitches Hide Wrong Side Rows Title Source Notes Cancel mus IK Figure 9 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 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 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 c
43. e 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 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 ssk 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 toa You can use pairs of parentheses or square brackets or curly braces 1 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
44. e the parser will pretend to 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 Barbara Walker s A Second Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 37 of 46 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 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 11 10 9 B 6 5 4 3 2 1 O e e O O e e 0 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 spac
45. ed in your patter such as the empty stitch ko pA xo kd Here we ve put in 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 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 purl stitches or all knit stitches or any stitch copy a single instance of that
46. ee eeo NA Oeeeco PR O 6 NA 5 ON Z O8 8080800 A Oeeee0 NZ Oeeee0 NI l O e eo NIZ O e eo Created in Knit Visualizer www knitfoundry com Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 39 of 46 Figure 18 Lace Puff Chart for Circular Knitting Remember that there are two full repeats shown in Figure 18 You might want to indicate the repeats by using borders as shown in Figure 19 Lace Puff BW 2 pq 283 24 23 22 21 20 119 181 12 16 115 114 113 112 111 10 9 LR LS L4 La L 2 1 1 o o ONZ ZO Pe oo ooo o ONZO e e e e oeeejleeeo NZ oeee eeo NZ O e e e eo O e e e o Nr o ele o NZ o e 0oeeeeeececcoNl oeeeeeeececo Z Oeeeeeeceo NY oeeeeeeo Oeeee0d L Oeeee0 N 2 O e eo O e eo N Created in Knit Visualizer www knitfoundry com Figure 19 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
47. err C pro it Format View Help 21154 1 e e p in st below k1 elongated V B kin st below Y Y ki elongated twice X No Stitch P Increases mi yo kpk in 1 k in 1 p yop in 1 dbl incr yo twice yo 3x yo 4x yo 5x yo 6x yo 7x Nee lt amp lt lt Pattern Entry Mode 7 Right Side Row Stitch Count 0 Font Size 26 Selected Stitch Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 29 of 46 Blue Ice Theme OTT Pee 15K 2 2 gt J we gt 3 1 Pinion lt lt ncreases incr VOOOOOOK lt lt lt Pattern Entry Mode Circular gt Z Right Side Row Stitch Count 10 gt Text Row 9 ttp At 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 11 shows an example About dialog The text within this dialog may be different in your version of Knit Visualizer presented x KNIT Version 1 0 Build Date 01 14 2006 08 20 PM For questions support send email to supporbiknitFoundrvy Updates and Manual available From http Pwww knitFoundry com software html Figure 11 About
48. ete 21 Duplicate ete 2 TSOP 21 Mirror Selection 21 20 uyu m 20 Edo sod encor ids 20 Empty Stitch Preferences 21 Exit Knit Visualizer 20 F FAQ Onlus bdo 5 File E XII 20 File Menu 20 New Chatrt 12 annua uu nu 13 Open Recents uie 13 DIVIDI 13 Format Menu ipee iit 24 Decrease Font 23 Increase Font 23 Just Ey ROUGE 23 G Grid Lines 27 H Help Menu About Knit Visualizer 30 Clear Preferences 30 LDghhisht 31 35 I Images Copy to Clipboard 18 Expotrting 18 Insert eR 22 Insert Copied Rows Columns ane Re EROR 22 New Columns 22 New Rows 22 Installation Mac OS A 7 Running Knit Visualizer etre 8 Windows XP 5 K Keyboard Shortcut icon 4 Keyboard Shortcuts 45 Knit Visualizer Change History 10 What Decet 4 About Knit Visualizer 12 Preferences 12 Quit Knit Visualizer 12 Window 11 Manua
49. ever notes you d like Make sure and save your work The finished chart looks like this Lace BW 2 pg 283 23 l 23 22 lo D ROS bB lz lB o sa A la asli Legend o 0 knit 000 NZ OoooooooO KF 7 N a O OoOeee80 NL NZ O e eo js 9 v e oeeeeeecec co oeeececec 0e e pur Z NZ 3 ktog 29 Oeecveco OoOe ee80 HU O e N H Created in Knit Visualizer www knitfoundry com Figure 17 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 Lace Puff BW 2 pg 283 205 123 122 L 21 120 119 LAB 1141 13 11211110 U R LZ LA 4 LA 211 eeo o ON Z O ee eo O Y Y oe
50. ew 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 Rows or Columns since this command does not work on cell selections NOTE This is the same command that was on the Edit menu as Insert prior to version 1 2 For clarity it has been renamed and moved 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 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 Insert Menu New Rows Above Below To insert new rows into
51. 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 Lars Input Invalid Knitting instructions Incorrect text at column 32 Remaining string to parse is end k1 Figure 16 Parser Error Dialog Whoops Click Ok and go back to fix the text Verify that the Right Side Row checkbox is selected before re adding the row You ll find the complete chart for this pattern in the Sample Charts directory named LacePuff BW2 pg283 kct Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 38 of 46 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 kl p2tog p2 yo p2 p2tog b rep from end kl After entering the second row the chart now looks like Zh 24 25 22 2 2 LIB LIB 12 LIR 15 14 13 12 Lil LIBI SE LB LA Los sl gt O eee eo Pa O e O e Row 3 RS row Text 1 ssk kl yo kl k2tog rep from end 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 what
52. greement In this document the term Software refers to Knit Visualizer and any Vi S u a ize r Se ecti n g I a cce pt tools utilities released as part of or with Knit Visualizer and Company fers to The Knit Foundry By installing this soft n 1 E i the agreement will enable the You may install the Software on one computer only and are allowed to keep one N ext b utto n backup of the software installation Files on Disk CD or other Storage device The software must be uninstalled on the First computer I accept the agreement do not accept the agreement The current version of Knit Visualizer is set to startup at 1024x768 resolution 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 e Make sure the Applications tab is selected e Find the Knit Visualizer entry and right click on it Select Maximize Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Setup Knit Visualizer 1 0 Select Destination Directory Where should Knit Visualizer be installed C Program Files Knit Visualizer fers Program Files activePDF J Adobe 21 Celticknots201a Citrix Common Files 1 ComPlus Applications CONEXANT al m n Local Disk C The prograrn requ
53. ires at least 49 46 MB of disk space Setup Knit Visualizer 1 0 Select Components lt Which components should be installed ab a Select the components you want to install clear the components you do not want to install Click Next when you are ready to continue Program amp Libraries Sample Charts Setup Knit Visualizer 1 0 Select Start Menu Folder lt 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 Advanced Installer 3 4 2 BERNINA artista CD DVD Recorder Corel Paint Shop Pro X Documents To Go Firaxis Games Tomtom Create shortcuts For all users Page 6 of 46 Destination Directory Select where you would like to install Knit Visualizer The default is C Program Files Select Components You are required to install the Program amp Libraries Installing the Sample Charts is optional 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 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 Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Setup Knit Vi
54. l If there were any No Stitch cells in the center of the chart those would be ignored no matter what the Page 24 of 46 justification setting It is only the No Stitch cells on the left and right edges that are affected by the justification setting 15 14 13 1 Keep in mind the purl stitches in the example could be anything knits increases decreases and so on Format Menu Borders Many knitting charts like to indicate repeats within the chart by a line or 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 8 below Figure 8 Cable Pattern that uses borders for emphasis Each of the Border buttons operates on the current selection and with the exception of the Borders 2 5 5 4 3 2 e 9 e amp amp e SE SE SE 5 e 9 3 e SE SE amp 5 5 JE SE i Patchwork Cable I Barbara Walker Treasury 3 19 18 17 16 45 14 13 11211111019 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 4 e e e o oo e 4 geeee e e eeoeY A47 Z oeeel Be8 e eeY KB BP see ee leBeBeB7 x ee eeeee ee B7 N 4 Ne
55. l How to Read 4 N S siasa 23 27 O Other Resources 46 P Paint Mode 34 Parser of Repealtss eee 43 Basic Stitches 4 Cables 42 C ANC SI a as 40 Entering Repeats 37 Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Page 46 of 46 Error Messages 43 Increases amp Decreases 4 Other Types of Instructions 42 Quantify Repeats 40 Simple Example 37 Pattern Entry Area 36 Pattern Entry Mode 35 Pattern Entry text Icon 4 Pattern Generating 15 Preview Dialog OQDpIODS 15 Printing a VOUS 16 Page Setup 14 19 Preview Paged 19 Preview Dialog 15 to Printe 19 R Row Numbers Begin with Right Side Row27 CIRC UL unmute 26 26 Ignore Wrong Side Rows 27 S Save 13 Select Mod uuu uuu a a 33 SOUTE mou saa u Doa take 27 Status DA d id Dedit sa 3l S tchi Palette pes 34 hai s Ds 46 T THEMES o rt 28 Tips and Tricks 44 aaa 27 Toolbar Buttons 12
56. lay around with the Increase Font Z and Decrease Font Z 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 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 32 of 46 Knit Visualizer Modes If you were reading carefully you d have noticed that there are two toolbar buttons that let you switch between the different modes in Knit Visualizer The arrow is selected when you in Select Mode The paintbrush is selected when you are in Painting Mode There is also a third mode but one 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 To enter Select mode do one of the following e Click on the Select Mode button e Click on the chart s row numbers or the chart s column nu
57. lose the dialog without saving any changes Circular pattern Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 26 of 46 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 of the options under the Flat Pattern Options section will be disabled as they will have no effect on the chart s row numbers Flat Pattern If the Circular Pattern checkbox isn t checked then the chart will be represented as a flat pattern Row numbers will be included on both sides of the chart according to the next two options The Legend will be generated with both Right and Wrong side knitting instructions 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 as 1 on the right which is most common When this option is unchecked row 1 will be 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 thi
58. mbers To enter Paint Mode do one of e Click on the Paint Mode button e Click on a symbol in the Stitch Palette Knit Visualizer automatically puts you in the correct mode if you click on a stitch in the Stitch Palette or if you click any of the row column number headers E You can easily tell which mode you are in because the mouse cursor changes to a paintbrush in the chart area when you are in Paint Mode 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 painted 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 There are three types of selections in Knit Visualizer The status bar will give details on the size and type of the current or most recent selection 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 EE Column Selection Row Selection Click on a row header hold then drag to select multiple rows You didn t know there d be a test did you
59. 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 see the Knit Visualizer app and the Sample Charts directory Simply drag the 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 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 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 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 from the File menu Version number might be different Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 9 of 46 Running the program Windows XP Double click the Kni
60. n 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 two 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 Tf you copy and paste a 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
61. nd 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 Clipboard 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 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 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 19 of 46 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 v Print Scale 80 v Page Setup Figure 7 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 Close Close the dialog without doing anything View Page at Select a percentage for viewing the pages The smaller the
62. nd 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 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 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 Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 42 of 46 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 a 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 k button Or you ca
63. percentage the more pages on the screen at once Print Scale 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 memory 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 Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 20 of 46 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
64. rt 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 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 4 3 2 1 4 a3 2 i1 a 9 eee ees Original Chart 1 2 2 4 Mirrored ME Original Chart Mirrored Vertical e Horizontally Y ee4 Some 5 on using Mirror Horizontal If you attempt to mirror 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 After Mirror 3 Cable Before gt Horizontal Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 22 of 46 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 N
65. rt 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 Don t try and open a kct file with a text editor It s a binary format that is only understood by Knit Visualizer You could corrupt your file and lose all your hard work If you still want to take a peek inside that s OK I 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 size 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 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 Paper Size Source Automatically Select Orientation Margins inches Portrait Left Right i f Landscape
66. ry Fields again which will uncheck the checkbox and show all the fields View Menu Themes For Windows versions of Knit Visualizer the colors used to display the Main Window dialogs and chart elements are controlled by the current Theme selected Each Theme has a slightly different set of colors The default Theme choice you will see the first time you run Knit Visualizer is the Blue Ice 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 The Theme also affects the colors used in the chart that is printed exported The theme for the Mac version of Knit Visualizer will match the look and feel of the Mac operating system and cannot be changed Differences in monitors may affect the actual colors you see when you run Knit Visualizer Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Default Theme Will most closely match the look of the operating system Example shown at right is on the Windows platform Silver Moon Theme Blue Moon Theme Green Dream Theme Page 28 of 46 Knit Visualizer C projects KnitVisualizer charts August2005RocksAndTrails kct File Edit Format View Help T n Ww um 0 C gt XC 094 Ee Ls Hh on lea 1 5 kin st below p in st below
67. s 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 confused 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 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 Paint 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 ex
68. s option is selected 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 Show Grid Lines You can hide the grid lines in the chart 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 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 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 1 Keyboard shortcut use Enter to save preferences and close the dialog Use the Tab key to move between fields Use Control to open the Chart Properties dialog View Menu Application Preferences New in v1 2 There are a few settings that affect more than just a single chart You will find
69. ssociated 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 77 Command Q will invoke this command File Menu 1 New Chart Creates a new chart with prefilled cells of Rows 15 oF Columns 15 Fill with Stitch Knit C3 Purl None Sk Cancel Figure 2 New Chart Dialog 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 w
70. 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 Paint mode quickly using the S key If you re in Paint mode tap S and you re in Select mode If you re already in paint 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 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 44 of 46 Quick Reference Keyboard Shortcuts Command Sequence Application Shows dialog letting you edit Application wide preferences Copy replaces it with blank stitches in the chart Delete Delete 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 Inserts a full row or column that
71. sualizer 1 0 Select File Associations Which file associations should be created gt Select the file associations you want to create clear the file associations you do not want to create Click Next when you are ready to continue Knit Visualizer File ket Setup Knit Visualizer 1 0 E gt x Select Additional Tasks Which additional tasks should be performed lt c 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 Beles Completing the Knit Visualizer Setup Wizard Setup Knit Visualizer 1 0 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 r Page 7 of 46 Select File Associations You can choose to associate the extension kct 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 20
72. t 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 as Control lt key gt On 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 kct files once the program is uninstalled For Mac OS X you simply drag the application to the trash can Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 10 of 46 Change History This section details out changes made to Knit Visualizer since it s original release More recent changes are listed first Version Version Version
73. those options here Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 27 of 46 Figure 10 Application Preferences Dialog Setting 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 Setting 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 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 T Keyboard shortcut use Control comma to open this dialog quickly View Menu Hide Pattern Entry Fields To 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 Ent
74. titch 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 key 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 Navigating the Stitch Palette The stitch palette is organized into groups of stitches to make it easy to find the stitch you need If you aren t interested in a group of stitches you can hide that set by clicking on the title of the group See Figure 13 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 Paint mode Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 34 of 46 ki elongated twice X No Stitch gt V Increases V Decreases
75. 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 Undo Control Z to remove the last row entered and verify the text you entered then try again 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 Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 43 of 46 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 includ
76. ttp www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 40 of 46 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 p4 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 absolutely 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 The following are all equivalent k AX HESIA H ct D r using purls O url 4 2 O s11 slip 1 s13 slip 3 stitches e wyif sl wyib same as a normal slip stitch k tbl D Chi E dm ost below p im ist belowl x empty stitch Increase amp Decreases yol mil m3 puts three m1 stitches right next to each other knit purl knit an d stitch k2tog K2 OO CDI S Copyright 2005 2006 The Knit Foundry http www knitfoundry com Knit Visualizer 1 2 Manual Page 41 of 46 k2tog as k2tog tbl p3tog k3tog p3tog tbl the parser does NOT like p3tog b even though this should mean the same
77. 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 extension 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 E 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 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 a

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