A note: Gimp has been updated twice in 2025 with lots of new menus, bells and whistles, and methods described in many of my posts now do not perform as expected. So far I have resisted reverting to the previous version. In 2024 it took months for the bugs to be sorted out and resolved. … Continue reading Color separations for larger scale mosaics and mazes
If working in Numbers, the solution to doubling the height of the final repeat for mazes or mosaics may be achieved by simply doubling the height of each cell prior to screen grabbing the table and processing the resulting image in Gimp. Here the cells for a single repeat in the table on the left … Continue reading Mosaics and mazes charting meet Numbers, GIMP 3
Please see the post Gimp Update for Mac 3 written in December 2022 for a simpler and quicker method of color separating maze/mosaic repeats using only Gimp and related swatches. I shared some working methods to achieve these color separations in 2019/06/29/mosaics-and-maze…numbers-and-gimp/. Mosaics and Mazes came on my radar once more recently, Numbers and … Continue reading Mosaics, mazes, and DBJ charting meet Numbers, GIMP 2
A category search for machine knitting/mosaics and mazes design will lead to my blog posts on the topic. Among later posts, one method for color separations for this fabric using Gimp alone may be found in 2021/07/18/gimp-update-for-mac-2/. Previous posts on working with Mc Numbers include: knit charting using Numbers 2 which covers basics, keyboard shortcuts, and … Continue reading Mosaics and mazes charting meet Numbers, GIMP, and DBJ
Knitting any fabric on the machine becomes easier if one thinks of black squares as knit stitches (selected needles on Brother), white squares as in this instance as either slipped or at times tucked stitches (non selected needles). Each number on the grids below represents 2 consecutive rows of knitting. The design may be elongated … Continue reading Mosaics and mazes: drawing motifs
Maze patterns have long vertical and horizontal lines broken by regular gaps and the pattern lines change course from the vertical to horizontal, and vice versa. Maze cards can be identified by completely punched sections, some alternating with every other square marked for two rows, usually geometrically shaped. Areas of stocking stitch produce horizontal colored … Continue reading Mosaics and mazes: machine knits_ from design to pattern
Many punchcards that obey the usual restrictions for tuck, in particular, may be used to create “random” mazes and mosaics, with color changes happening every two rows. Test swatches will show differences in surface texture, patterning, width, and height of the knit. It is useful to use clearly contrasting colors to study how the structure … Continue reading Mosaics and mazes from “FI” “universal” patterns
Two great books on the subjects by Kathleen Kinder: another article/printable PDF resource by Susan Guagliumi (this link no longer works, subscription and login are presently required on her site for access to her free pubs) Susanna Lewis: “A machine knitter’s guide to creating fabrics” pp. 71-78, 1986. “Designing your mosaics” and “Figurative designs in machine knitting” … Continue reading Mosaics and Mazes: knitting on the machines
Previously published: ArahPaint and Gimp in knit design 2 ArahPaint meets Gimp in knit design 1 Subsequent posts on using Gimp Layers to process images: Using Layers in Gimp for color separations Layer/Transparency/Color to Alpha Gimp Update for Mac 3_more on color separations Gimp allows one to work on multiple images with only a single window … Continue reading ArahPaint and Gimp in knit design 3
This post originally included samples worked using needles on the ribber as well, now in another in progress post: Slip stitch patterns with hand transferred stitches, double bed An earlier post with a range of single-color experiments: A hand-knit consult to machine knit slip stitch The inspiration source for the topic here was found on Pinterest Adapting … Continue reading Slip stitch patterns with hand transferred stitches, single bed 1