The latest version of Gimp for Mac includes many small changes which come with no announcements and take a bit of sorting out to recognize or problem-solve. There are good collections of Youtube videos intended for use on much larger files, with fewer color restrictions than images used for knitting. A dock is a container … Continue reading Gimp 4, pattern fill, dithered portraits, and more.
Previous shares on aids to tracking cable transfers Using punchcards to track small cables in pattern 1 Using punchcards to track cables and twists in pattern 2 Visualizing knit cables in color 2_ using Numbers and Gimp Hand knitting patterns are usually depicted with the knit side facing. If crossings are intended to match them … Continue reading Using punchcards (3) or electronics to track small cables in pattern
Names referring to the same knit fabric can vary between machine manuals for specific models and brands or references in books, magazines, and articles depending on the dates they were published. My earlier share on the topic: Blistered stitches dbj 1 Blistered DBJ 2 and technique variations on a single repeat, introduced some of the … Continue reading Blistered dbj 3
Reviewing Brother carriages: I am drawn to published pattern books for different brand machines at different periods of time and enjoy the puzzle of converting their designs to machines I have ready access to. At this point in time most of my swatches are produced on a 930 using img2track to download files when needed while … Continue reading Cross brand pattern interpretations: Dubied to Brother
WORK IN PROGRESS I still have a stash of swatches from my teaching days. They range from good to bad, ugly, and do not do this, covered the cork walls in my studio to provide a range of ideas so that each student could draw from them what they wished. I am not including measurements … Continue reading Felting experiments
The latest version Gimp Download site I am self-taught. As I learn new tools, my workarounds may be convoluted and more complicated than they need to be and evolve with time. I do not delete older posts or their content, but do occasionally add links to later posts or dated notes. I began designing and charting … Continue reading Gimp Update for Mac 3_more on color separations
There has been a long thread in the machine knitting FB page lately that arose from a share of these 2 images. There are three hand-manipulated methods available on most machines. True intarsia knits all parts of a design simultaneously and is best suited for complicated designs. Short-rowing is best suited to diagonal shapes, while … Continue reading Long vertical button holes/ slits in knit fabric 1: intarsia
A collection of previous posts exploring some variations on the topic: Ladders with lace, (leaf) “making things work” 1 3/15 Ladders with lace, (leaf) “making things work” 2 3/15 Ladder lace 8/13 Instructions reviewed in 2022, one of the accompanying swatches: Ladders and Lace 8/13. MK ladders, and a bit of crochet 12/16 Tuck “lace” trims (and … Continue reading Building more textures in needles out of work spaces
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
My previous post, ArahPaint meets Gimp in knit design 1, provided some information based on the assumption the reader had previous experience with a paint program, more specifically, Gimp, and an understanding of the development of knit repeats for various stitch types and techniques. At the time I had planned on expanding it. The information … Continue reading ArahPaint and Gimp in knit design 2