Many fabrics allow samples to be knit using the proper color separation and released just before binding off. Samples and designs are included in several of my previous posts. End-release depends on how the repeat is programmed but does not always produce good results. As can happen in any fabric, what works in swatch size … Continue reading Multiple color drop stitch lace using img2track and more
2023 The layers menu in Gimp 2.10.34 no longer offers the difference mode. From the manual: “If you need to stay compatible with older GIMP versions or you need to use the legacy layer modes for other reasons, look for the icon to the right of the layer modes selection. This drop-down menu will let you … Continue reading Using Layers in Gimp for color separations
If using Ayab on an iMac with M1 chip see suggestions for running the program at the bottom of later post arahpaint-and-gimp-in-knit-design-3/ From Chris Burdge, a video tutorial on using HOP following program prompts and default color placement. The pattern used, available for download from the author, is quite different from my tests in that it … Continue reading Revisiting Ayab_multiple colors per row DBJ 2
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
My first attempt to use a 3 color automatic separation was with img2track. There are 2 oddities for me using the program. One is that the default selector setting is for a single motif, perhaps on the assumption that the main use would primarily be for large-scale, nonrepetitive images. The other is that even if … Continue reading DBJ: more than 2 colors per row 2
I began to machine knit in the glory days of using the tool and developing techniques. There were internationally attended seminars, hosts of wonderful teachers, and a community of potential peers brought together physically in pre-internet and online forum days. Punchcard machines were the standard. As more electronic models became available it was not uncommon … Continue reading DBJ: more than 2 colors per row 1
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
Any repeat suitable for a 2 color 24 stitch DBJ separation published or self-drawn for a 4.5mm machine is suitable for DBJ on the bulky. At times yarns ie 2/8 to 3/8 wools that knit stocking stitch at tension 8-10 on the main bed and are too thick for every needle rib on the standard … Continue reading More on Brother DBJ, including KR 260 bulky KM options
I am including notes on my working through the process and some of my stumbles at the start of this post. More specific how-tos are found toward the bottom of it. Such fabrics may be created with both the KRC built-in function or with the color separations that knit each color for each design row … Continue reading Reversible DBJ, Brother knitting machines
Additional information may be found in previous posts on ribber adjustments and color changers Recently I began to be curious as to how long, non-repetitive images might be handled when knitting on both Brother and Passap. The subject is not out of reach for punchcard knitters. In the early art-to-wear days when the options were … Continue reading Two color dbj, non repetitive images, electronic kms.