Reviewing ToolsGuess weave from Grid ArahPaint continues to be user-friendly for multiple applications including knit design. The developer shares how-to videos that are frequently updated https://www.arahne.si/public/news/ https://www.youtube.com/@arahpaint4/videos The same holds for their downloadable manual, and any questions are answered in a timely and informative manner. I am often driven by knit technique curiosity first, then … Continue reading ArahPaint in knit design 4
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
Fantasy fair isle is the term often used to refer to dbj fabrics created using tuck settings on either or both beds. Typically in the required color separation used each design row in the repeat is expanded into 4 rows, with the same selection occurring for each color pair of consecutive rows. A tuck/plain combination … Continue reading More shapes on ribber fabrics with tuck patterning, fantasy fair isle
Questions regularly turn up asking what software we use as individuals to design repeats for our knitting. Up to this point, I have worked exclusively on a Mac unless downloading to my Passap with Wincrea, an ancient laptop, and as old a version of Windows. I have been a Gimp user for eons, it is … Continue reading ArahPaint meets Gimp in knit design 1
Previous related posts: 2 color ribbed brioche stitch on Brother knitting machine 1 Geometric shapes on ribber fabrics with tuck stitches 1 Geometric shapes on ribber fabrics with tuck stitches 2; knitting with 4 carriages The last post on using Gimp: 2021/07/18/gimp-update-for-mac-2/ The method for color separation used for mosaics The sources of inspiration from … Continue reading Geometric shapes on ribber fabrics with tuck stitches 3
The latest Gimp update 2023: Threshold in version 2.10.34 is now disabled by default. To activate it or to add other tools ie curves to the tool menu, go to Gimp, Settings, and select Toolbox. In the Tools Configuration Window, active tools have a common icon to their left, new ones may be selected and … Continue reading Gimp update for Mac 2
It is also possible to create solid color patterns on the purl side on a striped ground by at first transferring all stitches down to the ribber, then, in turn, using slip stitch selection on the top bed to choose only the stitches that will be manipulated on the main bed. A similar repeat worked on … Continue reading Slip stitch patterns with hand transferred stitches, double bed
WORK IN PROGRESS BUTTONHOLES: also see SEAMING, JOINING, FINISHING Long vertical button holes/ slits in knit fabric 1: intarsia 10/22 More “buttonholes” and slits 10/22 Single bed slits aka horizontal “button holes” 11/16 “Buttonholes” and “make many – increase” “lace” 5/15 hand-knit CABLE STITCHES A return to plaiting and double bed hand transfers 5/23 Visualizing … Continue reading The start of a blog index
There are moments while surfing the net that trigger memories of long ago popular knitting patterns. One such is the piano scarf, usually knit double bed. For a while, knit QR codes, or even bar codes were “the thing”. Decades ago, long before online converters and easily available information, there were a few articles on … Continue reading Binary alphabet knitting patterns