Knitting Pattern Design Software Mac

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Knitting Software. The following is a list of software which can be used for knitting. Software that is free will be marked with FREE in the title. Some require you to convert the patterns for the loom. Please contact the manufacturers to let them know that you'd like loom knitting options.

• Crochet Cross stitch Knitting Other. Navigation overview. Stitch Fiddle Create new chart Free signup Login Inspiration: Explore ideas Help Center About Stitch Fiddle. Stitch Fiddle Design your own patterns with Stitch Fiddle. My profile Help Center About Stitch Fiddle Legal information.
• We are the home of Garment Designer and Stitch Painter software for Windows or Macintosh. Garment Designer is a pattern drafting program that allows you to create patterns for both sewing, knitting, crochet, etc. Stitch Painter is a grid-based design tool which is specifically geared to the needs of textile and craft designers who work with a grid.

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Free knitting fonts

Knitter's Magazine. Of these two only the Knitter's Symbol Font can be used for commercial patterns. Kauri's Knitting Font can only be used for free patterns (they allow use for Knitty patterns for example).

Commercial knitting fonts

for $4,99 and the StitchMastery Font Collection for £10. The StitchMastery font seems to include more stitches than the StichinKnit one, as it has specialized symbols for brioche and Estonian stitches and it seems to even allow you to build your own specialized symbols. Unfortunately, I was unable to find instructions for that beyond the very short and simple how to document supported by StitchMastery

Youtube tutorials and other resources

It is also possible to make charts in image manipulation programs like Photoshop or Illustrator. I'm not very good at using such software myself. On Marnie Maclean Designs you can find a number of tutorials on how to do that, however.

Do you know of any other fonts for knitters? Or know other good resources for making knitting charts? Was this helpful to you? Please, let me know in the comments below.

Next week in part two of this series I'll tell you about what tools you can use to make charts from within the comfortable confines of your browser.

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Stitch Works Software
A Review and Interview with the Software Designer Brian Milco

Pattern designing can be a lot of fun, it can also be a lot of work. I am always striving to improve my designing skills and branch out into new areas of design. I have also recently began the process of publishing my designs. During this process I realized that I needed to chart some of my patterns; Many people are visual and charts and diagrams sometimes make it much easier to describe a stitch, pattern or design.

I went on a search of crochet designing software. I came across StitchWorks Software, created and designed by Brian Milco. There were a couple other options for charting software but none seemed as customizable and easy to use as Stitchworks. After watching the instructional video on the Stitch Works Software website I decided to take the plunge. It also didn't hurt that the software was so reasonably priced. $49.99 seemed like a small price to pay to make my life so much easier.

I now use Stitchworks to help me design new patterns and to chart diagrams in my patterns for ease of use. Another amazing use for Stitch Works is that it can take some the guess work out out of the designing process, you can use the software to determine how many increases you will need to make per row to get to your desired number of stitches. It also makes it easier to figure out how to bring some stitch patterns together.

Overall, I am really enjoying using this software. You can see an example of how this Stitch Works Software has made my patterns easier to understand and how I use the software to describe new stitches in my V Puff Stitch Slouch Hat pattern.

I recently interviewed Brian about his software.

How long have you been designing computer software?

I've been writing software for about 8 years professionally, plus several years of system administration for some small organizations before that. I learned my first programming language in 6th grade, and knew I wanted to pursue IT as a career by high school.

What motivated you to create Stitch Works?

At the time I was working on knitting software for another company, my co-worker's wife had mentioned that there was a lack of software in the crochet field, and at the time I was looking to venture out on my own so it seemed like a natural starting place.

Do you take customers needs into consideration when making updates to the program?

Absolutely! I love getting constructive feedback from users, and I've had a lot of good suggestions. I've got enough ideas to keep my writing code for at least a couple of years.

I know everyone has a different focus when using software, so I like to try to make my software flexible. To that end a lot of features have default values, but allow for other options. You can also set those defaults by setting them in the 'Tools' >> 'Options' dialog (On a Mac 'Crochet Charts' >> 'Preferences')

Do you knit or crochet as well?

I have done a small 6×6(-ish) sample square of knitting, and I did a row of crochet, but that's about the extent of my hands on experience. 🙂

Do you plan on creating any other type of designing software, like garment schematics?

I have considered it in the past. Right now I just don't have time for it. My hope is that over the next year, maybe two, I'll be able to pair back my other 'part time' job as I grow my software business. As that happens I'll have more time to work on developing new projects, then we'll see.

You can learn more about the software and follow Brian at the following places:

Thank you Brian for taking the time to answer these questions and educate the Cre8tion Crochet followers on your amazing designing software.

I will be giving away one free copy of Stitch Works Software from now until Midnight on 10/29/13! You can enter to win –> HERE