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Start to Finish Fairisle Sweater

How many times have you found a sweater design you love (hand knitting or ready-to-wear) and said "I can knit that on my knitting machine"?

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I LOVE that sweater!

The trick is view the photo with the eyes of a machine knitter.

Learn ALL the steps (start-to-finish) to create your own version of this Fairisle pullover design using DesignaKnit.

In this course you will copy a sweater from a photo. For this practice, knitting instructions are not available and we can't try on the sweater. We may not copy the original exactly (who would want to?), but we will make choices and create a custom sweater we will love to wear.

Using all the DesignaKnit modules, you will:
  • Create the basic sweater knitting instructions
  • Use Graphic Studio and Stitch Designer to create stitch patterns
  • Precisely position the stitch patterns on the garment pieces
  • Design and add a kangaroo pocket
  • Print knitting instructions
  • Use Interactive knitting to knit the sweater with the stitch patterns

What's inside this course

1 Overview 4 lessons
  • 1 The Goal of this course
  • 2 The Power of Software
  • 3 Start to Finish Plan
  • 4 First Steps
2 LK150 - Specific Notes 5 lessons
  • 1 LK150 Notes
  • 2 Assign your machine
  • 3 Why Swatch First?
  • 4 Cable Connection
  • 5 2 Types of Knitting Instructions
3 Design your Sweater Style 10 lessons
  • 1 The Goal
  • 2 First Steps
  • 3 Build your Basic Sweater Shape
  • 4 Fine-Tune the Design and Fit
  • 5 Raglan Sleeve Styling
  • 6 Custom Sizing Charts
  • 7 About Ease
  • 8 Cut 'n Sew
  • 9 Customize your Design
  • 10 Your Turn: Practice
4 Create the Stitch Pattern(s) 5 lessons
  • 1 The Goal
  • 2 Zoom and Draw
  • 3 Substitute an Existing Pattern
  • 4 Import with Graphic Studio
  • 5 Your Turn: Create your Stitch Pattern
5 Position the Stitch Patterns 8 lessons
  • 1 The Goal
  • 2 Overview: Integrate Stitch Patterns with Shapes
  • 3 Quick 'n Easy
  • 4 Put 2 Patterns Together
  • 5 Don't Skip This
  • 6 Integrate with Original Pattern Drafting
  • 7 Compare: Stitch Desginer versus Original Pattern Drafting
  • 8 Your Turn: Position your Stitch pattern
6 Get knitting 6 lessons
  • 1 The Goal
  • 2 Punchcards
  • 3 Electronic Machines
  • 4 Interactive Knitting
  • 5 How much yarn?
  • 6 Hem/Ribbing Instructions

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