Printing and Interactive Knitting
The Goal
Use your stitch pattern
You've created your stitch pattern and it's time to get knitting.3 Ways to Use Your Stitch Patterns
Print Your Knitting Instructions
Printing Formats
Interactive Knitting
Printing and Interactive Knitting
3 Ways to Use your Stitch Patterns
Once you've created your stitch pattern, it's time to get knitting.
Depending on your machine and your project you have options:
Depending on your machine and your project you have options:
Print the knitting instructions
Not only can you create punchcard templates, you can print text knitting instructions and images of the garment pieces with the stitch pattern integrated in the piece.
The choice is yours.
Click the choices below for examples
The choice is yours.
Use the Interactive Knitting Program
With the correct cable, interactive knitting can be used with almost any knitting machine.
With each pass of the carriage, the Interactive Knitting Instructions advance row by row.
If stitch patterns and garment pieces are integrated, instruction for both are included.
Even manual machines can be used this way.
All of the patterning instruction is included with DAK. The cable just sends a signal to DAK to advance to the next row.
With each pass of the carriage, the Interactive Knitting Instructions advance row by row.
If stitch patterns and garment pieces are integrated, instruction for both are included.
Even manual machines can be used this way.
All of the patterning instruction is included with DAK. The cable just sends a signal to DAK to advance to the next row.
Download to your knitting machine
Stitch patterns can be downloaded to electronic knitting machines in 2 ways.
Create a Stitch pattern in DesignaKnit:
Create a Stitch pattern in DesignaKnit:
- Brother electronic
machines and PPD, Silver Reed PE1 and PC10 pattern devices and the Passap consoles:
Transfer the instructions to the machine. The Stitch patterning device in the machine will select needles creating the stitch pattern - SilverLink 5:
This external device connects Silver Reed and certain Knitmaster machines. This device has it's own processor and memory (like those built-in to other machines).
Based on your DAK stitch pattern, the SilverLink will select needles for stitch patterning
Printing and Interactive Knitting
Print Knitting Instructions
Printing and Interactive Knitting
Printing Formats
Printing Formats
Click the choices below for examplesPrint Stitch Patterns ONLY
Print Garment shapes AND integrated Stitch Patterns
Printing and Interactive Knitting
4 Steps for a Punchcard
Tools Used:
Even if you have an electronic or manual machine, you can share or publish a stitch pattern in punchcard format.
Even if you have an electronic or manual machine, you can share or publish a stitch pattern in punchcard format.
- Create a stitch pattern that equals a multiple of 24 (for 24 stitch punchcards)
- Select a punchcard machine
- Use: >Print > Stitch Pattern Template format
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Template (punchcard) formatting options
Printing and Interactive Knitting
Interactive Knitting
2 ways to use a stitch pattern in Interactive Knitting
Integrated Stitch Pattern and Garment Piece
Printing and Interactive Knitting
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