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DesignaKnit: Explore 13 Pattern Printing Options

  • August 12, 2024
  • 2 comments
What kind of knitting instructions does DesignaKnit provide?
In addition to the Interactive Knitting feature, DesignaKnit offers 13 different ways of printing out knitting instructions.

  1. Shaping as X's
  2. Piece summary
    Helpful info, Including ribbing instructions

  3. Knit Leader
    For charting devices

  4. Knit Radar
    For charting devices

  5. Garment Outline
    Use for blocking (includes markers set in Original pattern Drafting

  6. Garment Notation (Japanese notation)
    Customizable knitting instructions including markers set in Original Pattern Drafting



  7. Garment Text


  8. Key to symbols


  9. Yarn Calculation


    10. With an integrated stitch pattern:
  10. Garment Picture


  11. Garment Symbols


  12. Integrated Template


    Integrated templates ensure that the work will be positioned correctly on the needle bed at the time of knitting
  13. Integrated Changes

    This option is available when only pieces with a stitch pattern are selected to be viewed or printed. All selected pieces must have a stitch pattern associated with it or option is grayed out.
    The "Integrated changes" printout indicates at what row numbers a different colored yarn enters the piece.

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2 Comments
    • Tina B
    • August 16, 2024

    GREAT TIP. I never realized the garment outline funktion. I would prefer that for charting devices over the knitleader. My stair steps never match the dakplannig. I like to increase say left and right same time, 6 times every 8 rows and DAK can be a little funny about that. The outline straight line would give me some freedom about that without missing control. And you can knit away in different gauges without changing the dakfile and printing out new. Have to check it out for halfscale too.

    • Jenny M B
    • August 13, 2024

    I have had DAK for many years, versions 7 and then 8) and I admit that I have never used it to its full potential (never for designing or integrating stitch patterns, for example) but I still find it tremendously useful and have no regrets about investing in it. Before I discovered KIN, DAK really made it easy to knit what I wanted at MY gauge and not to slavishly follow written patterns.

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