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Machine knitters have choices for knitting patterns. Choosing one format is recommended, but which format works best for you?

Let's talk about the pro's and con's of patterns for machine knitters.
  • Traditional (vintage) patterns
  • Software generated patterns (DesignaKnit, Garment Designer)
  • Knit it Now Perfect Fit Patterns
  • Charting Devices
  • Hand Knitting patterns
  • Chart your own patterns
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New Make & Master Guides

LearnDesignaKnit.com | Hands on-training
Top Down Raglan Collection
Use a hand knitting pattern for machine knitting
Knitting Sleeves in the round (ribber)
Skill Builder Challenges"
Sue's "Easy Does it Cowl"
Cathy R
Thanks and Merry Christmas!!!
Matthew F
Thank you everyone!
Edith M
bye everybody
Mariann D
Bye
Doris H
Happy holidays
Cherie S
Thank you Matt & Sue!
Mariann D
Thank you
Tina B
Bye
Kim F
Thank you!!!! Happy Holidays
Darlene S
happy holidays
Pauline P
Thanks a lot for an inspiring and great hour Sue. Have a lovely Christmas and Merry Christmas to everybody.
Cynthia Q
Skill builders is amgood idea, too.
Elaine R
May I give a shout out to the ribber workshop? I was okay with no specific garment, because I have this amazing strip I can use to choose my rib.
Cynthia Q
California attitude!
Cynthia Q
the technique will make sense to me better as far as why and whatbitnwillmdo.
Cynthia Q
i love the idea of learnjng a method and end out with an item
Matthew F
Most of our make and Masters will be based on one of our patterns but broken out in to staps
Pat Y
Make A Master… BRILLIANT ! Practice a skill and make something useful
Marie-Jo C
Yes, Cherie S, what a good idea, bravo!
Matthew F
Easy Does It Cowl
Matthew F
Yes its a pattern
Lena M
I love it! This is how I want to learn. I don't have a lot of extra time to just play. I like the idea of following a pattern that maybe gives me a new skill. Then I can apply it down the road!
Kim F
This sounds awesome!!!
Cynthia Q
Inlove this idea.
Darlene S
weeeee premium membership!!!!!
Tina B
The make and master seems to be great especcially for the beginners
Matthew F
LOVE IT!!!
Ronda H
I like the idea of making a master. I always go by the rules the first time and change up what I want next time.
Cynthia Q
Love the scarf! My daughter would love that.
Pauline P
The Make and Master sounds great. Thanks.
Sue M
Great confetti, this will reach more levels of knitters' skill levels and you don't have to vacuum!
Cherie S
I've found that a great way to learn is to knit an identical sweater right after the first one (in a different clor), to help cement the skills you learn in the first sweater.
Cynthia Q
🥰🥰🥰
Darlene S
much easier and much faster,,, thank you
Darlene S
perfect
Cynthia Q
I love this idea.
Darlene S
I like when you give the finishing touches or suggestions on the side of the pattern
Tina B
Theese patterns are awesome. Much information, but you choose, which link you use innside the pattern
Pauline P
Sue, I love your scarf. Is there a KIN pattern for it, please? And if so where is it?
Cynthia Q
You and Matt do a great job with the patterns.
Sue M
Those tools are awesome!
Cynthia Q
Inlove love love these tools. Just notuced them when Sue mention the magic formula a while back.
Sue M
As I am a large person, I always have to do math to edit. It is a gift to learn no matter how we are knitting
Pauline P
Going off piste: Lionel Ritchie wrote a song called "All Night Long". He stayed up all night wondering what to call his song and a friend said to him "Are you going to stay up all night long". That's it! he said. All Night Long. Sorry to go off track
Tina B
If you are interested in designaknit, it is a HUGE learningcurve, and you find some videos over the net, BUT the best tip after a little trial anderror is to purchase the learn designaknit.com course. Got me a huge way.
Darlene S
awesome name birth!!!! love it!!!
Cynthia Q
Singer cr10
Cynthia Q
😂😂😂
Cynthia Q
the beige ine you just heldmup.
Matthew F
https://learndesignaknit.com/
Cynthia Q
now what was thatbmachune called, sue?
Kim F
I just got Designaknit so Showing an overview of that maybe
Cynthia Q
learndesignaknit dot com those who forgot what was said.
Marjorie M
as DAK knit manually.
Marjorie M
AS
Lena M
I only have a Chromebook. I don’t think any of the software works on that.
Marjorie M
brain work as DAK KNIT M
Karin R
In Linux you can emulate a windows environment and install Designa Knit - but it´s not easy to do
Silvana J
That would be great
Marjorie M
I use lots of things including KnitCompanion. Similar brain as
Ronda H
I have DAK and recently made a slipper pattern from a video. I haven't knit it yet. I wound up drawing out the pattern on paper first. Hoping there is an easier way for next time.
Silvana J
How do the charting devices take into account the gauge?
Marie-Jo C
I mean Linux, of course.;
Nicole E
Design a knit I meant to say
Cynthia Q
Oh, I have some old brother knitting machine books!
Nicole E
For the holidays I would like to gift myself designing it, but I have no experience with it. Is that over my head
Edith M
Me too
Kim F
Would love to see a "Live" about Designaknit
Pauline P
Not now Sue. The tortoise always wins and the hare is left behind!!
Marie-Jo C
Unfortunately, these sofwares aren't compatible with Linu...
Cynthia Q
ah, right buffering.mdoesn't happen much here.
Matthew F
mine is back
Wilma T
Same here. No video anymore
Kim F
buffering
Cynthia Q
video froze and no sound here
Sue M
Does anyone use KnitCompanion with their machine to follow charts or are most people using computerized machines?
Pauline P
Sue, will you be doing a course on learning how to chart patterns, please?
Wilma T
I lost the video and logged in again
Sue M
I would love a machine to use my extensive light weight yarn stash and use software to combine the machine with my charting. I am geeky and love the math and editing
Cynthia Q
choppy video and audio now.
Elaine R
I've been told that the charting devices are amazing for intarsia. Free hand drawn your "art" onto the garment piece, and follow it.
Karin R
Somehow I collected about 3 of these separate devices for brother and never use it. Anyone around Germany who needs one? :-)
Cynthia Q
on, not in
Cynthia Q
Love it when the light bulb goes in.
Tina B
pattern for jersey, stretch material er easier built than normal patterns, some of them are useful for the knitting device
Silvana J
I will, I will email you a picture of what I have
Pauline P
Try it Silvana. You may be happily surprised.
Silvana J
I have one of those old knit leaders. It's always intimidated me, so I haven't used it yet
Nicole E
Can charting devices be used with the brother 270 or 970?
Pauline P
I agree with you Tina. The SK280 equivalent to my Knitmaster 700 is not built in anymore. The 700 is better.
Tina B
For the brother machines it is original size, so you can use sewing patterns as well.
Edith M
Sue, is it possible to do the neck and upper part of a norwegian sweater (fair isle) by hand and in rounds and than transfer the lower half to the maschine? How do I get the stiches identical?
Cynthia Q
The charting device looksmlike it would be harder for me to follow compared to than the kin patterns..
Pauline P
I have a knit radar on my Knitmaster 700 built in. I like it.
Tina B
A charting device is the easiest way to follow a pattern to me.
Pauline P
Me too Joy. Pauline
Joy G
I do the neckband last, and prefer v necks 😊
Karin R
for purl rows in hand knitting I have to use a smaller needle size (else those rows end up to loose) so I would rather knit in the round too
Tina B
we can knit top-down on machine, too. I struggle most with knitting in the round, to identify the place to increase, decrease, etc. It is easier to reform a pattern from pieces to the round, than the other way.
Cherie S
I've been exploring mixing hand with machine knitting garter stitch.
Joy G
I'm into machine knitting raglans top down at the moment, knitying sleeves first and joining the raglan seams as I go 😊😊
Marjorie M
Hand knitter like knitting in the roun, especially for Fair isle, because they HATE to purl in Fair isle. Their gauge often changes in purl on top of it.
Debra S
no sound!
Annie L
We knit in the round so we don't have to purl.
Doris H
Hi from Ireland
Cynthia Q
Oh, Finger Lakes NY here.
Cherie S
Hello everyone!
Tina B
Edith M, are you at heartbeat to get in contact?
Marjorie M
Hi, from Ann Arbor Michigan.
Karin R
Let´s do the map today, can we please?
Pauline P
Hello Matt, great that you are here too. Pauline
Marie-Jo C
Sound is ok!
Pauline P
Hello Sue and all, lovely to be here. Pauline - Godalming, Surrey
Marie-Jo C
Thank you for your help, Matt!
Sue M
As an advanced hand knitter, I find the adventure of creating on the machine so fascinating! I am hoping to get a second new machine. I dipped my toe in with a SK/SR150 and love the manual manipulation
Matthew F
Marie-Jo check your local settings audio is on the live
Patricia H
Hi from Louisiana!
Marie-Jo C
No sound here!
Silvana J
Hello Everyone from cold Michigan.
Karin R
Hi from northern Germany - no snow here at present
Debra S
Hi Everyone!. From Christmas City--Bethlehem, PA
Edith M
Hei Tina , Greetings to beautiful Norway
Joette Z
Joette here with tea from Pittsburgh
Marthie K
Marthie from South Africa
Cynthia Q
Hi sue. You might want to mute me.
Wilma T
You look so festive in red Sue!
Christopher F
Missouri here
Mariann D
Hello from Budapest, Hungary, Europe
Christopher F
Howdy, all!
Tina B
of mine and i appreciate to get in contact with the german knitters here. :-)
Nicole E
Hi. Sue ! Nicole from NY
Tina B
Hei, Tina here from snowy Norway. A spesial Hei to Edith M, I am from a place near Düsseldorf, a friend
Matthew F
Hello From north of Boston MA
Pat Y
Hi, from Sunny and Cold Nova Scotia, Canada
Elaine R
Hello from the Snow Squalls of the Midwest (USA)!
Sue M
Hello everyone, Sue here with my salad and coffee from PA, second time here to check everything out
Cathy R
Good morning all, from Tacoma Washington
Nancy D
Nancy here from New Hampshire
Kim F
Hi there from Sahuarita Arizona
Wilma T
Hi everyone, Wilma from the Netherlands!
Marie-Jo C
Hi Sue and Matt! Marie-Jo from France, it's a pleasure to join the meeting..
Jenny M B
Hello from cold and damp North Wales!
Matthew F
Looking Great.. love the new toys!!
Joy G
Hi everyone from France 😊
Edith M
Hi Sue , Good evening from Germany (near Cologne)
Darlene S
fannnntastic hello from Toronto Canada where the snow is slightly blowing and the wind is cold
Ronda H
Good Morning from Idaho
Sue Jalowiec
Welcome! We'll be starting in a few minutes