Classroom: Punchcards

Punchcard Overview
Where to Start Knitting?
Which Card is Which?
Sources for Stitch Pattern Designs
Design your Own Stitch Patterns
Vintage Accessory
LIVE@KnititNow Replays

Knitters Graph Paper is a MUST

Knitters Graph Paper

Knitters Graph Paper

Create full-scale knitters graph paper to plan your knitting based on YOUR stitch and row gauge. Accurately design intarsia, motifs or pattern shaping.
Knit It Now Graph Paper

Knit It Now Graph Paper

Enter your stitch and row gauge and print out customized graph paper to plot out your designs. Print as many pages as you need.
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When creating your own stitch patterns, in order to visualize your stitch design, it's important that you sketch out your idea on knitters graph paper. You need to work out the correct proportion of stitches to rows.

Punchcards are laid out in squares. Viewing a design on a punchcard will not give you an accurate representation of what the finished stitch pattern will look like.