What's New with Designing with Kniterate

Published almost 2 years ago • 1 min read

Hello,

I hope your knitting is interesting and progressing well!

If you've been enrolled for a while and stopped by the course recently, you'll have noticed that the archiving of older course versions is complete. If you had access to the older versions previously, you still have access now under a separate "course". If you'd like your access to the older versions removed from your course page, please let me know by replying to this email.

Course Updates

I've been exploring Kniterate's varied methods (with and without Designaknit9) over the last couple months.Under the umbrella category of Kniterate birdseye or hidden in Txt File Pattern stitch mapping are a variety of double jacquard backings. (You may also know them as twill, birdseye, net and striper.) All are now covered in the course with reference files.

Here's what's been added to Designing with Kniterate (or had a major update) since my last email:

Session 2 - Basic Jacquards and Bind Off

Gauge, Image Size, and Reducing the Number of Colors
Double Jacquard — From DAK9 to the Kniterate App
Knitting Your Jacquard Swatch and Reference Files

Session 3 - The Tuck Loop (Plus Plating)

Using Plating with Stitch Image

A few other minor updates too! Enjoy the process!

Kind regards,

Olgalyn

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