knitters graph paper

As far as creating graphs/charts from photos: Commercial knitters' graph paper is quite thin. Print your source image onto a sheet of regular paper, overlay the graph paper, tape both to a sunny window and trace.

Does anyone know where I can locate knitter's graph paper? I have lately become obsessed with the idea of knitting a picture on my 2 1/2 year old son's sweater that I'm planning to knit for him.

Also, has anyone ever tried any of the knitting software programs that are out there? I was thinking of buying one I saw that would create knitting graph from photos or other pictures that are scanned in. Has anyone ever used this and was it successful/worth it?

thanks!

lisa

Ah, fabulous idea! Thanks! I'm all about tracing. I have a projector that I use alot for designing various projects, too. Good idea. :-)

lisa

thank you! For some reason, I was having a devil of a time locating this online. I wish I could find it locally, too. I'll check out the link. Thanks!

lisa

Here are some sites where you can create graphs:

LIsa people here will give you wonderful advice , thus i feel i can add my 2 cents as well, Never in my life have i used Special graphed paper for knitters, i just use a paper that children use for math ,,,, mirjam

lisa

Thanks, Mirjam. I had read that the knitter's graph paper would give me a better sense of the proportion of the completed knitted image, as the paper is designed to mirror the knitted stitch, and so that's why I thought I should use it. Of course, if I can get it free from a website, it will be easier to just print out what I need for each project.

lisa

That's why I like the websites I listed as you can specify the width and height of the squares.

I know Karlisa , that this is what is being said !!! , but i wanted you to know that one can knit with Anything ,,,,,or rather Without having all those special `stuff` ,,,,, i had times when i made calculations and little drawings on old envelopes ,,, it never stopped me having good knits... , and i have Old Math School Coptbooks of most my knits , over years ,,,, with all kinds of [sometimes funny] remarks ,,,, mirjam

I knit a swatch, measure it, transfer the measurements to Excel, and do the pattern in Excel.

Great idea. I love Excel and use it for lots of tasks. I never thought to transfer the measurements of the gauge to the cells and make graph paper that way. Thanks!

Hesira

Hello Aaron - long time no see (if I ever "see" you here, perhaps "read" is a better term).

Snap, except that I generally don't give Microsoft my money so I use NeoOffice (a Mac version of OpenOffice) instead. That said, sometimes you can't beat real paper and a pencil so I always have graph paper lying around too. I really recommend the

Karlisa mentioned - handy for lots of projects, not justknitting. VP

Some of the guys that I work for, and my wife's shop are full on MS, so I have to stay compatible. When my knitting book gets going, I will dump MS and go back to Linux. The new machine will edit video, but I am writing about direct push platforms rather than knitting sheaths.

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Now what is wrong [for mind , soul and fun] , of just knitting a swatch , some times 2-3 [ to enable choosing from more than 2 gaugues , and than CALCULATE IT IN YOUR HEAD ????? they say it is one of the best [cost free] anti-aging activity !!!! mirjam

Of course there's nothing wrong with that, Mirjam. But some people, myself included enjoy messing with spreadsheets and graphs. Nothing wrong with that either.

Hesira :)

I've written a knitting graph paper creator. It allows you to select the page size from a range of popular paper sizes and the paper orientation (portrait or landscape). You then need to enter the stitches and rows per 10cm/4inches. And finally select a scale, which alters the actual size of the printed squares, so you can get more displayed on your paper. It creates a PDF file that can then be printed and/or saved. One thing that many find particularly useful with this chart is that a scaled rule is printed along the top and side.

You will find it at

on the home page at the right hand side, follow the link to Design Chart.

or actually the direct link is

are plans to have an extended interface at some point in thefuture to allow complete control over what is produced, i.e. colours fthe lines, if the rules and numbered boxes are required, custom pagesizes, print margins etc.

Gav.

Thank you, Gav. It looks like a good resource and has gone into my favorites.

I am very much into recycling , preserving [aterials and energy] printing special papers for making up patterns is a LUXORY not all can afford,,,, keeping a copybook , [for many years] is better in short and long run ,,,, mirjam