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

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.

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

or actually the direct link is

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