Kniterate Notes
5 days ago
- #Knitting Technology
- #Material Programming
- #Workshop
- First student workshop on the Kniterate machine with UAL Teaching and Learning funding.
- Focus on training students to use the Kniterate and experimenting with knit programming tools.
- Comparison between Kniterate editor and CMU knit tools.
- Creation of a 100-stitch cast-on template file using 'layers' in the Kniterate software.
- Discussion on parametric design tools for knitting.
- Comparison of Kniterate interface with knitout visualiser and actual knitting results.
- Exploration of plating technique for color variation without fairisle or jacquard.
- Use of ribs and transfers in knit structures.
- Process of adding a bind off and checks in the pattern.
- Final knitting of a pattern spelling a name using ribs and flat areas.
- Reflection on the knitout visualiser's limitations compared to Kniterate's clearer symbolic language.