In between meeting and talking and preparing for the major renovations which will soon happen to my building in general and to my living/work space in particular, I managed to squeeze in a bit of knitting last week. Not a lot of knitting, but I managed to get a little familiar with knitting CAD (Designaknit 8), and I knitted the front of "
that sweater". The new sweater design is my vehicle for learning some of the many features of this robust program. And yes, that's right. I'm using a vintage, non-electronic Passap DM-80 punchcard machine with state-of-the-art software. Go figure.
Here are some pics of the sweater-in-progress:
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| This is the Front Bottom, removed from the Passap DM-80 on decker combs. |
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| A sneak peek from another angle this time, the Front Bottom is now attached to the Front Top and steam blocked. |
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Wow this looks great! Looking forward to the finished project & it's awesome that Creativity reigns in light of the construction upheavals!
ReplyDeleteThank you & thank you. Onward. :)
DeleteYou're going to laugh...and it's ok...I'm laughing a bit too.
ReplyDeleteI believe we met on Knitchat but I hadn't "stalked" you much beyond Twitter. I came to peek (and now I have to go read more!), but I have to note - this is Stunning!
So...as I was perusing the last few posts I first thought "Cool pictures". "Oh, machine knitter." then "Serious machine knitter". And then (as I got a clue) "OMG she designed knit all of these!?!"
This reminds me of when I took my first class from Heather Ordover (before I'd listened to her podcast) and the more we talked I began to suspect something. I told her "I begin to suspect you are a great deal more famous than I realize."
I suspect that phrase applies to you as well. {grin}
I have to go explore your sites a bit more {whilst on the treadmill ;-)} but - this is very spiffy stuff!
Thanks again.
Yes. I recall chatting with you on #knitchat. Thanks for the kind words.
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