Knit Companion Instructions

 

KNIT COMPANION INSTRUCTIONS

Mode	Action	Method
Knit	You are Here	Hold finger on screen to place Marker
Knit	Link to a Video	Click PDF, top -Name it - click x to get back to the Project - Show/Hide at bottom panel - click the top icon of the bottom LHS to view
Knit	1-tap Marker	Advances the highlighter bar and counts rows. Set up a Piece - + - set visible rows. Knit to view. Note: a row repeat is shown above the 1-tap Marker
Knit/Edit	Project Notes	Show/Hide bottom panel - Project Info icon, bottom LHS - type in Notes. Project Info icon toggles to Timer and Ruler.
Knit	Scribble	Choose Pen, top RHS
Knit	Add a Quick Key	A simple key to add a whole Page. Show/Hide bottom panel - select Page with eg Abbr - long-tap Key, bottom LHS. To remove, select Page and long-tap Key
Set up	Add info to a row of instructions	·        Add Row Reminder. Click middle icon (paper clip), bottom RHS - + - choose row - add note eg ‘change colour here’. Knit to view note underneath. ·        Add Audio Reminder. Click middle icon (paper clip) on bottom RHS - + - Name it - eg ‘slip a stitch here’ - record the Note - select the Note, choose Autoplay. Knit to hear it. ·        Add a piece of text from the instructions. Click middle icon (paper clip). bottom RHS - + - select the Page - highlight/adjust area eg the Abbr list - Crop - Back. Knit to view.
Set up	Create a Key Piece	To set up more complex Keys than a Quick Key - can create multiple Keys, part of a Page or parts of different Pages. You can keep the Quick Key. Click + RHS - Key - select the Page - highlight/adjust area +/- rotate/mirror - Crop. The Key Piece appears at the top LHS and has Key highlighted next to it. Knit to view Key, bottom LHS. If more than one Key, toggle Key icon to view. Click Edit to add notes to the Key.
Set up	Create a Text Piece or Chart Piece	To create a new Piece of written instructions that can then have 1-tap Markers, Voice control, Magic Markers, Reminders, etc applied to it. Allows you to create a collage Page with eg picture, written instructions, chart etc. 1.     Click + - Text Piece - select Page - highlight/adjust area eg picture - Align, bottom RHS. Add another Text Piece eg text - Align, top icon - move Text Piece - Align, bottom RHS. Add another Piece, etc. 2.     Click + - Text Piece – select Page – Highlight/Adjust area – Crop – it appears at top LHS with Piece highlighted next to it. To add a 1-tap Marker, enter rows total/start/count by. To adjust row height (row height may vary to accommodate different amounts of text) start at the top and drag blue handles to fit. Repeat for each row. Knit to view. Tap Marker to advance highlighter bar. 3.     Click + - Chart Piece – select Page – highlight/adjust area +/- mirror/rotate – Magic Wand – check parameters. The Chart Piece shows up in the top LHS with Piece highlighted. To edit, click the Chart Piece and re-crop.
Set up	Join a Piece to a Key	Click + - select Piece - highlight/adjust area - Crop. Knit. To add to the Key: Setup - click Key, top LHS - Join, bottom LHS (2 overlapping rectangles) - select Piece - highlight/adjust area - click Align, top middle - move highlighted Piece anywhere in the Key - Save. Knit to view.
Set up	Joined Pieces	When info is scattered over many Pieces, join new parts to an existing Piece. Eg Abbr list and chart could be org as 2 separate Keys or could join as one Key. Click Keys, top LHS – select Piece – Join icon, bottom RHS – select Page – highlight/adjust area – Crop – Align, top middle – drag info to eg beside other info; edit to change the crop – X to exit WITHOUT SAVING, or Save, top RHS. Can join indefinitely. Knit to view Key, bottom LHS.
Set up	Join Charts	To join several charts together. Eg where a design is longer than a printed Page so it has been separated into 2 parts. Click + - Chart Piece - select Page +/- mirror/rotate - highlight/adjust area - Magic Wand - check parameters - Crop - Join, bottom RHS - Add Piece - select Page +/- mirror/rotate - highlight/adjust area - Magic Wand - Crop - Align, top middle - drag info to correct place - Edit, top middle -  back to exit WITHOUT SAVING - Save. Knit to view. Use the Row Reset icon (Edit - 3rd down on RHS) to reset count if knitting in the round and advance the row marker. Note: to join the same Piece many times, use Join Template not Join Charts.
Setup	Create a Chart Template	Useful where you have repeating parts of a pattern. Eg a jumper with a seed stich chart and a separate cable chart. You want to add seed stitches to either side of the cable chart. Create a Chart Piece for the entire cable chart. Click + - Chart Template - select Page where you want the new template to go - highlight/adjust area - Magic Wand - Crop - Pieces, top LHS - select the cable Chart Piece  created - Join, bottom RHS - select the template - drag the Template to align to the Piece - Save. To add a copy of the Template to the Piece - Join, bottom RHS - select Template - drag to be on top of first Template. And so on. Knit to view. Click + - Chart Piece - highlight/adjust area - Magic Wand - Crop -, Align, bottom RHS - Add Template - select ??? - Save. Knit to view.
	Create a Text Template
Set up	Change Order of Pieces	Long-tap on a Piece, top - drag to new spot
Set up	Copy a Piece, Key or Template	Click on Piece, key or Template, top LHS - Copy, RHS
Set up	Flag a Page	Select Page - Flag, RHS
Edit	Highlighters	Click Hand, RHS - adjust sliders. Invert to select all except the desired row. Use different colours for even/odd rows
Edit	Using Linked Counters	Eg to work from 2 stitch charts + waist shaping decreases + buttonholes. Hide/Show bottom panel - Linked Counters, bottom LHS - green button to advance by row, actions show as needed. Icon below green button allows you to go back by row. Reset button for eg 2nd sleeve below that.
Edit	Setting Linked Counters	Click Linked Counters, RHS - + - Action - Name it - Free text in the Action eg decrease 1st at end of each row - row or Manual Start (eg length”) - how many times and How Often = eg every 4 rows. Reset button, bottom LHS near + to adjust an existing Counter. Knit to view. Tap to start the Counter if a Manual Start.
Edit	Smart Counters	Used where the instructions change on each row eg cable or lace work. There are 2 types, Repeat and Shaping markers: 1.     Repeat Markers eg instructions where R1 - 4 are all different, R 5 - 7 are all the same and R 8 - 11 are all different. Use a Chart Piece that has already been set up as a separate Piece. Set up the 1-tap marker with a highlighter bar (Hand icon). Setup - bottom RHS Snake icon - Repeat Limit eg 2 (but could be length rather than no. of repeats). To repeat, - + - Row Repeat - drag blue lines to highlight R5 - 7 - repeat 3 times (for R5, R6, R7). Can do the same for charts. 2.     Shaping markers eg increases/decreases, buttonholes, colour changes. Choose the Chart Piece already set up -  Chart - Setup - Snake icon, bottom right - + - Shaping Counter - Start at Row (manual = length) - Name it eg Waist Shaping - Step, bottom LHS - want to decrease 1 stitch every 2 rows ( x 8 times) so How Often = 2, How Many = 8 or until (=length in “) - Text - type in exact instruction. Knit to view. When knitting, must check off, LHS before able to advance highlighter bar. Instead of Text (to enter free text) could choose Piece to choose the text instructions in the PDF pattern. Click + - select Page - highlight/adjust area - Crop - Back. Knit to view.
Edit	Create Magic Markers	Magic Markers -  + - Magic Marker - select stitch - Magic Wand Can do other stitches in other colours. Knit to view
Edit	Create Custom Markers	Eg to add beads to certain stitches Magic Markers - + - Custom Marker - choose colour - Magic Wand. Knit to view.
Edit	Join a pattern/part of a pattern to another	Click lowest icon on RHS and choose all/part of a pattern
Edit	Add a Video from the Pattern	Click PDF, top RHS - Name the video - gets added to Project Info. X to close and return to project. Click Project Info, bottom LHS to view video either in bottom panel or as Picture in Picture which you can enlarge and move around the pattern.
Edit	Add a Video not in the Pattern	Click Project Info, RHS - Video on bottom LHS - + - add video link manually