Creating knitting patterns is easy, creating good knitting patterns is not: there are numerous aspects of what makes a knitting pattern stand out. One of them definitely is the knitting pattern design template. Knitting pattern design templates are covered extensively in my series on, (templates are covered on day 12, including examples & downloads) so if you would like to know more or are looking for downloads of knitting pattern design templates, this is the place to go after reading this post. Everyone Has Been a First Timer Once My first knitting pattern has been published in 2008 – it was the designed for the Afghan Blanket we created together as a group of people as an initiative of the. Needless to say the pattern was just cheaply made up in MS Word, had no design at all and was rather on the ugly side: Since then, lots has happened to my knitting pattern design templates. Created in 2008, the knitting pattern template for Anton (a pattern for men’s socks) used MS Word, had my back then “logo” and my URL in the header, proper page numbering and a copyright notice in the footer.

The charts were made using MS Excel with simple normal text symbols – no knitting font. The pattern featured a single column text layout set in Times New Roman, 12pt font size for the body. The new template has been designed towards improvement of clarity, readability and easy access to key information like materials needed and gauge requirements. It features all relevant information you need before casting on on the first page, two columns and separated sections for the written instructions, abbreviations and charts to make printing easier. And it (finally!) includes information about the author. It’s been a long journey from 2008 to the knitting pattern design template above but I’m still not perfectly satisfied. The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 1 Torrent here. At the moment I’m working on a major redesign using Adobe InDesign which is planned to become a set of LaTeX templates.

Update 2015-06-26: I actually changed my mind concerning using LaTeX – just wrote an article yesterday about tools in knitwear design,. The main goal behind using LaTeX in the end is the option to modularize my knitting patterns to enable re-usage of snippets. Why reinvent the instructions for my common 32 stitches short row heel anytime I use it in one of my patterns, for example? It only increases the chance to introduce errors. And we all like error-free patterns, don’t we? More Info and Resources About Knitting Pattern Design Templates Knitting pattern design templates are covered extensively in my series on, (knitting pattern design templates are covered on day 12, including examples & downloads) so if you would like to know more or are looking for downloads of knitting pattern design templates, this is the place to go. Vhr Stock Car Setups here. Happy knitting!

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