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| I know I asked a very similar question but I am hoping maybe there are others out there who may have input. I did get one response to my original question and I am grateful. Still, before I lay out money for software, and keeping in mind I am computerdyslexic, does anyone else have experience/opinions? I am considering software because I can't find the style (raglan cardigan with a shawl collar) I want and I am not comfortable "grafting" one set of instructions onto another. Especially because I want to use Rowan Cashsoft and the yarn is expensive and I would be making a large size.
Thanks everyone!
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- Posted by dragonfly_ (My Page) on Fri, Mar 30, 07 at 6:37
| I have the Sweater Wizard. It does have a lot to offer for designing your own sweater. There are different types of sleeves, necklines, collars also knitting your garment in the round vs flat and possibly side to side. I did not find it difficult to use, but you might want to try the demo first to see if it fits your needs before you purchase. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Sweater Wizard Demo
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- Posted by craftfetish (My Page) on Fri, Mar 30, 07 at 10:19
| I have played around a bit with some of the free online pattern makers (check out knittingfiend's). I can figure out how to use the pattern generator, but I'm not sure that what I end up with is necessarily more useful to me than what I could figure out on my own. I don't know if the types you pay for would give you something more helpful or not. I'd be more likely to find a pattern with a collar that you like and a pattern with the rest of the sweater you like and ask some knitters for advice on splicing them together. I need written instructions (I can't do charts, I can't wing it, I need it spelled out for me) so if I have to meddle with a pattern, I tend to rewrite it before I actually do any knitting. I found a site that sells a pattern for a raglan style cardigan with a shawl collar. But they use a superchunky yarn, so you may need to do adjustment for the gauge of the Cashsoft. I'm linking to the pattern just in case you wanted to check it out. |
Here is a link that might be useful: cardigan
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