Am I able to change pictures into knitting patterns?

Question

My nan said that she would knit me some cardigans if I can find some patterns and wool. Ive looked everywhere for knitting patterns and haven't found any I properly like but have done with loads of images. Its so cold I just want more comfy knitted cardigans! I was just wondering if there is anyplace or anywhere where I can get images converted into patterns. Any help would be appreciated please! Thank you :)

Answer 1

What you CAN do is use software to create a basic cardigan pattern and then add embellishments or design features to it. Here are websites that will let you generate a pattern for free:



http://www.thedietdiary.com/knittingfiend/

http://knitting.bikibird.com/Cardigan/CardiganForm.php



These two are free demos for design software that you can purchase on CD:

http://www.knittingsoftware.com/psweaterwizardnewweb/demo.htm

http://www.greatknitdesigns.com/download250.htm

Answer 2

If you mean having a pattern created from a photo, that's going to be extremely costly. Figure at least $100 for the pattern. Check your local yarn shop and see if any designers are willing to do the work. Better yet, check the patterns at your local yarnshop. Odds are you can find something similar. Or show the shop owner your photos and see if she can find a similar pattern.



If you mean making a colored design on your sweaters that looks like a photograph, be aware than anything more than two colors in any given row is a real challenge even to an experienced knitter.

Answer 3

While it's definitely possible to make a pattern from a picture, there aren't any websites that I know of that can do this automatically because there are too many variables. Try looking on ravelry.com under Patterns for cardigans. They have a lot of patterns there, as well yarn suggestions that go with the pattern. A lot of the patterns are free, too. Hope that helps!

Answer 4

Have you tried just doing a copy and paste into another application like Microsoft Word or maybe Notepad? To copy, highlight the area you want to print and press the Control Key and the letter C key at the same time, then go to your blank word document and press the Control Key and the letter V to paste the item. Your other alternative may be to to highlight the area you want to print, then when your Print Job comes up, click on Print Selection. I've never had any particular problem with either way unless the recipe etc is part of a PDF in which case you would have to print the whole item Hope this helps. Good luck.

Answer 5

No you can't do that. It takes a lot to make a pattern in sizes to fit and make up a pattern. Just a picture won't do it. Have you looked through patterns on line that you can print. I suggest you look through the yarn brand names. They all have sites on line with free printable patterns and wool suggestions Try---

Bernat

Red Heart

Lion brand

And a good site for patterns that people send in is Ravelry

Answer 6

I often see items I like in the shop and go home and copy them in my own choice of yarn and in my size.

Most experienced knitters can do this.

If your gran doesn't feel confident enough to write a pattern from scratch then find a pattern similar to what you want and ask her if she can just change the neckline,make the sleeves a different style or whatever. Many knitters can make simple changes like that.

Answer 7

Well, you could use knitters graph paper to graph the pattern yourself. here are some sources

http://www.tata-tatao.to/knit/matrix/e-index.html

http://www.sweaterscapes.com/lcharts3.htm

http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/asymmetric/

http://www.thedietdiary.com/knittingfiend/KnittersGraph.html

or you can use one of these cross stitch programs to convert the picture into a graph. remember that knitting is slightly wider than it is tall, so you need to adjust the graph accordingly.

http://www.picturecraftwork.com/en

http://www.tamemymind.com/blog/2007/01/25/turn-photo-graphic-image-into-chart.php

http://blog.atimes.net/wp-content/themes/default/TUTORIAL_graphs.pdf

http://www.cross-stitch.szm.com/