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Downloading an Integrated Stitch Pattern
An integrated stitch pattern is one which has been positioned on a garment piece, either by
dragging the outline of the garment piece over the stitch pattern in Stitch Designer, or by
dragging the stitch pattern over the garment piece in Original Pattern Drafting. The filename and
position of a stitch pattern may be stored independently for each piece in a shape file.
Whichever way a garment piece is integrated with a stitch pattern, it is unlikely that row 1 of the
garment piece will end up coinciding with row 1 of the repeating stitch pattern unit as shown on
the Stitch Designer screen. It is also unlikely that the centre stitch of the garment piece will
coincide with the centre stitch of the repeating pattern unit, though the interactive knitting
instructions include centring each garment piece on the needle bed. DesignaKnit manages this
situation by automatically shuffling the pattern vertically and horizontally by the required number
of rows and stitches before downloading it. The end result is that the knitted piece exactly
matches the display of the integrated piece on the Stitch Designer or Original Pattern Drafting
screen.
In Stitch Designer, when Transfer / Integrated Download is selected, a garment piece is first
chosen. The stitch pattern that has been integrated with that piece is then downloaded to the
knitting machine or CB-1 memory, correctly positioned at the centre of the needle bed.
Even if the same stitch pattern has been integrated with more than one garment piece, the
positioning of the pattern on each piece is likely to vary, so the automatic shuffling of the pattern
will be different, and a separate download is required for each piece.
The garment shaping cannot be transferred to the console memory: only the stitch pattern can.
The process is as follows.
1. In Stitch Designer, open the shape file that has been integrated and select Transfer /
Integrated Download.
2. At the list of knitting machines, make sure that the required knitting machine is
highlighted and click OK.
3. The Integrate window opens. In the left column, select the required garment piece(s). For
the KH965i and KH970, only one piece may be selected, but for other models multiple
pieces may be selected. The filename of the stitch pattern that has been integrated with
the selected piece(s) should be shown in the middle column. For machines other than
the KH965i and KH970, note the 900 series pattern number that has been assigned to
each integrated garment piece, starting at 901. These numbers will be required later.
Click OK.
4. Connect the cable link's 8-way connector to the FB100 connector on the knitting machine
or CB-1. Ensure the USB connector is attached to the computer USB port.
5. Click the Download button in the next dialogue and follow the on-screen instructions.
6. For the CB-1 use the Load data from disk icon.
7. A bar indicates the progress of the download.
Large patterns
Different knitting machines have different memory sizes. The memory space required for a given
pattern is roughly proportional to the total number of stitches.
When downloading to the KH965i or KH970 machines, patterns are downloaded singly, but for
other machines a batch of patterns is downloaded. For a given pattern or batch of patterns
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