Step by Step to Pattern-2

A pattern project with one pattern and the desired settings is created.

1: Select an existing Aran pattern element in Knit Explorer to draw.
- or -
Generate a private Aran diamond as a pattern element.

Selection of the needed Aran structure modules via:

Knit Explorer
Quick Access
: The desired folder has to be added in Knit Explorer to the folder Quick Access.

Knit Explorer

Managing all STOLL knitting elements

Pattern Elements
All types of knitting elements
STOLL knitting elements are write protected

Managing self created pattern elements and knitting elements


1	Ribbon	File	Information about the Knit Explorer Exiting the Knit Explorer
		Start	Functions for working in the Knit Explorer
		View	Possible settings for the Knit Explorer view
2	Navigation Pane	Quick Access	Managing linked directories for a faster access
		Knitting Element Depot	Managing all knitting elements / modules STOLL database (write-protected) Private database (not write-protected)
3	Display of the content of a selected folder
4	Preview of a selected knitting element / module

Marking of directories

Directory without property
Directory without content
Write-protected directory

STOLL knitting elements are write protected

Linked directory

Managing the Knitting Elements and Different Types of Knitting Elements

Managing the knitting elements in the Knit Explorer

You will find the different types of knitting elements in the following directories:

This write-protected directories contains all the knitting elements from STOLL with their corresponding properties for each type of knitting element.
For a better structuring there are sub-directories assigned to the directories.

Types of knitting elements

Pattern Elements
Structure Module

All structures with / without transfer rows
Knitting element with connecting points

Color Arrangement
Module Arrangement
Jacquard Module
Technical Module
Technical Design Module
Narrowing Module
Multi-step Narrowing Module
Widening Module
Multi-step Widening Module
Binding-off Module
Start

2: Drawing of an Aran diamond with the drawing tools.

Select group Modify, function Multi-Copy.
: For easier, faster handling of the drawing tools, open the pop-up window with CTRL + Space bar.

3: Filling of the interior of the Aran diamond with Pattern element / Structure module Moss Stitch with the following drawing tools and settings:

Magic Wand with corresponding settings in the group Fill :

Free Border
Exact to Border
Cover Border

Fill Line

: The result when filling the Aran diamond depends on whether a pattern element or a structure module is used.
The use of a pattern element is recommended.

4: Select the created Aran diamond.

5: Press the keys CTRL + C.

A temporary pattern element is assigned to the cursor.

6: Draw basic pattern with the temporary pattern element.

Create the selection as a temporary pattern element with CTRL + C.
: Pattern element is not saved and can be deleted from the cursor with the ESC button.
Context menu -> Selection -> Create Pattern Element...
: Pattern element will be saved as Pattern Elements and with the project.
Context menu -> Selection -> Create Structure Module...
: Structure module will be saved as Modules and with the project.

: Attention:
The behavior of the pattern element and module is different when working with shapes.
Recommendation:
Create the basic pattern only with pattern elements when working with shapes.

7: Import and position the existing shape Front with V-neck.

: If the basic pattern is too small for the positioning of the shape, then the size of the basic pattern will be automatically adjusted to the size of the shape.

: This adjustment always takes place with Front Stitch with Transfer .

8: Open the shape with the Line Table button.

9: Make the desired changes in the basic shape and neckline:

: These changes are directly visible in the document window Design Pattern with positioned shape.

Narrowing:

Function width

10 needles (stitches)

Fade-out:

Fade-out width:

10 needles (stitches)

Fade-out content:

Shape edges in the basic shape: Knitting Element 1x1-Rib, Fade-out (v^....^v)
Shape edges neckline. Knitting Element 1x1-Rib, Fade-out (v^....^v)

	1	After cutting out the shape, the fading-out is inserted, where knitting elements are 'cut-into'.
	2	Cut into knitting elements are displayed.

	1	After cutting out the shape, the fading-out is inserted, where knitting elements are 'cut-into'.
	2	Cut into knitting elements are not displayed and are replaced by default with Front Stitch with Transfer.

Power Tension Setting (NPJ) at the shape edge:

+ :
Allocation of the desired stitch length indexes for stitch length at the front / rear
Width + Width :
Quantity of stitches for PTS (NPJ): 12 needles (stitches)

: Power Tension Setting (NPJ) is needed at the shape edge, to adjust the quality of the stitch lengths between the different structures Aran diamond and the 1x1 Rib at the shape edge.

In the document window Design Pattern switch the view to Stitch Length at Front and Rear in Needle Area.

Shape generation in the current pattern project

Tab Shapes -> Context menu Create New Shape of Size M...

Shape generation with New Lined Shape Project

Basic Shape

: Ensure an even numbered height in total in the basic shape.

Neckline

Ensure an even numbered height in total in the element Neckline.
V-neck starts by default with 2 needles.
A marking point with the allocation of the knitting element Start V-Neck, Crossover is automatically set at the V-neck start.

Displaying and changing marking point properties:

In the document window

Position the cursor on a marking point in the displayed graphic -> open the context menu with RMB and select -> Marking Point Properties and make the desired entries in the tool window.
With the Marking Point Properties button in the ribbon, open the tool window and make the desired entries.

1	Buttons for switching between the created marking points
2	Name of the selected marking point : Name changing possible.
3	Used knitting element as marking
4	Positioning of the knitting element at the marking point
	Anchor	Corresponds to the reference point in a knitting element : The reference point is at the bottom left by default.
	Distance	Offset in x direction and y direction for positioning the assigned knitting element regarding the marking point depending on the set anchor point
	Align Center	Centers the assigned knitting element at the anchor point

Quantity of yarn carriers for shapes with neckline:

The row number after the start up to the beginning of the neck has to be aligned to the number of yarn carriers in use to achieve a correct knitting sequence.

Graphic presentation	Quantity of yarn carriers up to neckline	Height up to neckline
	One yarn carrier	Even-numbered
	Two yarn carriers in the same home position	odd
	Two yarn carriers in different home position	Even-numbered
: If the shape is not placed directly on the first knitting row after the start, these knitting rows outside shape will be removed.

10: Working in the dialog box Yarn Carriers -> Show Yarn Carriers

Available Yarns and Yarn Carriers Tab

Combine Yarn Carriers
If desired, allocate the yarn carriers to the yarn carrier rails manually

Color Parameters Table

Allocate the Float, Lock, Fabric selvedge module as attribute to the yarn carrier of the left shoulder

Open the Yarn Carrier document window:

: The motive is created in the Design Pattern.

Click the Yarn Carriers button under Preview in the Start ribbon.
The New Pattern xx document window is opened as view and the Yarn Carriers ribbon appears.
Make the desired settings for the view of Yarn Carriers the status bar:

Yarn Carrier Colors as Background
	Switching the view between the different pattern colors : Only with certain pattern colors available.

Show Knitting-out
	inactive	Knitting-out of the yarn carriers is not displayed in the graphic.
	Active	Knitting-out of the yarn carriers is displayed in the graphic. : The knitting-out is displayed as marking with specified direction at the corresponding side of the area.

Table Color Parameters

You can make the desired presettings for the colors used in the pattern (color areas) within the Color Parameters table.

Open the Color Parameters table:

With the Yarn Carriers button open the document window (Pattern name) in the ribbon.
Open the dialog box via Show Yarn Carriers.

For each color in the pattern color tables used in the design pattern, a color area is created in the color parameter table.
This means that you can make presettings only once for this color area.
For pattern related, different changes of a color area sub-colors must be created. You have to draw them manually in the design pattern at the point to be changed.
Then, other specifications can be set in the color parameter table.
Make the desired presettings for the corresponding color:

Knitting-in and out
Change the starting direction of a color (yarn carrier)
Knot or binding at start or end of a color
Border Processing
etc.

Apply the modifications of the Color Parameter table to the pattern:
Edit group -> Apply
- or -
Edit group -> Apply and Close

Functions of the Edit ribbon

	Synchronize	Applies the changes from the Design Pattern to the open Yarn Carrier View and synchronizes both views to the current state of the pattern.
	Apply	Applies changes for yarn carriers to the Design Pattern. Other changes (e.g. of color parameters) will be applied at once.
	Apply and Close	Applies changes for yarn carriers to the Design Pattern and closes the view. Other changes (e.g. of color parameters) will be applied at once.
	Cancel and Close	Rejects modifications and closes the Yarn Carrier View. Close with Cancel and Close if you only opened the Yarn Carrier view for control.

Adjust the display of the columns in the Color Parameters table:

Move the cursor to the first row of the table header.
Open the context menu with RMB.


Select Columns	Adding or closing the desired columns in the selection list.
Show Used Columns	Display of the columns used in the pattern
Show All Columns	Display all of the columns

Hide this Group	Hide all columns allocated to a group (color coded)
Hide this Column	Hide the individual column at cursor position

Structure and column headers of the Color Parameters table:

Group 1: General / Table header:

1st row:
All the symbols identifying the table columns
2nd row D
Default settings for the respective column
Settings from the STOLL file - cannot be modified at the moment

Default settings are applied from a STOLL file and cannot be modified at the moment.
These are automatically applied to all colors without specifications.


Group 1: General

1. Column		Entry D for the definition of the 2nd row of the table (D = Default settings for the table columns)
2. Column		Display for available sub-colors
	Color	Display of all the colors used in a project Symbol and color: Not visible but used within the design pattern. Symbol and color + : Visible and used within the design pattern. : The symbols show the type of pattern color.
	Yarn carrier knits a multiple system color	Specifications with multi-system knitting
	Yarn carrier knits a plating color	Specifications with plating
	Swivel	Settings for the swivelling of intarsia yarn carriers or of autarkic yarn carriers
	Quantity of Rows for Knitting-out, SEN edge and clamping Define the distance of color fields from which on you want to knit-out, to move to SEN edge and to clamp.	Specify the maximum distance between the color fields of the yarn carrier. If this value is exceeded, one of the intended actions will take place: Knitting-out the yarn carrier Move the yarn carrier to the SEN border Clamp Yarn Carrier

Group 2: Knitting-in

	Starting Direction	Specification of the knitting direction for the first row of a color (color area)
	Quantity of columns without knitting-in	Quantity of columns (wales) without knitting-in module
	Module for Knitting-in	Specification of the knitting mode for knitting-in : The module for knitting-in has two functions: Repeatable knitting mode for feeding-in the yarn carrier Knitting mode for knot or binding at the edge of the color area
	Width of repetition for knitting-in	Presetting of the module width in total for the knitting mode of feeding-in the yarn carrier : The module width is repeatable.
	Moving Rows for Cast-off	Column appears automatically if a module for knitting-in with casting-off is used
	Reihen-Offset für Einstricken / Knoten	Knitting-in of the yarn carrier by x rows before the beginning of the color area Related to: Pattern Rows Default Setting Technical Rows In an Extra Row
	Knot or Binding at Start	Presetting a module for knot / binding at start of a color area without knitting-in. : Entry in intarsia color areas, without assigned knitting-in module and thus no knitting-in is entered. Example: Two overlapping color areas without knitting-out and knitting-in.
	Column-offset for Knitting-in with a Knot	Move the position of a knot (module) by x columns to the left or right. : This column is displayed automatically if a module is allocated in the Knot or Binding at Start column.

The direction of knitting-in of a yarn carrier is always carried out from last position.

Group 3: Knitting-out

	Direction of the Knitting-out	Preset of the direction for knitting-out of the yarn carrier at the end of a color area
	Module for Knitting-out	Preset of the knitting mode (module) for knitting-out : The module for knitting-out has two functions: Example Repeatable knitting mode for feeding-out the yarn carrier Knitting mode for knot or binding at the edge of the color area
	Width of repetition for knitting-out	Presetting of the module width in total for the knitting mode of feeding-in the yarn carrier : The module width is repeatable
	Moving Rows for Cast-off	Column appears automatically if a module for knitting-out with casting-off is used
	Row-offset for Knitting-out	Knitting-out of the yarn carrier by x rows after the end of the color area Related to: Pattern Rows Default Setting Technical Rows In an Extra Row
	Knot or Binding at End	Presetting a module for knot / binding at end of a color area without knitting-out. : Entry in intarsia color areas, without assigned knitting-out module and thus no knitting-out is entered. Example: Two overlapping color areas without knitting-out and knitting-in.
	Column-offset for Knitting-out with a Knot	Move the position of a knot (module) by x columns to the left or right. : This column is displayed automatically if a module is allocated in the Knot or Binding at End column.

Group 4 : Intarsia Binding

	Intarsia Binding at the Left	Presetting of a binding or no binding at the left border of the color area
	Intarsia Binding at the Right	Presetting of a binding or no binding at the right border of the color area
	Direction of the Intarsia Binding at the Left	Specification for inserting the Binding module at the left border of the color area depending on the carriage direction Binding with Knitting-in Binding at the left at the beginning of a knitting row Binding with Knitting-out Binding at the left at the end of a knitting row
	Direction of the Intarsia Binding at the Right	Specification for inserting the module Binding at the right border of the color are depending on the carriage direction Binding with Knitting-in Binding at the right at the beginning of a knitting row Binding with Knitting-out Binding at the right at the end of a knitting row
	Module for Intarsia Binding at the Left	Presetting of the knitting mode for binding at the left border of the color area
	Module for Intarsia Binding at the Right	Presetting of the knitting mode for binding at the right border of the color area

Group 5: Border Processing

	Allowed stepping without border processing at the left	Maximum number of needles when widening at the left border of the color area without automatic border processing. : No module is inserted.
	Allowed stepping without border processing at the right	Maximum number of needles when widening at the right border of the color area without automatic border processing. : No module is inserted.
	Module for Border Processing at the Left	Presetting of the knitting mode for the border processing (feeding) in case of large widenings (stepping) of the color area : With steppings greater than the setting in the Allowed stepping without border processing at the left column.
	Module for Border Processing at the Right	Presetting of the knitting mode for the border processing (feeding) in case of large widenings (stepping) of the color area : For steppings which are larger than the settings in the Allowed stepping without border processing at the right column.

Group 6: Multi Gauge

	Allowed Stepping of coarse multi gauge rows	Allowed number of needles when widening at the left and right border of the color area without automatic border processing. : No module is inserted.
	Module for border processing, transition mg coarse to mg fine	Presetting of the knitting mode for the border processing (feeding) in case of large widenings (stepping) of the color area and as transition : For steppings which are larger than the setting in the Allowed Stepping of coarse multi gauge rows column

Group 7: Miscellaneous

	Clamping	Presetting for the yarn carrier, when it is to be clamped after knitting its color area.
	Delayed Clamping	Without Delay Clamp After n Pattern Rows: Clamp After n Technical Rows
	Open Clamp	Open Clamp After n Rows: Automatically
	SEN Edge	Specifications for positioning the yarn carrier during the knitting SEN Edge Stop at the SEN edge W Waiting Position Parking (waiting position) at the fabric selvedge with an additional distance (needles). No Action Default Setting
	System (independent of direction)	Selection of a knitting system for the selected color area First system from the left Second system from the left Third system from the left … : The yarn carrier is always knitted by the same system. The system specification changes depending on the carriage direction.
Group 8
Description		Note on the use of the entry. You can enter a text here. Comment about the color area

Standard behavior by the yarn carrier allocation

On the left side (shoulder) an additional yarn carrier is required for the yarn color #1 in shapes with neckline (shape element outside shape). It will be knitted-in from left by default at the start of the shoulder.

: In this knitting situation it might happen that the yarn does not lay-in correctly at the fabric selvedge.

: A row is created in the Color Parameter table for the Yarn color #1 in which the desired attributes A can be allocated.
These attributes are valid for both yarn carriers 4R and 5L.

:
If there is the necessity to allocate other attributes to the yarn carrier of the left shoulder, there has to be another yarn color or a sub-color of the main color available in the table Color Parameters.

Creating Sub-colors within the Different Tables of Pattern Colors

Possible in the following tables:

Yarn Colors
Magazine Colors
Technique Colors
Yarn Carrier Colors

: You can create sub-colors in each of these tables in the same way.

Creating Sub-colors:

: Be sure to create the sub-color for a main color used in the pattern only, as no additional yarn carrier should be added to the pattern.
With the help of the sub-color, you can allocate others attributes to a yarn carrier.

Position the cursor to the main color in use (e.g. yarn color #1) in the tool window Pattern Colors / Yarn Colors.
The icon appears beside the symbol.
Click the icon.
The input panel for the sub-color appears.
Click on the icon.
A new empty sub-color will be created and selected.
If required:
Call up the Change Color Value... context menu in order to change the color.
- or -
Delete the sub-color by Delete Sub-Color.
If required, create additional sub-colors for the same main color.
- or –
Switch to another main color in order to add sub-colors.
Select sub-color und draw it into the area of Design Pattern for which different specifications are necessary.
The sub-color will be marked by the icon and appears in the color parameter table.
Allocate the Float, Lock, Fabric selvedge module to the sub-color 1/1.

Modified Design Pattern	Yarn Carrier View


: A row is created in the Color Parameters Table for the main color of the yarn color #1 (yarn carrier 4R) in which the desired attributes A can be allocated. A row is created in the Color Parameters Table for the sub-color of the yarn color #1 (yarn carrier 5L) in which the desired attributes B can be allocated.

11: Start Technical Processing:

Show symbol view after technical processing.

12: Generate Sintral.

13: Start Sintral Check

14: Extract knitting program.

A program for the knitting machine will be created: CMS530.Pattern-2.zip.

15: Load knitting program into the machine.

: The extracted file CMS530W.Pattern-2.zip can be loaded onto the machine with an USB stick or via Ethernet.

Step by Step to Pattern-2

Working with Knit Explorer and Quick Access

Information about the Knit Explorer

Knit Explorer

Directories in the Knit Explorer

Marking of directories

Managing the Knitting Elements and Different Types of Knitting Elements

Managing the Knitting Elements and Different Types of Knitting Elements

Types of knitting elements

General Handling of the 'Multi-Copy' Drawing Tool

Generate a private Aran diamond

Fill the interior of the Aran diamond with the desired structure

Possibilities to create pattern elements and structure modules from a selection

Behavior of the knitting elements in the basic pattern when fading-out

Activate display of Power Tension Setting in the document window Design Pattern

Shape editing: Import of a shape and change of the shape attributes

Options for creating a lined shape based on the shape example

Shape generation via 'New Lined Shape Project'

Line table Basic Shape

Line Table Neckline

Displaying and changing marking point properties

Displaying and changing marking point properties:

Specifications for the yarn carrier for shapes with neck

Quantity of yarn carriers for shapes with neckline:

View in the Yarn Carrier document window

Open the Yarn Carrier document window:

Working in the Color Parameter table

Table Color Parameters

Open the Color Parameters table:

Functions of the Edit ribbon

Adjust the display of the columns in the Color Parameter table

Adjust the display of the columns in the Color Parameters table:

Structure and column headers of the Color Parameter table

Structure and column headers of the Color Parameters table:

Explanation group 2: Knitting-in

Explanation group 3: Knitting-out

Explanation group 4: Intarsia Binding

Explanation group 5: Border Processing

Explanation group 6: Multi Gauge

Explanation group 7 and 8: Miscellaneous and description

Allocation of attributes in the Color Parameter table

Options to add sub-colors

Creating Sub-colors within the Different Tables of Pattern Colors

Creating Sub-colors

Creating Sub-colors:

All steps of the pattern creation 'Pattern-2'

Additional Information