New Lined Shape

With this dialog box you create a new lined shape.

Open the dialog box using the context menu of the empty area in the Shapes tool window.

You make the following settings in the New Lined Shape dialog box:

Shape Name

Enter the name of the lined shape

Comment

Enter a comment to the lined shape

Select the Input Format:

Stitch

You enter the line by Stitch.

Steps

You enter the line by Steps.

Hand-Knitting (Courses)

You enter the line by courses as for hand knitting.
For this selection are the following options available:

Create Shape from Image

Create a shape from an existing image file.

Load Image...

Load image file as template for the shape.

  1. Pay attention to contours rich in contrast in the template.
  2. Remove excess shape points if necessary.

Within a lined shape project you can manage several lined shapes together in the Stitch and Steps input format.

Lined shapes in the Hand-Knitting (Courses) input format cannot be managed together with lined shapes in the Stitch or Steps input format in the same lined shape project.

You can find examples to create lined shapes here: