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baldocchi
Chatty Knitter
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 Posted - 09/07/2011 : 05:56:03 AM
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I'm wondering if anyone has come across a good chart making/using app for the iPad. Ideally you would be able to type in text to create a chart. Then display the chart on the iPad, select the row you are currently working on while dimming the rows before and after. Also, it would be great if you could mark the stitch you're on when the phone rings and you're in the middle of a complex and very long row.
Nicole
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lacylaine
Seriously Hooked
USA
989 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2011 : 9:49:45 PM
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That sounds like it would be a complex program to write! Good luck.
Melanie
"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might." Ecclesiastes 9:10
2010 FO: two pair felted clogs, two chemo caps for Mom 2011 FO: BYOB (market bag), Hedgerow Mitts, pair of wristers/sweatbands, Baby Alpaca Grande Vest; LYS mystery shawl; black helmet liner
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Ceil
Permanent Resident
USA
1563 Posts |
Posted - 09/20/2011 : 8:04:25 PM
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Funny....I just went looking on the Apple site for ANY knitting apps. Didn't find any, but I'm sure I was looking in the wrong place. If anyone has a URL to something like that, do tell!
Ceil
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marjotse
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Sweden
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Jane
SustaYning Member
USA
4291 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2011 : 04:40:44 AM
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Marjolein, thank you for posting the information about this app! I'm glad that someone has developed a knitting app that's more than just a project/needle organizer, which I don't need. I'm going to download it and play with it, but I'm most interested in what it can do with the patterns I already have. I can't figure out how much the full version costs, though.
Jane
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Blog: Not Plain Jane
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marjotse
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Sweden
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noallatin
Chatty Knitter
257 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2011 : 3:37:40 PM
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Vogue knitting has an app (the old Knit Buddy) with counters, a place to make notes and keep pictures of your projects. There is another app that does the math if you are trying to resize a pattern from it's original measurements (TAG?). There is an app that has video on knit basics and some advanced techniques. Another app many knitters on Ravelry are fond of is GoodReader. It is a document reader with annotation capabilities. Many knitters load patterns into GoodReader (there is a short learning curve) and highlight instructions for differing size and use the line tool to keep track of where they are in the pattern.
I think you may have to search the app store but there are some knitting apps out there. |
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Grand-moogi
Seriously Hooked
Australia
773 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2011 : 10:27:44 PM
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My daughter uses a simple row counter one. I don't think it was actually meant as a row counter but that is how she uses it. It just shows a number and when you tap it, it goes to the next number.
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Susan LaMontagne
New Pal
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Posted - 09/22/2011 : 02:49:21 AM
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The two apps I use most frequently are:
Knitevenly and StichMinder
Unfortunately, for chart work I use 'Highlighter Tape' and a pencil. Anything else is just too complicated for me ! |
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Jane
SustaYning Member
USA
4291 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2011 : 03:33:23 AM
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I use Knit Evenly too, thanks to a tip from Dawn at last year's retreat. Sometimes I can't wrap my head around the math for increases and decreases, and now I don't have to! I also use an app called Simple Count, which works the way Grandmoogi described — just a tap and it counts.
Jane
Betty deserves everything and more: Make a Donation
Blog: Not Plain Jane
Photos: Flickr Album
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sward
New Pal
USA
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Posted - 09/22/2011 : 04:59:45 AM
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If you go to the App Store which is within the apple site, you can do a search for knitting and come up with Jknit and Knitevenly
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Originally posted by Ceil
Funny....I just went looking on the Apple site for ANY knitting apps. Didn't find any, but I'm sure I was looking in the wrong place. If anyone has a URL to something like that, do tell!
Ceil
(Ravelry: ceilr)
Time is never a factor when joy is involved.
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msusanc
New Pal
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Posted - 09/22/2011 : 05:09:42 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by Ceil
Funny....I just went looking on the Apple site for ANY knitting apps. Didn't find any, but I'm sure I was looking in the wrong place. If anyone has a URL to something like that, do tell!
Ceil
(Ravelry: ceilr)
Time is never a factor when joy is involved.
On my iPad I have Knitting HD, Knit Evenly, Knit Minder, 123 Knit, Knit Count HD, and Knitting Help. I use Knit Count HD the most, and I love Knitting Help -- it's not yet formatted for iPad, so the screen size is the size of an iPod, but they have all their videos on it so you can watch them offline (good for me because I am in a rural area). There is also a useful app for keeping track of rows, stitches --well anything, really, called TallyPad. I use that a lot. Lion brand also has an app.
Susan
Dance like no one is watching; knit like no one will see the wrong side.
Susan
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JoliGee
Chatty Knitter
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JoliGee
Chatty Knitter
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achrisvet
Permanent Resident
USA
5986 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2011 : 08:40:53 AM
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That's odd that you are not finding any, as there are many.
By far the app I use the most is a PDF reader called GoodReader. You can set it up to download patterns from your Ravelry library if you have PDFs there. Then you can annotate on them marking off rows, highlighting, etc. My favorite thing is to use it for charts. I draw a rectangle the same height and a little wider than a chart row. I use it to encase the row I'm working on and just slide it up as I go. I find I hardly use the various knitting apps now, just GoodReader.
Of course you can transfer any patterns on your hard drive also, by doing it when you sync. Or you can use Dropbox. Dropbox is cloud storage. Any file you put in Dropbox on your computer instantly appears in your DB app on the iPad. Or if you install it on two computers, it appears on the other. You can set up GoodReader to download any files you have in DB.
To get DropBox, follow this link:
http://db.tt/4tCvstd
and you will get an extra 250 MB free space that you won't get by going there directly.
I use it to move files between my work and home computers. You can set up folders to share with someone else, so I use it to share folders with colleagues. |
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FiberFevered
New Pal
USA
8 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2011 : 11:09:47 AM
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I love the tip about GoodReader. Sometimes the most general app.s are the best. For techniques and how-to's, I love YouTube because spots on there are widely rated and the best are easy to distinguish from the less useful. Also, real pro.s show techniques on YouTube -- from Lily Chin to Lucy Neatby to Cat Bordhi, and on and on. It's like taking a class in small bites, for free, and you can get it just exactly when you need it. I have bookmarked my top 12 as "Favorites."
Two actual apps that I like are StitchMinder and KizmetStitches (KizStitch). The latter is a basic stitch dictionary. StitchMinder keeps track of rows completed, pattern row, pattern repeats, and increase rows and thus is good for complex patterns.
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yashiecat
New Pal
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Posted - 09/22/2011 : 11:49:13 AM
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The app Zite is great. You create your own magazine. Tell it you want Knitting as one of your Sections and you get great knitting information; things that appear on blogs or in newspapers.
This is the best App of iPad that anyone has suggested to me. |
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Gibson Girl
Chatty Knitter
USA
148 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2011 : 3:09:43 PM
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minh
Permanent Resident and Destasher Extraordinnaire
USA
3416 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2012 : 7:08:16 PM
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I'm with yashiecat, I *love* Zite. I have sections for knitting, travel, cooking, and science.
The app allows you to get information on what you're interested in, without having to read all the fluff or depressing news that you have on websites. It also learns from the articles you read -- you click to say you were interested in this article or not and it will use this to find more articles of that type or not. It's a free app but I would have gladly paid for it.
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Lanea
Permanent Resident
USA
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BlueStocking
Sustaining Member
USA
945 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2012 : 05:34:59 AM
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Yay, Lanea! Congratulations!
Minh, I LOVE Zite, too. I use it in conjunction with Pocket ... You can save articles from any of the news apps, or just online, in Pocket and read them later off line (I think Pocket used to be called ReadItLater of something like that, in case Pocket doesn't come up in a search). I also like the Flipboard app, but Zite is my Fave.
Amy, I use Pocket to save recipes out of the news apps and online. It's great because you can create tags to organize things into different sections / topics.
I'm with Anita, too. Love GoogleReader. I have KnitCompanion, too, but don't use it much. Granted, I haven't done the tutorial and might use it more if I had, but it's a lot more fiddly than GoogleReader.
I also like the Kindle and Nook apps.
Jennifer
"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?"
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