Cathy Scott's StitchMastery

An update for the Knitting Chart Editor is now available.

To install this update;-

1. Start up the Knitting Chart Editor.
2. Select Tools > Install updates from the main menu.
3. The software checks for available updates and shows a dialog box listing the available updates. Select version 1.6.0 and follow the prompts.
4. When prompted about certificates, select the Eclipse certificate and reply ok. All of the software code is ‘digitally signed’ to show that the software has not been tampered with. The certificates are either from The Eclipse Foundation (www.eclipse.org) or Cathy Scott of StitchMastery (www.stitchmastery.com).

   There may be a warning that there is an unsigned feature called com.stitchmastery.chartEditor.feature. This warning is nothing to worry about and can be safely ignored as all of the contents of the feature have been signed. The StitchMastery Knitting Chart Editor is composed of a collection of ‘plug-ins’. A ‘feature’ is a subset of those plugins. The feature mentioned is the set of all plugins that contain code specific to the Knitting Chart Editor. All of the plugins in the software, including those in the com.stitchmastery.chartEditor.feature have been ‘digitally signed’ so that you can be sure that they contain authentic code that has not been tampered with since signing.

   To verify the signatures of the installed code;-

   1. Select Tools > About Knitting Chart Editor from the main menu. The ‘About Knitting Chart Editor dialog’ opens.
   2. Select ‘Installation Details’. The ‘Knitting Chart Editor Installation Details dialog’ opens.
   3. Select the Plug-ins tab.
   4. Select ‘Show Signing Info’.
5. When prompted be sure to agree to the restart of the software so that the new update is incorporated properly.

Update 1.6.0 fixed the following bugs / added the following features;-

• Fixed a bug that caused the chart title to be ignored when creating charts from written instructions.
• Fixed a bug that, in certain circumstances, caused exceptions when creating charts from written instructions.
• When creating new custom stitches, StitchMastery Dot is now the default font.
• Tidied up the Edit Stitch Appearance Dialog.
• Updated the Help files to add information about Fill Mode and Moving Chart Elements.
• Included the Linux version.

An update for the Knitting Chart Editor is now available.

To install this update;-

1. Start up the Knitting Chart Editor.
2. Select Tools > Install updates from the main menu.
3. The software checks for available updates and shows a dialog box listing the available updates. Select version 1.5.4 and follow the prompts.
4. When prompted about certificates, select the Eclipse certificate and reply ok. All of the software code is ‘digitally signed’ to show that the software has not been tampered with. The certificates are either from The Eclipse Foundation (www.eclipse.org) or Cathy Scott of StitchMastery (www.stitchmastery.com).

   There may be a warning that there is an unsigned feature called com.stitchmastery.chartEditor.feature. This warning is nothing to worry about and can be safely ignored as all of the contents of the feature have been signed. The StitchMastery Knitting Chart Editor is composed of a collection of ‘plug-ins’. A ‘feature’ is a subset of those plugins. The feature mentioned is the set of all plugins that contain code specific to the Knitting Chart Editor. All of the plugins in the software, including those in the com.stitchmastery.chartEditor.feature have been ‘digitally signed’ so that you can be sure that they contain authentic code that has not been tampered with since signing.

   To verify the signatures of the installed code;-

   1. Select Tools > About Knitting Chart Editor from the main menu. The ‘About Knitting Chart Editor dialog’ opens.
   2. Select ‘Installation Details’. The ‘Knitting Chart Editor Installation Details dialog’ opens.
   3. Select the Plug-ins tab.
   4. Select ‘Show Signing Info’.
5. When prompted be sure to agree to the restart of the software so that the new update is incorporated properly.

Update 1.5.4 fixed the following bugs;-

• Fixed a bug that caused the palette to disappear.
• Fixed a bug that, in certain circumstances, caused exceptions when opening charts.

An update for the Knitting Chart Editor is now available.

To install this update;-

1. Start up the Knitting Chart Editor.
2. Select Tools > Install updates from the main menu.
3. The software checks for available updates and shows a dialog box listing the available updates. Select version 1.5.3 and follow the prompts.
4. When prompted about certificates, select the Eclipse certificate and reply ok. All of the software code is ‘digitally signed’ to show that the software has not been tampered with. The certificates are either from The Eclipse Foundation (www.eclipse.org) or Cathy Scott of StitchMastery (www.stitchmastery.com).

   There may be a warning that there is an unsigned feature called com.stitchmastery.chartEditor.feature. This warning is nothing to worry about and can be safely ignored as all of the contents of the feature have been signed. The StitchMastery Knitting Chart Editor is composed of a collection of ‘plug-ins’. A ‘feature’ is a subset of those plugins. The feature mentioned is the set of all plugins that contain code specific to the Knitting Chart Editor. All of the plugins in the software, including those in the com.stitchmastery.chartEditor.feature have been ‘digitally signed’ so that you can be sure that they contain authentic code that has not been tampered with since signing.

   To verify the signatures of the installed code;-

   1. Select Tools > About Knitting Chart Editor from the main menu. The ‘About Knitting Chart Editor dialog’ opens.
   2. Select ‘Installation Details’. The ‘Knitting Chart Editor Installation Details dialog’ opens.
   3. Select the Plug-ins tab.
   4. Select ‘Show Signing Info’.
5. When prompted be sure to agree to the restart of the software so that the new update is incorporated properly.

Update 1.5.3 fixed the following bugs;-

• Fixed a bug that caused an exception when the file containing Written Instructions had a space in either the name or a containing folder.
• Fixed a bug that, in certain circumstances, caused custom stitches to disappear from a chart.

An update for the Knitting Chart Editor is now available.

To install this update;-

1. Start up the Knitting Chart Editor.
2. Select Tools > Install updates from the main menu.
3. The software checks for available updates and shows a dialog box listing the available updates. Select version 1.5.2 and follow the prompts.
4. When prompted about certificates, select the Eclipse certificate and reply ok. All of the software code is ‘digitally signed’ to show that the software has not been tampered with. The certificates are either from The Eclipse Foundation (www.eclipse.org) or Cathy Scott of StitchMastery (www.stitchmastery.com).

   There may be a warning that there is an unsigned feature called com.stitchmastery.chartEditor.feature. This warning is nothing to worry about and can be safely ignored as all of the contents of the feature have been signed. The StitchMastery Knitting Chart Editor is composed of a collection of ‘plug-ins’. A ‘feature’ is a subset of those plugins. The feature mentioned is the set of all plugins that contain code specific to the Knitting Chart Editor. All of the plugins in the software, including those in the com.stitchmastery.chartEditor.feature have been ‘digitally signed’ so that you can be sure that they contain authentic code that has not been tampered with since signing.

   To verify the signatures of the installed code;-

   1. Select Tools > About Knitting Chart Editor from the main menu. The ‘About Knitting Chart Editor dialog’ opens.
   2. Select ‘Installation Details’. The ‘Knitting Chart Editor Installation Details dialog’ opens.
   3. Select the Plug-ins tab.
   4. Select ‘Show Signing Info’.
5. When prompted be sure to agree to the restart of the software so that the new update is incorporated properly.

Update 1.5.2 fixed the following bugs;-

• Fixed a bug introduced in update 1.5.1 (sorry..) where selection of stitches in charts where wrong side rows are hidden was incorrect and caused errors.
• Fixed a bug that caused extra key entries for custom stitches when a chart was copied and pasted into another .knit file.
• Fixed a bug which prevented the deleting of a stitch key entry and caused paste errors if a stitch key entry had become corrupted.

An update for the Knitting Chart Editor is now available.

To install this update;-

1. Start up the Knitting Chart Editor.
2. Select Tools > Install updates from the main menu.
3. The software checks for available updates and shows a dialog box listing the available updates. Select version 1.5.1 and follow the prompts.
4. When prompted about certificates, select the Eclipse certificate and reply ok. All of the software code is ‘digitally signed’ to show that the software has not been tampered with. The certificates are either from The Eclipse Foundation (www.eclipse.org) or Cathy Scott of StitchMastery (www.stitchmastery.com).

   There may be a warning that there is an unsigned feature called com.stitchmastery.chartEditor.feature. This warning is nothing to worry about and can be safely ignored as all of the contents of the feature have been signed. The StitchMastery Knitting Chart Editor is composed of a collection of ‘plug-ins’. A ‘feature’ is a subset of those plugins. The feature mentioned is the set of all plugins that contain code specific to the Knitting Chart Editor. All of the plugins in the software, including those in the com.stitchmastery.chartEditor.feature have been ‘digitally signed’ so that you can be sure that they contain authentic code that has not been tampered with since signing.

   To verify the signatures of the installed code;-

   1. Select Tools > About Knitting Chart Editor from the main menu. The ‘About Knitting Chart Editor dialog’ opens.
   2. Select ‘Installation Details’. The ‘Knitting Chart Editor Installation Details dialog’ opens.
   3. Select the Plug-ins tab.
   4. Select ‘Show Signing Info’.
5. When prompted be sure to agree to the restart of the software so that the new update is incorporated properly.

Update 1.5.1 implemented the following features / fixed the following bugs;-

• The Text Input feature has been replaced by a new feature that allows the user to input a set of written instructions and use it to generate a chart from scratch. An editor is provided for written instructions that parses the written instructions and generates a ‘knitting model’ of the instructions. Written instructions need to be entered in a format that is understandable by the software. Content Assist, Auto-Completion and error messages all help the user to do this. Full details of how to use this feature are provided in the help files which can be accessed by selecting Help > Help Contents from the main menu. Within the help files select Tasks > Working with Text Input
• Customizations to the stitch library in the form of either a new custom stitch, user edits to an existing stitch or changes to the palette drawers are now all stored in one file so that this file can be easily backed up. This file is called user_stitch_libary.xmi and is currently stored in the ‘user.home’ location. Typically the ‘user.home’ location is c:/users/userid (Windows) or /users/userid/ (Mac) where userid is the userid on that machine. In future updates users will be able to specify the location of this file.
• The Palette which displays the stitch library in a collection of drawers at the side of the drawing canvas has now been moved to a separate view. this is especially useful for editing large charts where the user has scrolled to the bottom of the drawing area in order to edit the bottom of a chart. As the Palette is now in a separate view it is not scrolled, meaning easier access to stitch drawers.
• When a chart is set for flat knitting and a new stitch is added to the key, the software checks if the Right Side (RS) and Wrong Side (WS) instructions are identical. If so, then only a single set of instructions are added to the new key entry. For example, ‘yo’ instead of ‘RS: yo {newline}WS: yo’.
• The Repeat menu is now always visible when the chart editor is active. Items on the Repeat Menu are also visible but only enabled when they a valid actions, for example when stitches are selected in a chart.
• The chart title can now be directly edited in the drawing area.
• Fixed a bug in the Customize Stitch Appearance dialog where non-StitchMastery fonts were not correctly displayed.
• Fixed a bug in the Export to Image feature where jpeg images were not correctly exported if the scaling was anything other than 100%.
• Fixed a bug which caused text clipping of key entries.
• Fixed a bug which caused a memory leak when chart diagram file closed.
• Fixed a bug where the Insert Chart feature always created a circular chart. It now listens to users.

An update for the Knitting Chart Editor is now available.

To install this update;-

1) Start up the Knitting Chart Editor.
2) Select Tools > Install updates from the main menu
3) The software checks for available updates and shows a dialog box listing the available updates. Select version 1.4.0 and follow the prompts.
4) When prompted be sure to agree to the restart of the software so that the new update is incorporated properly.

Update 1.4.0 implemented the following features / fixed the following bugs;-

• The Open feature can now open several .knit diagram files at once if they are in the same folder.
• The Select feature has now been upgraded so that the user can use it to Select All Charts, Select the Key or Select Alternate rows. This feature makes editing much quicker. For example when coupled with the Fill Mode feature that was introduced in update 1.3.0 alternate rows of a large lace chart can be easily selected and then filled with a highlight colour to enable the knitter to quickly find their place. This feature is available via the Select icon on the toolbar.
• Negative row numbers have now been introduced to match the negative column numbers introduced in update 1.2.0.
• When combining colours with stitch symbols, the Knitting Chart Editor now automatically detects if the colour is too dark for the stitch symbol to show up. It then changes the colour of the stitch symbol to white. This is a feature that can be turned off via the preference page at Preferences > Knitting Chart Editor > Appearance. In that case the stitch symbol colour is always black. Custom background and foreground colours can still be set for a particular custom stitch.
• Fixed a bug where the background colour of custom stitches is always set to white so that custom stitches could not be painted with colour correctly.

An update for the Knitting Chart Editor is now available.

To install this update;-

1) Start up the Knitting Chart Editor.
2) Select Tools > Install updates from the main menu
3) The software checks for available updates and shows a dialog box listing the available updates. Select version 1.3.0 and follow the prompts.
4) When prompted be sure to agree to the restart of the software so that the new update is incorporated properly.

Update 1.3.0 implemented the following features / fixed the following bugs;-

• The Save As, Export as Text and Export as Image dialogs all now have the ability to remember the last folder used and initialise the dialog folder field as appropriate. This can be activated via the preference setting at Tools > Preferences > Knitting Chart Editor > Remember Last Used Folder. When deactivated, the folder fields are initialised to the folder containing the .knit file.
• A Fill Mode feature has now been implemented. If stitches are selected when a stitch or colour is selected in either the key or the palette, then the selected stitches are filled with the appropriate stitch / colour. This also applies to rows and charts. This featured can be activated / deactivated via the preference setting at Tools > Preferences > Knitting Chart Editor > Fill Mode Active. A shortcut icon on the toolbar allows quick activation/deactivation of the Fill Mode.
• The Recently Opened Files list is now persisted even when the Knitting Chart Editor is closed and reopened. This list (if not empty) can be found on the File menu between the Print and Exit options. The maximum number of entries on this list can be set via the preference setting at Tools > Preferences > Knitting Chart Editor > Workspace Options > Size of recently opened files list.
• The Edit Stitch Appearance dialog has been redesigned so that it’s layout responds appropriately to the user resizing the dialog. This makes it much easier / possible (!) to use the dialog on small screens such as those of netbooks. The unicode field is now editable so that users can also enter the appropriate text in order to create a custom stitch.
• Added a ‘Getting Started tutorial to the help files as well as some sample charts and an overview of the Knitting Chart Editor main window.
• Fixed a bug where the the row and column numbers are not in the correct position after the font has been changed.
• Fixed a bug where sometimes the Edit Font feature did not work when it should have done.

An update for the Knitting Chart Editor is now available.

To install this update;-

1) Start up the Knitting Chart Editor.
2) Select Tools > Install updates from the main menu
3) The software checks for available updates and shows a dialog box listing the available updates. Select version 1.2.0 and follow the prompts.
4) When prompted be sure to agree to the restart of the software so that the new update is incorporated properly.

Update 1.2.0 implemented the following features / fixed the following bugs;-

• The Export to Image feature has no been updated so that users can specify the size of the image to be output. For PNG and JPEG formats the resolution of the image (Dots per Inch) can now be specified, although users should note that the SVG vector format will always give better image quality than bitmapped formats such as PNG and JPEG. Support for GIF and BMP formats has been removed as the PNG and JPEG formats are superior in all respects.
• Users can now set a chart to have negative column numbers. Whay would you possibly want to do that?? See the example charts below.
• Fixed a bug where the chart is incorrect after a ‘Place Selected Stitches into Repeat’ command if more than one row is selected.

Negative Column Numbers.

This is a new feature introduced to support charts where a wide stitch such as a cable, clustered stitch, etc. is at the beginning of a pattern repeat and needs to ‘borrow’ stitches from the end of the previous pattern repeat. In this case the additional ‘borrowed stitches’ do not really add up to extra columns but space is needed on the chart as if they did.

For example, in this chart a 2 x 1 rib has cables that cross over the ribs.

There are 9 columns labelled 1 to 9 as the pattern repeat is 9 stitches wide. However in Row 12, the cable stitch borrows 2 stitches from the previous repeat / round. Hence, on the chart it is 2 stitches wider, although it is still 9 stitches that are worked.

With previous versions of the Knitting Chart Editor this would have been impossible to chart neatly whilst still having meaningful column numbers.

Now, with negative column numbers it can be done. This is the same chart but before various bits are ‘hidden’.

The ‘no stitches’ are visble and you can see that there are really 12 columns in the chart. The right-most columns are numbered 0 and -1 but these column ids are then hidden. Hence the visible columns begin their numbering at 1.

In order to hide any row or column id, select the appropriate rows/columns, then select Edit > Hide Row/Column Id from the main menu.

To hide the ‘no stitches’, select Edit > Hide No Stitch Edges from the main menu.