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Create or look for knitting models, fabrics or textures,
swatches, tricks, gridpatterns , yarns

Fabrics or Textures = Stitch Techniques

A Stitch Technique is a set of one or several carriages passes; each carriage pass uses one or several yarns and a lock setting for each bed; Ludd21 platform offers a choices of more than two hundreds of stitch techniques for you to choose from. They are all illustrated by on or more photos. Each stitch technique is illustrated by one or more photos of the final result.

Knitting models

A set of pieces which when assembled will become a garment or another knitted object. Ludd21 platform can transform any svg file in a knitting model encoded in conformance with the SoftKnit21 open source framework. Such a knitting model can be interpreted by the SoftKnit21 open source software to guide you through the knitting process.

Swatches

A set of information defining how many stitches and rows are required to form a square of 10 cms knitted with a given StitchTechnique and a set of yarns on a specific machine-model. Ludd21 Community members can register swatches so as to share them with other members. With Ludd21 platform you can search for swatches corresponding to your yarn.

Tricks

A video or a photo showing how to perform a Manual Operation on a given machine. Tricks may be related to form management (increase, decrease) or to a stitch technique such as exchanging needles to do a cable, etc....

Grid Patterns

Grid of squares used to represent a design for a StitchTechnique. Multicolor gridpatterns are also available. Some StitchTechniques require a gridpattern with certain characteristics. Ludd21 platform offers to its members more than 370 gridpatterns. You can search through Ludd21 for a gridpattern corresponding to the chosen Stitch Technique.

Yarns

Ludd21 intends to reference yarns which are used by community members in their swatches.

Ludd21 Wizards guides you step by step to produce your first knitted object.

You already have the yarn

You do not yet have the yarn or

the stitch techniques you picked do not have swatches similar to your yarn