Tried it & I love it...It takes the picture & write the pattern in word format Rows...Totally awesome...Try it...
kpg http://sourceforge.net/projects/kpg/ is a free program that can create knitting patterns out of pictures. It can either create straight patterns or illusion patterns that only reveal the picture when viewed at an angle.
The knitting patterns are simple rectangles (squares) that use simple stiches, a regular "knit stitch" and optionally a "perl stitch". The patterns can be used to create large blankets or many smaller patch-work squares suitable for making a large knitted piece. Experienced knitters are able to take the simple square knitting patterns and integrate them into more complex pieces such as jumpers/sweaters.
kpg can take any kind of bitmap image and create a knitting pattern. It is recommended that low colour images/pictures be used to ensure the knitting process is as simple as possible. It is possible to use a black and white picture and create a pattern using only one colour and using different stitches for the picture. Examples below.
kpg http://sourceforge.net/projects/kpg/ is the only free open source tool I know of to create knitting patterns. Essentially a png2knitting_pattern converter. In theory the patterns kpg generates could be used for crochet (with minor modification).
Features
- Convert a picture to a knitting pattern, various image formats supported:
- .png
- .gif
- any thing PIL supports :-)
- Outputs HTML that "looks nice" suitable for printing (or editing). Plain text is also an option
- Template for knitting pattern can be edited in a regular HTML editor like NVU http://www.nvu.com/ if you do not like the default patterns that are generated
- Colour database - can create a list of yarn/thread colours and kpg will pick the closest colour (see
mycolors.txt). - Can create "mono" patterns with only one yarn/thread.
- GUI and command line tool available
- Installable Windows
setup.exe - Python source code available
- Known to run under Intel Linux and Win32
- Free!
Road map ideas include run as cgi and generating intarsia knitting charts (see http://www.sweaterscapes.com/intars.htm and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intarsia_%28knitting%29).
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