TileMage Image Splitter

This is a good program for splitting the larger charts for printing if your printing software does not do this.

TileMage Image Splitter is a utility designed to offer a simple solution for those who seek to slice a single image into a given number of columns and rows. TileMage Image Splitter offers a friendly graphical user interface, dedicated to the sole purpose for which this utility was built. Version 2.0.1 has fixed a bug in batch-mode image processing.

What's new in this version: Version 2.0.1 has fixed a bug in batch-mode image processing.

Download From Cnet: TileMage Image Splitter

How To Make Your Own Knitting Pattern Using KPG Knitting Pattern Maker

First you need to pick a image...I like using coloring pictures or pixel images...Decrease the color for coloring pages if you are doing them in black & white to 2 colors...For a pixel image or if you color the coloring page you can use Gimp to reduce the number of colors.

To Reduce the number of colors go to: Colors > Posterize & reduce the number of colors...
If it will not posterize then you need to go to edit > copy visible  Then go to Edit > paste as > New Image
Then reduce the number of colors: Colors > Posterize & reduce the number of colors...

Then go to Image > Mode > Indexed > with the maximum  colors you want to use > convert... I chose to save my image with 3 colors...Save the image as .png in the folder where you will be saving your knitting pattern you make...

Now you are all set to make your knitting pattern using KPG Knitting Pattern Generator... To do this load the image in the KPG Knitting Pattern Generator & Viola you have made your knitting pattern:)

Video Tutorial Below:


KPG Knitting Pattern Maker Video:

Awesome Free Program-Convert a picture into a knitting pattern.

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).

I downloaded version 6

http://kpg.sourceforge.net/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/kpg/files/kpg/