Journal Six User Manual
Journal Six User Manual
Journal Six User Manual
User Manual
Table of Contents
Letter to Knitters ..................................................................................................................................... 1
Requirements.......................................................................................................................................... 3
Installation .............................................................................................................................................. 5
Settings ................................................................................................................................................... 7
Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 11
Navigation......................................................................................................................................... 11
Organization ..................................................................................................................................... 12
Projects ................................................................................................................................................. 13
Fabric Pieces ......................................................................................................................................... 15
Form Programmes ................................................................................................................................ 19
Stitch Patterns....................................................................................................................................... 23
Knit Techniques..................................................................................................................................... 27
Image Conversion ................................................................................................................................. 31
Examples ........................................................................................................................................... 37
Sketchbook for Stitch Patterns ............................................................................................................. 45
Overview........................................................................................................................................... 46
Tool Modes ....................................................................................................................................... 47
Drawing Tools ................................................................................................................................... 50
Additional Features .......................................................................................................................... 51
Sketchbook for Downloadable Charts .................................................................................................. 53
Overview........................................................................................................................................... 54
Tool Modes ....................................................................................................................................... 55
Drawing Tools .................................................................................................................................. 56
Additional Features .......................................................................................................................... 57
E6000 Programming and Knitting ......................................................................................................... 59
Stitch Patterns .................................................................................................................................. 61
Knit Techniques ................................................................................................................................ 62
Additional Stitch Patterns and Knit Techniques ............................................................................... 62
Form Programmes ............................................................................................................................ 63
Knitting ............................................................................................................................................. 64
Additional Resources ............................................................................................................................ 65
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User manual
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3. Send To:
Select E6000 if you want to send the stitch patterns and card reader
techniques to the E6000 console via the download cable. Select
Printer if you want to print cards for the card reader. Select SilverKnit if you want to export stitch patterns to SilverKnit.
4. Communications Port:
Select the Communications port that you have plugged your download
cable into. The available COM ports on your computer are listed in
the combo box. You may have to experiment a bit if you are unsure
of which COM port to use.
5. Console Maximum Memory:
Select 47520 if you have an 8K console; 190080 if you have a 32K
Console.
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You may make a backup copy of your Journal Six database by clicking on
the Back Up Database bookmark.
You may restore the Journal Six database from a backup copy by clicking on
the Restore Database bookmark.
It is good practice to back up the database on a regular basis. This feature
can also be used to move your projects, stitch patterns, etc., from one
machine to another.
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Navigation
Journal Six is laid out like a book. Any underlined text is a bookmark that
will open your journal to a different page or create a new page. Click on the
bookmarks to move to various chapters and pages of the program.
You may exit Journal Six by clicking the Close bookmark. Journal Six will
automatically save all of your work if have purchased the full version.
Saving does not occur in the demo version.
You may minimize Journal Six to the Windows task bar by clicking the
Minimize bookmark.
The About bookmark will display the licensing agreement, system
requirements, and contact information for Journal Six.
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You have turned to the Projects chapter in Journal Six. You may return to
the Table of Contents by clicking on the Table of Contents bookmark.
Click on the New Project bookmark to begin a new project. A new project
page will be added to the journal.
All projects must have a name. All other fields and choices are optional
The project will automatically be named My Project. Change the name to
something more meaningful.
Enter any notes on this project that you find useful.
You may add a photograph of your project by clicking on the photo box.
You may need to wait until you've actually knitted your creation before you
add a photograph. You can come back at any time to do so.
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You have turned to the Fabric Pieces chapter. You arrived here from a
project page. Click Return To Project to return to the current project page.
Click on the New Fabric Piece bookmark to begin a new fabric piece. A
new fabric piece page will be added to your project.
The name of the fabric pieces are listed on the left hand page. The right
hand page displays the active fabric piece. To turn to a different fabric piece
page, click on the bookmark for the fabric piece you want. You may need to
use the scroll bar, which will appear when the fabric piece list becomes
extensive, to find the fabric piece you want.
Each fabric piece must have a name. The other fields are optional.
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Click the Select Form Programme bookmark to add a form programme for
this fabric piece.
See the Form Programmes and Knitting chapters for more information on
using form programmes.
Click the Stitch Patterns For This Piece bookmark to turn to the the stitch
patterns page for this fabric piece.
See the Knitting chapter for information on knitting with form programmes
and downloading charts.
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You have turned to the details page for your fabric piece. You may return to
the summary page by clicking the Return to Fabric Pieces.
A cast on has been added for you automatically. You may add additional
stitch patterns to the list for your fabric piece by clicking the New Stitch
Pattern bookmark.
Click on the Remove Stitch Pattern book mark to remove the selected stitch
pattern.
To begin with, the stitch patterns (including cast on) in the list are empty.
Click on a stitch pattern in the list to highlight it and turn to the details page
for it. You may then add the details for the stitch pattern.
You may add a stitch pattern motif by clicking the Select Stitch Pattern
bookmark. See the Stitch Patterns chapter for more information on
selecting stitch patterns. If you are knitting without a motif and just using a
technique, you may omit selecting a stitch pattern.
The stitch pattern motif will display on the right hand page. You may use
the scroll bars to view sections of the motif if it is larger than the motif
layout area.
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You have turned to the Form Programmes chapter in Journal Six. You may
have the arrived here by clicking on the Select Form Programme bookmark
on fabric piece page. Or, you may have arrived here from the Form
Programmes bookmark on the table of contents.
You may return to the current fabric piece without selecting a form by
clicking the Return To Fabric Piece bookmark.
You may return to the table of contents by clicking the Table of Contents
Journal Six does not include any form programmes when you first install it.
You will have to add your own. Sources of form programmes include your
E6000 User Manual, knitting magazines, and published books of form
programmes. Click on the New Form Programme bookmark to add a new
form programme.
All form programmes must have a name. The form programme will initially
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Remove the existing selection criteria and enter your own: For example:
Then click the show button. The form programme list will be limited to
projects that meet the selection criteria. In this example, the list will be
limited to form programmes that have the word Lady in the name or in the
notes.
You can reset the selection criteria by clicking the Form Programmes link
and removing the selection criteria text or replacing it with the word all.
Then click the show button to restore the entire list.
You can open the sketchbook to draw a downloadable chart by clicking on
the Sketchbook bookmark. A downloadable chart is an alternative to a
standard Form Programme which allows you to sketch the shape of the
fabric piece similar to the old Form 6 software. See the chapter on
downloadable charts for more information.
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Notes:
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You have turned to the Stitch Patterns chapter in Journal Six. You may
have the arrived here by clicking on the Select Stitch Pattern bookmark from
a fabric piece detail page. Or, you may have arrived here from the Stitch
Patterns bookmark on the table of contents.
You may return to the current fabric piece without selecting a stitch pattern
by clicking the Return To Fabric Piece bookmark.
You may return to the table of contents by clicking the Table of Contents
bookmark.
The stitch pattern list shows the list of available stitch patterns. Click on the
stitch pattern name to select it. The Stitch pattern box will display the motif
for the selected stitch pattern.
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Remove the existing selection criteria and enter your own: For example:
Then click the show button. The stitch pattern list will be limited to stitch
patterns that meet the selection criteria. In this example, the list will be
limited to stitch patterns that have the word Floral in the name or in the
notes.
You may reset the selection criteria by clicking the Stitch Patterns link and
removing the selection criteria text or replacing it with the word all. Then
click the show button to restore the entire list.
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To add a new stitch pattern click the New Stitch Pattern bookmark to turn to
the image conversion page. You may also turn to the image conversion
page by double clicking a stitch pattern from the stitch pattern list to edit it.
See the Image Conversion chapter for more information on creating stitch
patterns.
All stitch patterns must have a name. New stitch patterns will initially be
named My Stitch Pattern. Change it to a more meaningful name.
The notes field is optional. Add any notes that you find useful.
The export button allows you to save a stitch patterns as a bitmap so that you
can use the stitch pattern with another program or share it with friends.
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You have turned to the Knit Techniques chapter in Journal Six. You may
have the arrived here by clicking on the Select Technique bookmark from a
fabric piece details page. Or, you may have arrived here from the Knit
Techniques bookmark on the table of contents.
You may return to the current fabric piece without selecting a knit technique
by clicking the Return To Fabric Piece bookmark.
You may return to the table of contents by clicking the Table of Contents
bookmark.
The knit technique list shows the list of available knit techniques. Click on
the desired knit technique to select it. The right hand page will display the
selected technique.
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All knit techniques must have a name. New knit techniques will initially be
named My Knit Technique. Change the name to something more
meaningful.
The notes field is optional. Add any notes that you find useful.
Click repeatedly on each yarn feeder to mark it as in-use,
; or in-use but empty,
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; out-of-use,
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You have turned to the Image Conversion chapter in Journal Six. You
arrived here by clicking on the New Stitch Pattern bookmark from the stitch
patterns page.
You may return to the stitch patterns page without adding a new stitch
pattern by clicking the Cancel bookmark.
You may return to the table of contents by clicking the Table of Contents
bookmark.
The image conversion chapter allows you load an image file, choose
conversion settings, and transform it into a stitch pattern. Journal Six
allows you convert the most common image file formats: JPG, PNG, BMP,
GIF, and CUT.
Sources of image files include digital photographs, scans, and images
created in graphics editing software. You may also create a from scratch
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When the colors in the palette are fewer than the total colors in the image
Journal Six must approximate the colors not found in the palette using one
of several methods: nearest match, cross hatching, stippling, sketch or
outline. Choose a color approximation method from the drop down box.
Match will use the nearest color found on the palette. This often creates
large solid areas of color suitable for intarsia. Hatch will create a cross
hatched appearance similar to the way pictures are printed in newspapers.
Stipple will create a stippled appearance, which is quite nice for portraits
and natural subjects. Sketch will create a multi-color line drawing. Outline
will create a black and white outline.
In generating your stitch patterns, you have a choice of overlaying the colors
in each row or separating the colors in their own rows.
Selecting Overlay causes each color to appear in the same row. This is the
standard way to create a stitch pattern for download.
Some knit techniques require that each color appear as separate row, such as
techniques 219-230 and techniques 231-242. In this case select Separate.
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Sketch and outline modes are generally most effective when 3 or 4 colors
are selected.
Sketch will create a line
drawing stitch pattern using the colors
selected. Color 1 is used as the background
color and colors 2 through 3 or 4 are used to
outline the shapes in the image.
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Three Color
Four Color
Match Mode
Hatch Mode
Stipple Mode
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Three and four color stitch patterns on reader cards may also be created by
superimposing. Separate cards are created for each of the motif colors in the
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uppose, instead of
three solid
rectangles, we
wanted to substitute
vertical stripes,
checks, and
horizontal stripes.
We map our four
colors to the desired
textures using the color numbers. Each
individual stitch will be substituted with, in
this case, a block of four stitches. The
Substitution is made according to the color
map below each color in the palette. Our
design doubles in size vertically and
horizontally since the color blocks are each
2x2 in size.
In the above
example, the stitch
pattern expanded to
accommodate the
multi-stitch color
blocks in the color
map. If you want to
keep the original
size of the stitch
pattern while applying a multi-stitch color
map, choose Filter instead.
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The Back color blocks on the map are not used if you choose Overlay.
If you choose Separate, the Back color blocks must be specified on the map and
must be the same dimensions at the corresponding Fore block.
Be careful when working with color maps. Not all resulting stitch patterns will
be practical to knit. It is possible that some color maps may generate an error.
Review the color map. It is most likely not set up correctly. Look for stray
characters and delete them.
The colors in the palette are automatically chosen from the image up to the first
four colors found when the image is loaded. Even if the colors you want have
been chosen correctly, be sure to check the order of the colors so that they will
be knitted in the correct order.
If the resulting stitch pattern does not seem to reduce colors in a way that is
pleasing to you, try adjusting the colors in the palette to darker or lighter shades.
For example, instead of a two color palette of black and white, try a palette of
dark gray and light gray.
You will often get the best results converting photograph by using gray scale.
However, you may then want to see what your stitch pattern looks like in your
selected yarns. After converting your stitch pattern with gray scale, change your
color palette to shades representing your yarns. Then click the Change Colors
Only button. Your gray scale stitch pattern will be colorized.
If you find are not satisfied with the stitch pattern you generated, it is possible
that the image it is based on needs more work. Open the original image in your
favorite graphics editing software to revise the image and try again.
The console stitch patterns will originally display as blank in Journal Six. You
may edit these stitch patterns to match the actual stitch patterns or load the
corresponding CUT files from Creation 6 if you have them.
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No symmetry.
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Set the line thickness to your preference. You may set it between 1 and 10
stitches wide.
If you plan to use the text tool, select your font by clicking the font button
and enter the text you want to add to your stitch pattern in the box below.
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Stamp Tool Click in the drawing area and drag to the precisely place one
instance of the fill pattern. Works best in no-symmetry mode.
You can use the dropper tool along with the stamp tool to do copy and
paste operations.
Ellipse Tools Click in drawing area and drag to size ellipse.
Rectangle Tools Click in drawing area and drag to size rectangle.
Flood Fill Tool Click in drawing area to replace color under the cursor
and surrounding area with your chosen fill pattern.
Mirror Tool Click in drawing area and drag to select region to mirror.
Release mouse button to create mirror image.
Turn Tools Click in drawing area and drag to select region to turn.
Release mouse button to turn 90. Any empty area left behind after
turning will fill in with the fill color associated with the mouse button.
Flip Tool Click in the drawing area and drag to select region to flip.
Release mouse button to flip image.
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If you are using the download cable, make sure it is plugged into the
E6000 console and your computer.
Select a project from the project list.
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appearance to
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Press the unlabeled key on the console followed by the zero key.
The console will display PC START.
Press the
button in Journal Six. The console display will
show WAIT while the stitch pattern is downloaded. Very large stitch patterns may take several minutes to download.
If you are set up to send stitch patterns to SilverKnit, (see Settings) click the
button.
SilverKnit will start with your stitch pattern automatically loaded. Consult
SilverKnit documentation for more information.
Knit Techniques
You will be prompted for a knit technique after you download your stitch pattern.
If you are using standard techniques or lie to console techniques, refer to Journal Six and enter the knit technique you have listed for your stitch pattern.
If you are using a card reader technique, you may either print a reader card or
download the technique depending on how you've set up Journal Six.
To print a card reader technique, press the
button.
Your technique will print as cards, which you may read into the console using
the optical card reader.
To download a card reader technique,
Press the
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Continue programming your console until you receive the start cast on
prompt and are ready to begin knitting.
Knitting
Journal Six assists you while you are knitting as well.
Refer to the knit techniques for the fabric piece when setting up the yarn
feeders and needle beds.
Add notes to Journal Six as you knit so that you may refer to them in
future.
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