Stitches

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Aire River Font

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Adding Stitches

Always work in a new layer.

1. Layer > Layers.
2. Lock the layer with the grid by clicking the lock symbol.
3. Layer > Add New Layer (or click the + sign in the layers window on the right side)
4. Create vertical guides.
   1. Click on the ruler on the right side and drag across your grid until the guide is 1/3 across your first column.
   2. Double click the guide to open it.
   3. Edit the X: to a whole number. (No decimals.)
   4. Drag a new guide to the second column.
   5. Double click it to edit. Add your Major X Division Spacing to your first guide’s X: value. Insert this value into the second guide’s X: value.
5. Repeat for each column.
6. Click in the horizontal ruler at the top and drag down to create horizontal guides. Place the first a little below 1/3rd of the row from the bottom. Edit the values as you did for the X guides, but use tho Major Y Division value and the Y: Division.
7. The Vertical Guides are normally in the right position, but the horizontal guides require a some tweaking.
8. Click "Create and Edit Text Objects" (the A symbol on the left).
9. Working outside of your grid, click to create a text area. (Absolutely do not create or paste text inside your grid. If you do, you run the risk of accidentally moving your guides or having problems picking up the object to move it due to snapping.)
10. In the font bar at the top, select the Aire River Font and set the font size. (I use size 12.) Then type your first symbol. (Each text box will only have one symbol.) Click Select (the arrow on the left) and then copy (ctrl + c or Edit > Copy) the symbol.)
11. Move your mouse somewhere outside your grid and paste.
12. Click on the first symbol you created and drag it to the center of your first grid with snapping enabled. (Since you haven’t turned it off, it should do this automatically. If it doesn’t jerk into place, Look in the upper left corner immediately below the new document symbol and see it the symbol with a blue and green box connected by an arrow is highlighted. If it’s not, click on it.)
13. Look at your first symbol on the grid. Is it in the center of it’s square? If it’s not, move the horizontal guide and then move the symbol. Repeat tweaking each guide as needed until the symbol is in the center. (Note: You probably will not need to move the vertical guides.)
14. Edit the tweaked guide’s value to a whole number. Then edit each created guide on the same axis as the tweaked guide and create any remaining guides. (Each square inside your grid should have a horizontal and a vertical guide. After you’ve done this a few times, you may limit your guides to the squares that have stitches.)
15. Using the first stitch you created. Copy and paste it outside the square. Drag it into place. Do this until you have all instances of that stitch in place. (Some stitches may require turning off snapping or editing your guides. So get all your purls into place. Then add your right slanting increases. Then your k2togs and so forth.)
16. Add stitches until all your stitches are visible on your chart.

 

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