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Step 3: Add Your Purl Stitches
Layers: 4 (Layer 1, Numbers, Line, Purls)
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- Lock all unlocked layers.
- Create a new layer above the line layer. Name it purl.
- Adjust each horizontal row guide so it is 1/3 from the bottom of the row.
- Double click the guide and edit the Y value by subtracting 1/3 of the row height.
Ex. 658 – 6 = 652
- Double click the guide and edit the Y value by subtracting 1/3 of the row height.
- Adjust any double digit stitch row guides so they are also 1/3 from the left side of the stitch.
- Draw a box with the A tool outside the grid.
- Set the font to "Knitting Symbols by CET", 12.
- Type "/" for a purl symbol.
- Click the select tool.
- Copy the purl.
- Paste several more outside the grid.
- Drag them individually into a column with snapping turned on.
- After you’ve finished one column, go to select.
- Draw a box around the entire purl column. Copy.
- Paste outside the grid and drag the entire column into position.
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HI Kristle,
I’m up to adding the purl stitches in my chart. I am using .47 version. As I try to fit the purls in the corner of the guides, it jumps quite a bit, even with the view quite zoomed in. A line of text shows up as I’m moving the purl that says aline with symbol’s baseling. It tries to put the baseline on the guide, not the edge of the symbol.
Do you know a way to disable that base line alinement?
I keep returning to your tutorials, thanks so much for putting this together!
Christine
Christine,
The baseline is part of the text function. So there are two things you can do. I normally hit the arrow button (select) on the toolbar and move things without having the issue you described. However, if you type your symbol, then hit the arrow button (select) and select the symbol you just typed (so you are out of typing mode). Then go to Path > Object to Path. This will convert your text symbol to a path. You won’t be able to edit the symbol anymore because it’s now a drawing, but it should eliminate your pesky alignment issue.
KC