stitches

Stockinette

const fs = require('fs');
let kCode = "";
/*
Not my code. From Textiles Lab at:
https://github.com/textiles-lab/knitout-examples
Modified only to change width.
*/
//Parameters:
const width = 16;
const height = 40;
const carrier = "3";
//Operation:
//Makes a width x height rectangle of plain knitting
//on the front bed with carrier Carrier.
//Uses an alternating-tucks cast-on.
kCode += (";!knitout-2" + "\n");
kCode += (";;Carriers: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10" + "\n");
kCode += ("inhook " + carrier + "\n");
kCode += ("x-stitch-number 61" + "\n"); //in our table: "Half / Wrap" for Polo
let min = 1;
let max = min + width - 1;
//alternating tucks cast-on
for (let n = max; n >= min; --n) {
if ((max-n) % 2 == 0) {
kCode += ("tuck - f" + n + " " + carrier + "\n");
}
}
for (let n = min; n <= max; ++n) {
if ((max-n)%2 == 1) {
kCode += ("tuck + f" + n + " " + carrier + "\n");
}
}
kCode += ("miss + f" + max + " " + carrier + "\n");
//release the hook from the carrier hook
kCode += ("releasehook " + carrier + "\n");
// Rows of plain knitting:
for (let r = 0; r < height; ++r) {
//every other row, change direction so we knit back and forth
if (r % 2 == 0) {
//we end on the right side (i.e., going in + direction),
//so we start by going towards the left (-))
for (let n = max; n >= min; --n) {
kCode += ("knit - f" + n + " " + carrier + "\n");
}
} else {
for (let n = min; n <= max; ++n) {
kCode += ("knit + f" + n + " " + carrier + "\n");
}
}
}
//bring yarn carrier out of action
kCode += ("outhook " + carrier + "\n");
//write to file
fs.writeFile("./../knitout-backend-swg/examples/in/small_rectangle.knitout", kCode, function(err) {
if(err) {
return console.log(err);
}
console.log("The file was saved!");
});

Graphic generated by the Carnegie Mellon Textiles Lab's Knitout visualizer.

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