Im always intrigued with custom garment software she says, noting that she owns knitting wizard, knitware, and pattermaster boutique 5. Amy loves watershed, and worked this sample up at 17 stitches and 26 rows to 4 10 cm. Customfit offers your choice of four sweater body shapes, called their silhouette. When you make a pattern, you can choose between that. Designer, author, creator of the customfit sweater pattern generator and. When we built my original generator, i put in lots of. Her handknitting patterns, software, and tips will make your knitting lovelier and more fun. Im an author you can knit that, knit to flatter, and knit wear love, with abrams, designer for rowan, twist collective, and more, teacher, and the creator of the customfit custom sweater pattern generator. Dropshoulder sweaters setin sleeve sweaters hourglass sweaters halfhourglass sweaters aline sweaters straight sweaters tapered sweaters cowls. For the many designs that are built directly into customfit, customfit will produce a single pattern written custom for you for some sweaters, like morning coffee, customfit cant quite get there. We have patterns for men, kids, and women with or without waist shaping thousands of knitters have already made a great sweater or three. Testing custom fit sweater design software knitknot.
Here in connecticut, things are warming up and my snowdrops are braving the intermittent frosts and showing us their beautiful blooms. Meta patterns in simple shapes that are endlessly extensible from a design perspective. Dvd simple techniques for a super fit dvd with amy herzog. I hope youre all doing well, and enjoying whatever kind of weather youre getting at this time of year. Then take a look at our customfit program and classes. I think sweaters are most successful when we love wearing them, and id love to help you create tons of droolworthy, successful sweaters. Amy herzog is the creator of the fit to flatter online series, and teaches courses in yarn shops across the country. Knitting since she was a wee thing, amy left the corporate life to create the customfit sweater pattern generator and knitting calculators. I wanted the neck opening to be a little smaller and i wanted the vneck to be not quite so deep so i think ive changed all that. You can make patterns for our collections of great, basic sweaters. Online class simple techniques for a super fit with amy herzog.
I wrote a custom sweater pattern generator, customfit, which creates patterns specifically to the. Can i use customfit to make a pattern by a designer who is not amy herzog. Knit wear love was a kindof precursor for customfit. The pattern i chose to knit was in pieces im with amy in thinking that these sweaters tend to fit better on a variety of frames, and hold their shape better. This comprehensive sweater design program is perfect. Have you ever dreamed of knitting that flawless sweater that fits you perfectly. Video instructions for taking the essentials lengths measurements for a customfit sweater. The bricklayer pullover is a blast from the past for me, designwise. What is the plan for people who just cannot measure themselves accurately. Acorn trail customfit recipe pattern by amy herzog alison green, pullover sweaters.
For other yarns, customfit will give you a yardage estimate before you finalize a custom pattern, but you can also use hannah fettigs stashbot app or pamphlet to estimate yarn requirements when purchasing yarn. She teaches courses on craftsy and in yarn shops countrywide and her sweater designs have been featured in twist collective, knitscene, interweave knits, knitty, and. Update on testing customfit sweater design software. Last summer, i started hearing about amy herzog s custom fit software from some of my ravelry friends who were testing out the beta version. I am super excited to finally start my first custom fit sweater. To write your custom pattern, customfit will need to know the measurements the pattern should fit. A few weeks ago, amy herzog announced that she is working on new software to tailor sweater patterns for a flattering fit. What customfit is really about, and why its important.
Customfit makes custom sweater patterns based on your choice of gauge and body measurements. Customfit makes seamed, setin sleeve sweater patterns for men, women, and. The software is called custom fit and its available online to a select few premier users right now but is. Amy herzog a fit and flatter expert and sweater designer extraordinaire has come up with something really new and wonderful for all knitters who want a custom fit sweater without all of the math that is usually involved in designing from scratch or even customizing the fit of a purchased pattern. Sweater modifications for a custom fit with amy herzog. Customfit is based on the past several years of me working with women to achieve the right kinds and amounts of shaping for every body type. We offer a variety of classes and services to help you knit a sweater that fits you perfectly and flatters your shape. One of the things i really enjoyed doing this summer was beta testing an awesome new online software for sweater design. Find out what weve been up to, see a sweater fo, and a wip amy herzog custom fit. I havent yet used amy herzog s custom fit, but i love what ive seen of it and her craftsy class on the topic. Making these sweaters with customfit requires more work, which i call mashing up the original.
Heres a quick overview of the stitch pickup calculator. This means you can use any yarn you want, for any of our designs, and get a pattern written specifically to your choices. Shes thorough and bodypositive, which is very important to me. Around the same time, i ended up deciding to reknit my alldonebutthesleeves pont neuf because i had misjudged my gauge and should have used smaller needles, and also knit based on the pattern. Each design built into customfit or each pattern you make yourself through our. Customfit is a website that creates sweater patterns based on your custom gauge and size. I m so impressed with your knitwear and software design skills. Her handknitting patterns, software, tips, and guidance make knitting lovelier. The brainchild of designer amy herzog, the custom fit program allows you to create sweaters that fit perfectly because they are created for your specific measurements if youre a regular reader of my blog, you know that during our recent yarn crawl i ended up with a ridiculous amount of yarn earmarked to make sweaters. As you can probably tell from my answer to the last question, it was a lot more complicated to.
Customfit has trouble with babies or anyone whose full chest is smaller. Her pattern designs have been published online at twist collective, in knitscene magazine, and in the book. Customfit makes seamed, setin sleeve sweater patterns for men, women, and kids. Ive provided more information about myself on the about page.
Amy herzog is the author of knit wear love and knit to flatter and the creator of the fit to flatter online series. How customfit works customfit makes custom sweater patterns based on your choice of gauge and body measurements. You know, the person who refuses to believe her waist is 30. A friend of mine custom fit thea colemans ommegang, but she has a huge list of notes. Amy recently published fit to flatter on this topic. Customfit lets you use any yarn you want, for any of our designs, and creates a pattern to your choices. She explains measurements, gauge, and actually customizing your customfit pattern. Get customfit help with this quickstart guide from amy. There was a betatest blip for me, when weeks later i went on customfit and my pattern was gone but amy and her team found it and it was returned to my library within a day. Untangling the knit petite project indie untangled. An overview, including screenshots, of how to create a custom knitting pattern with the customfit pattern generator. Amy herzog custom woocommerce small business website. Custom fit new sweater design software from amy herzog.
We have patterns for men, kids, and women with or without waist. This week i want to tell you about the early phase of testing amy herzog s customfit software. In 20, designer amy herzog answered my mathaverse prayers when she launched customfit. In the announcement, she asked for beta testers of the software, i sent the information requested and was accepted as one of the testers. Now im ready to start knitting my first custom fit amy herzog sweater. From left to right, these icons represent hourglass, aline, straight, and tapered silhouettes. As you can probably tell from my answer to the last question, it was a lot more complicated to build than id first thought it would be. Customfit can be found at customfit makes custom sweater patterns based on your choice of gauge and body measurements. Amy herzog helps people make things they love to wear. Amy herzog a fit and flatter expert and sweater designer extraordinaire has come up with something really new and wonderful for all knitters who want a custom fit sweater without all of the math that is usually involved in designing from scratch or even customizing the. Customfit has a number of handy tools built in for subscribers. Youve got 3 main choices for how to save measurements.
Customfit creates sweater patterns customized to your choice of measurements and gauge. That means any of the patterns on customfit can be made in any yarn, and any size, that you like. Amy herzog is passionate about helping knitters make sweaters they love to wear, balancing her. If youre a sweater knitter and you want perfectly fitting knitted garments, you may want to check out custom fit. If you like, on the create a new measurement set page, you can fill in a measurement set with cyca standard measurements for a man, woman, or child. Customfit makes custom sweater patterns based on your choice of gauge and. Heres a quick overview of the gauge calculator tool. Private custom fit measurement this is perfect if you just want to get started already on your perfect custom fit. Right now my software bandwidth is pretty well taken up by my friends.
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