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PatternAI for Knitting units

PatternAI for knitting units — a design to a real knit program.

A knitting unit runs flat or circular machines that need a stitch-by-stitch program (jacquard, intarsia, structure), not a picture. PatternAI composes the knit design and writes a knit program for the machine, so the pattern is built into the knitting.

How PatternAI helps a knitting unit

The design is composed from a real grammar and held to the house’s look, then digitised into the native machine file — a stitch path, a jacquard card, a knit program, a graded cut marker — and verified against its real format before it ships. No redraw on the way to the floor.

What you get

  • Real knit programs — knit, tuck, transfer — not converted graphics
  • Jacquard, intarsia and engineered structures
  • Scale set for stretch so motifs hold their shape
  • Designs held to the unit’s or buyer’s house look

Most relevant to you

  • Knit
  • Shima DAT
  • Jacquard / intarsia

Frequently asked questions

Is it a real knit program?
Yes — a stitch-by-stitch program, not an image, written for the machine (e.g. Shima Seiki via knitout).
Jacquard and intarsia?
Yes — both are composed and written into the program.
Does it account for stretch?
Yes — scale is set for a stretch fabric so patterns hold on the body.

Built for knitting units

Turn a prompt, your artwork, or a live trend into a design and the exact machine file your machines run — in your house’s look, verified before it ships.

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