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Sunday, January 14, 2007
On the Charts
When I started to experiment with color knitting and lace, I realized drawing up charts was a skill I ought to acquire so as not to waste time and yarn. I invested in a giant pad of graph paper and found I quite enjoyed the process...provided the patterns were relatively small.
Sketching by hand was no trouble for smallish motifs, covering perhaps 25 stitches square or fewer. But when I started dreaming in lace and decided I wanted to mix an array of Shetland stitch patterns into a single piece, my troubles began.
It's one thing to painstakingly map out part of a stole that's 200 stitches wide and 100 stitches tall. It can be an exhilirating contemplative experience, and a wonderful exercise in concentration.
It's quite another thing to knit from your chart, realize you want to shuffle the motifs a bit here or there in order to improve the piece, and then contemplate redrawing the entire...freaking... chart...
And for me, the impulse to tear out my hair is doubly frustrating as nature long ago anticipated me in that area.
I knew charting software was available, but when I began to hunt for it none of the well-known applications supported Macs (a situation that has since changed). I bleated about this in a blog entry, and got a message from the dear lady at the helm of the Knit Foundry. Fear not, she said, help is on the way.
And so it was.
For the past several months I've had the pleasure of working with Knit Visualizer. It's the first and only charting software I've ever used, so I can't offer you a comparative review. However, by happy chance one is available from my comrade Marilyn, who knows from software.
What I can tell you is that I was able to use Knit Visualizer out of the box with little initial reference to the documentation–and the documentation, when needed, is excellent. As Marilyn points out, this software is what you get when a knitter and a developer inhabit the same body.
I'll give you the two limitations I've found, and they're minor. First: the software does not allow the creation of color charts...yet. The next upgrade, I am told, will take care of that. Second, there seems to be no simple way to substitute one stitch for another. For example, if you've used the diamond symbol to represent "red" in your chart and wish to change all instances of the diamond to another symbol, so far as I've been able to find this isn't possible.
On the other hand, the ease of use is admirable. A stupendously broad and deep palette of symbols is provided for the user, with everything from the most common symbols for purl and k2tog, to a cavalcade of cables and esoteric increases and decreases. Quite complicated charts can be put together with surprising ease.
I agree with Marilyn that the stand-out feature is the pattern text parser, which allows you to type pattern instructions into the software and watch, amazed, as the finished chart appears before you. The parser is optimized to work with patterns as written in Barbara Walker's famous Treasuries, and to date I've used it countless times to do up charts for lace patterns I've needed to swatch.
This is no small boon. I'm hard at work on the christening shawl for Phil and Susan's baby, a piece I hope will become an heirloom. Less time drawing dots in little boxes means more time knitting, and I estimate conservatively that I've probably saved six to eight hours thanks to Knit Visualizer.
I also used it to chart the donkey for the Littlest Democrat sweater. I could probably have done it by hand, but using the computer freed me up to tinker and manipulate until I was absolutely satisfied with what I'd done.
The slick, flexible print interface means I can share the chart with you quite easily. Ive turned it sideways so that I could make it bigger. I've tested it to make sure it should come out legibly on any decent printer.
(Republicans, I'm afraid I just don't have time for an elephant, as I'm busy knitting helmet liners for 21,500 under-equipped soldiers who are being sent to Iraq. Je suis désolé.)
In Other News
I had a wonderful, wonderful weekend. Those responsible know who they are, and I thank them. Select details in the next entry. Or, you know, when I get around to it. It's going to be another week of 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. This, too, shall pass.
I hope everyone's week is off to a beautiful start.
34 comments:
- Nancy J said...
You mean you work on MLK Day? I have heard only good things about Knit Visualizer. Hope your week is not as nasty weather-wise as the Weather Prognosticators suggest.
- Anonymous said...
Good morning Franklin. Thank you for the info on the charting software, I will check it out.
I too, wish you had time to chart an elephant, it would mean we were out of Iraq.
- Anonymous said...
Good morning Franklin. Thank you for the info on the charting software, I will check it out.
I too, wish you had time to chart an elephant, it would mean we were out of Iraq.
- Anonymous said...
It looks to me like the grid is square. Is it possible to make it rectangular to more accurately chart designs? I hate it when my intarsia gets squished!
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for the info on the Knit Visualizer. I'll need to look into that. An even bigger thanks for the Donkey chart. A pregnant friend of mine really needs a sweater for their baby on the way and covets that one in a big way.
- Anonymous said...
Hmmm-good point on the stretched out intarsia stitches....but the parsing feature has me interested!
- Desiknitter said...
This sounds like a good alternative to the Stitch&Motif maker. But I had two questions: are the grids square or rectangular? and, is it available for Mac? (please say it is!!)
- Melinda said...
Thanks so much for the donkey graphic!
Re: knit visualizer: So far I've only used he parsing feature which is terrific--I wish I could overlay a graphic (my own drawing or a free use image). I wondered about the squares as well. I've been assuming I'd have to make some adjustments to account for the difference between row and stitch gauge. At http://www.tata-tatao.to/knit/matrix/e-index.html you can create blank chart paper sized to a specific gauge--I don't think that's a possible adjustment in KV.
- Kevin said...
Thanks for all the info in this post Franklin. I've been serching for knit software for my new Mac and have been greatly disappointed by the lack of or the need to use a "windows" interface thing.
- Nancy said...
My thanks for your wonderful words on Knit Visualizer. The next version of Knit Visualizer will indeed have color; I've already coded it (it's not ready for release yet though - sorry!) I'll look into the "replace symbol X with symbol Y" it's something I've thought about before.
As for the grid size - they are square; and no option to change to a rectangular. When I've wanted to knit from a more representative view I take the exported PNG (with the chart only) and resize that to give it the more scaled look that I want.
I hope this answers everyone's questions - I'll keep an eye on the comments to see if there are any more. Thanks again!
- Rana said...
Wool Works noted another software designer, Cochenille, that does stuff for Macs.
Expensive, but it has a wider application than just knitting, especially the Garment Designer version. I haven't used it, just looked at it.
- Anonymous said...
Well, between this post and Mar's, I'm thinking a long-overdue upgrade to OS 10.4 is in order with a visit to Knit Foundry not far behind. I have a lot of traditional Fair Isle & Scandinavian charts (with more in the works) but having something to help me come up with my own or to tweak what I have is definitely something I want.
And what do you mean "Well before my skill level justified it"? a) You have a natural aptitude for knitting. That much is obvious. And b) breaking out of the boundaries of published patterns is the best possible way, IMO, to develop a robust skill set. It is what makes a master knitter a master.
- Anonymous said...
Well, between this post and Mar's, I'm thinking a long-overdue upgrade to OS 10.4 is in order with a visit to Knit Foundry not far behind. I have a lot of traditional Fair Isle & Scandinavian charts (with more in the works) but having something to help me come up with my own or to tweak what I have is definitely something I want.
And what do you mean "Well before my skill level justified it"? a) You have a natural aptitude for knitting. That much is obvious. And b) breaking out of the boundaries of published patterns is the best possible way, IMO, to develop a robust skill set. It is what makes a master knitter a master.
- JoVE said...
"Well before my skill level justified it, I began to rebel against published patterns."
There is no law about using patterns nor an equivalent of the driving test to make sure you have reached a certain standard before you knit your own. In fact many of us grew up knitting from patterns and have had to work kind of hard to convince ourselves that we CAN work without them.
And I have a friend here that went straight from a couple of scarves to knitting a sweater for herself without a pattern, based only on a sweater she already owned. No books. No pattern. Nothing. She wouldn't wear it to the Oscars but she does wear it in public and it is just fine.
- Anonymous said...
Perhaps charting software is the means for me to get past my overwhelming and irrational fear of charts. On the other hand, a fear of charts is pretty non-life-interfering so it's not like an emergency or anything. Still might help me get past that particular roadblock...thanx!
- Anonymous said...
thanks for the link to knit visualiser.
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for the KnitFoundry review. I, too, have been considering the purchase of this sweet-looking charting tool.
Q: Is it just me or is the link to Marilyn on the fritz? I see trackback to nowhere but Haloscan.
- Isela: Purling Sprite said...
I have Knit Visualizer and I love it. It is so easy to design with it. I agree with your review 100%. I can hardly wait for the upgrade and have access to the color choices.
- Becky Clark said...
Not as desole as the poor guys going early to Iraq and/or staying longer. SO mad about the "new" policy I could spit, but I will try to adopt your calm yet bitter attitude as spitting will get you thrown out of the better yarn stores.
- Rosi G. said...
Thanks ever so much for posting this extremely informational post. It was well worth the wait. I had a feeling it was Knit Visualizer.
I only have one bitch about the software - why is it so pricey? I'm NOT a penny-pincher by any means, when I want something I go for it, no matter what, but dang...is it really WORTH a buck something?
That's the only thing holding me back from having purchased it already. I do like the test version that I downloaded. But I'm not sure yet if I can justify spending that much on it. :(
- Sarah said...
I want a "littlest Democrat" sweater for the boy I'm expecting in May. I also want to teach my sister intarsia. Thanks, Franklin -- now I have a way to bring those two interests together! (Also, a more sarcastic thanks for giving me a new knitting tool to covet!)
- Ann (yet another) said...
Since at the moment I am only doing colorwork, I can note that MacStitch, which is primarily an embroidery program, has a nifty little button to press to make it in scale for knit stitches and does, most obviously, colors. Between the DMC and Anchor yarns you can find darned near any color you want. (ursasoftware.com - YMMV)
I just picked up Sock Wizard for Mac for Xmas, and will be looking at KnitVisualizer again. But the ability to type in the line by lines and have it magically appear as a chart is pretty darned cool.
- Anonymous said...
One thing that I would like to see but couldn't find in the demo version was a way to pick a differant symbol for a common operation, i.e. I like the tilda (~) for slip one purlwise.
- knitnzu said...
Oh those poor republicans! I recently received a list of great bumper sticker sayings...here's one, "of course it hurts, you're getting screwed by an elephant!"!!
- konchog said...
Oh! Interesting. I had just figured you learned to knit asses in prison...
- Anonymous said...
Same reasoning, I picked KV because it works on a Mac and it seems to be the only. I've been quite pleased with it, and the parser magic is quite cool. I think in charts, but occasionally it's nice to be able to work in the opposite direction... Oh, and congrats on your new "baby" -- it's quite a gorgeous wheel!
- Anonymous said...
Republican and regular reader here. Also knitting helmet liners, also wishing our armed forces were not underpaid and underequipped.
- Anonymous said...
Honey, seriously, I'm in the middle of nowhere & can't claim wonderful LYSs or metro stations or wonderful Buddhist spots to go & learn as you do, but WE'RE at least closed on MLK day and no alumni here ever EVER would bark orders at you like they did that one time - and if anyone was ever asinine enough to do such a thing nobody here on campus would think a single thing of it if you barked right back. In fact they'd probably applaud you for doing so.
Keep adding more places to your relocation list - you are simply wasted there...
- Anonymous said...
Use Excel to solve three problems: Color charting, Mac compatibility, and rectangular gridding. You can change the column width to match your particular gauge.
Admittedly there's no "k2tog" but you can substitute another symbol... & perhaps?
Ever the cheapskate,
pg 30, S&B Nation
- cheekiemary said...
I mix Excel with free downloadable knit chart symbols from Aire River Design. This way I can color code, change column/row size, etc., as needed - and all for free.
- TracyKM said...
"Dreaming in lace"
I love that. I finished a large baby shawl for Christmas (pictures on my blog at the end of Dec), put together a bunch of different motifs with a diamond theme, worked from the center out. Some charting software would have been handy.
I came here from a link on the Yahoo Knitbabysurprise group, to see your BSJ. I've enjoyed everything I've seen so far!
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If you read our Link newsletter or peruse the website from time to time, you probably know that KPL has hosted many wonderful local history programs in recent years. We've covered topics related to architecture, neighborhoods, women's history, shipwrecks, and even the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. All the local history programs have a Kalamazoo or Michigan focus. What you may not know is that most of these programs are recorded and the videos are made available on our website. Of course, nothing beats being at a program and having the opportunity to ask questions and interact with the presenter, but if you miss one, it's not too late to enjoy it.
Take a look at the recently posted video of WMU professor Brian Wilson presenting on the topic of his new book, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and the Religion of Biologic Living. I promise you will be fascinated (and then you'll want to go back and view any of the other programs that you missed)!
It's been a while since we posted an unidentified photo so this one has a bonus – an extra related photo. Both feature what appears to be at least three generations of a family posed in front of a house. One is taken from a distance, making the house fully visible. The house is brick and it is clearly in a rural setting. The family of nine adults and four children are spaced out across the photo. It appears to be a warm summer day with leaves fully out on trees and bushes, and windows open on the house. The children are posed with croquet mallets and balls as if they had just interrupted their game to have their photo taken.
The second photo gives a much clearer view of the family. They are tightly spaced in front of a porch on the right side of the house. Several of the women and children are wearing flowers pinned to their clothes. Styles indicate a date in the early 1890s.
Help us! Our local history photograph collection is a wonderful resource, but unfortunately not every photo comes to us with full details of the place, people, or date associated with it. For that reason, we are enlisting your help. If you have any idea who this family is, or if you recognize the house, let us know. But even if you don't, be sure to take a minute to enjoy these interesting old photos.
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On Monday evening, May 19th, the Southwest Michigan Postcard Club will present "Michigan Lighthouses: Past and Present," a trip along Michigan's shoreline with author Grace Truman at the Oshtemo Branch Library. Truman will illustrate her talk with a slideshow of photo postcards that she and her husband have collected over the course of their journeys.
Grace and Steve Truman are co-authors of Storms & Sand: A Story of Shipwrecks and the Big Sable Point Coast Guard Station (Pine Woods Press, 2014). Storms & Sand tells the history of a life-saving station that once stood in what is now part of Ludington State Park, and chronicles the lives of the lighthouse keepers at Big Sable Point.
Monday's program is co-sponsored by the Southwest Michigan Postcard Club and the Kalamazoo Public Library. Truman's presentation begins at 6:30 pm; books will be available for sale and signing.
And... if you're intrigued by the hobby of collecting postcards and other historic images, here's short video from the club's show and sale last month in Kalamazoo.
One of the great things about KPL is that its collections are so vast, varied, and sometimes surprising. Our 107-year-old government documents collection yields some of the best surprises. A few years ago, we cataloged one of the real gems of the documents collection - the entire 128 volumes of The War of the Rebellion: A compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. This fully indexed set contains reports, correspondence, orders, etc. for all military operations of both the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. You wouldn't think that could be beat, but the documents collection yielded something even more fascinating – the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. It doesn't look like much on the outside, but wait until you see all the images inside. There are maps of battles, diagrams of forts, images of war-damaged buildings; as well as uniforms, weapons, wagons, boats and trains. The atlas provides a total visual history of the Civil War.
Check out the Flickr gallery of selected images from the Atlas!
If you haven't been to the history room recently, come by for a visit! You'll notice something different as soon as you get to the second floor when you see our beautiful new entrance. But that's just the beginning. The local history room has gone through a lot of changes over the last few months. From time to time we were noisy, a little dusty, and sometimes even closed; but the disruption has really paid off! We now have twice as much space, and everything we need to help with local history and genealogy research is easily accessible. Improvements to the history room include:
• Special collections conveniently separated for easy access, including: genealogy; city directories and phonebooks; maps and atlases; and yearbooks. • Microfilm, microfilm reader/printers, and hard copies of Kalamazoo Gazettes housed within the history room. • Print station is now located next to the computers. • Shelves have more room, making books easier to find and giving us room to grow!
Enjoy a few photos of the new history room and then come in and see it for yourself.
The Local History Room has had to close up for a couple of days while we get organized into our expanded space. Things are quite a mess right now, but soon we'll be enjoying more room and a great new layout.
Our collection isn't accessible at the moment, but don't forget that all the genealogy databases can be accessed from any of the computers in the Central Library and the branches, and there are many wonderful local history and genealogy books available in the circulating collection.
Welcome to the KPL Local History Community Calendar! Join us in investigating widely diverse Historical subjects presented by local historical societies, organizations, collectors, and preservationist groups. We list conferences, tours, meetings, special events, and large Southwest Michigan antique markets and extend our invitation to anyone interested in history to visit the Community Calendar on the KPL Local History Website. Scheduling an event or program of local historical nature? Complete an information form, or call 269.553.7843, and we will be happy to list your event on our calendar.
We have recently updated Our Local History Reference Collection with green dot stickers on books that have circulating copies. This means that any title in Local History with a green dot sticker has a duplicate that can be checked out. Patrons may simply look up the title in our catalogue or ask the Local History Reference person to find the location of the circulating copy. Patrons are welcome to put the title on reserve if it is checked out or only available in a branch library.
We are very fortunate to be able to continually add new books to the history room collection. They include items on local and regional history, Michigan history, and genealogy research techniques and materials. I enjoy searching for these items and perusing them when they are ready for shelving in the local history room. Occasionally a new book will really jump out at me and I will find myself totally absorbed. This happened with our newest addition to the collection for Irish genealogy research, Atlas of the Great Irish Famine by John Crowley. This big, beautiful book is full of gorgeous photographs and artwork related to Ireland; but its greatest feature is the dozens of maps detailing every aspect of population change, workhouse locations, housing types, employment, cemeteries, soup kitchens, migration… you name it, there's a map that explains it. However, it isn't just dry maps and figures. The impact on society is conveyed through written and oral accounts of the time, art, poetry, and in depth analysis. At over eight pounds and 700 pages, this reference book was not designed for cozy, cover-to-cover reading. But once you open it, you'll find yourself wanting to go back to explore it again and again.
For those of us who have caught the genealogy bug, there's no need for further inducement to trace and record our family history. We know the thrill and challenge of genealogical research is addicting all by itself. However, if you need evidence to help justify your obsession with census data and tombstone transcriptions to those yet to be infected, I have just the thing. A new book by Bruce Feiler, The Secrets of Happy Families, reports that it is highly beneficial for children to know about their family history. Feiler shares some amazing conclusions drawn from a study conducted by Robyn Fivush and Marshall Duke, professors of psychology at Emory University. Feiler summarizes, "The more children knew about their family's history, the stronger their sense of control over their lives, the higher their self-esteem, and the more successfully they believed their families functioned."
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Most Popular Types of Embroidery Designs
Popular Types of Embroidery Designs
Before I give you a detailed insight of the different types of embroidery designs you should understand just how popular they are! In fact, the good thing is that custom embroidery, commercial embroidery AND home embroidery are all on the rise.
Both the internet and the physical market are a good place to get the different types of embroidery designs. When wanting to come up with the right designs, you must first consider certain things such as; personal taste, your style and the how possible it will be to get the materials of that particular design.
Types of Embroidery Designs
Clothing Embroidery Designs
Most you are probably reading this looking for ideas for some kind of clothing embroidery. Finding designs isn't difficult; you can go online, buy from the local embroidery shops or even get custom done FOR you by some business with a commercial embroidery machine. In addition, you also have an option of downloading from the website and sewing on your garment by the use of embroidery machines that are computerized.
Household Embroidery Designs
Apart from being specifically meant for households, these kind of embroidery designs are normally created by professional because of their size, complex design and colors. Examples of such items include; carpets and bed sheets. That being said, there very well may be a business in your area that has a machine with a large sewing field especially designed for large items. One manufacturer with this option is Avance who makes an optional large table that professional companies can add to their machine purchase.
Here's a demonstration video of the Avance, that the maker is calling the "Best Commercial Embroidery Machine for the Price" so you can see what the company you contract may be using:
Logo Embroidery Designs
They are mostly use on caps, sweaters and t-shits to either sell a certain product or advertise a team. It's only professionals who can handle their making. To get this design for yourself, you can decide to order online. The key areas of concentration that need 100% attention when designing embroidery logs are texts, the outlines and artwork. I will highly recommend logo embroidery designs for companies, sports teams health care institutions and gymnasiums.
General Product Embroidery
General product embroidery is suitable for just any garment i.e. baseball caps, shoes, and many other apparel. Owning one is easy as you can order your custom made or even pre-designed embroidery designs from the internet. There's a great company called Dakota Collectibles that has many free designs available.
Well, it obvious that some people may want to make their own designs. As much as this is possible, their some key factor you need to note. Before doing anything, you should first stitch out you design probably on some other fabric just to know how it will look on the original fabric. After that, select the combination of colors of the threads that you would love to use. The third key factor that you need to note is the hoop that holds the fabric firmly. Finally, before creating the actual embroidery design, make sure all your tools are all there. With all that, you will never go wrong.
In the process of making your own design, you can make a mistake, to fix it, you can tear it out or even edit it. But always try as much as possible to avoid mistakes. Also note that you need to regularly change the needle especially when starting a new embroidery.
If you decide that you LOVE doing embroidery like this, you may want to look into getting into the commercial embroidery business! It's a great industry and always growing. You can start with a company that sells the machines, like ColDesi, Inc. to get an idea of pricing and maybe even business planning ideas.
3 Customer Ideas for your Embroidery Business
If you are already in the embroidery business you know there is always room to improve, and finding new markets and new customers is the fastest way to increase your business. If you're not, and are just in the planning phases, even better! You can start your business out on the right foot. Even some of the best single head embroidery machine users will do this, so you're in good company.
Partnering with Screen Printers
I know, it sounds like you're sleeping with the enemy, but you're really not. Screen printers usually do one thing really well; print lots of shirt with the same design. They get the local football team business, lots of corporate jobs, big charity events. Basically, when most people think about getting shirts done, they're thinking about screen printing.
Where do you come in? They also get requests from those SAME customers for embroidery work. Embroidered logos, football jerseys, embroidered goodie bags for trade shows, and lots and lots of embroidered caps. You can offer your services at a discounted price to them, or offer to pay them for referrals. Either way, your local screen printer becomes your best salesperson.
Offer Embroidered Patches
Believe it or not, patches are big business, but are hard to find for a consumer looking for anything less than 100 or so. You can offer small patches, like name badges, or big patches like jacket backs for motorcycle clubs, but either way you'll have a great opportunity to win new customers.
Even if patches themselves don't pay your lease on your new commercial embroidery machine, they WILL get you a great introduction to potential customers. Who do you think owns that $20,000 Harley you do a jacket back patch for? Some business owner who will need employee uniforms, embroidered gift items and more.
Offering patches will also set you apart from the competition. After all, if the embroidery company down the street says no to making 5 patches because it's not so profitable and you say yes, where do you think they'll go from now on?
Schools, schools, schools.
Don't listen to a thing you hear on the news or what your friend the teacher tells you about budgets and spending. At some point, schools will spend money on embroidery work! They'll need school uniforms, things for sports teams or something for the PTA.
The big thing to remember with schools is that if they don't have the budget they will turn to fund raising and embroidery can be a part of that!
These are just THREE ideas! I hope you're inspired to sit down with friends, family and business partners and come up with your own.
How To Make Rhinestone T-Shirts
You can't go anywhere without see rhinestone t-shirts, dresses, hats. It seems like rhinestone clothing is everywhere!
So how do you make a rhinestone t-shirt?
Adding rhinestones to anything is pretty easy, as long as you have the right tool for the job. You can get what they call "flat back" rhinestones (you've probably heard of Swarovski rhinestones or seen their stores in the Mall). These rhinestones are pretty on one site and flat on the other. These are kind of a pain to apply because you've got to get fabric glue and glue them each on individually.
The rhinestones you want to get are called "Hotfix rhinestones". These are the same as the flatback, but come with glue already on them so all you have to do is "heat" them up to "fix" them onto your shirt or dress. You can get little tools to place them in the right spot and then iron them on if you have the patience. BUT, you can also use a GlitzUp Tool, which is like a Bedazzler on steroids. It picks up the rhinestones with a vacuum, then heats them up so the glue melts and you can actually just place them wherever you want. It's really easy and the tool is only about $100.
But those things are only really good for adding rhinestones a few at a time. Dress up a hat, bling some jeans or add a few stones to sandals (awesome idea, by the way).
The professionals, and you could be one too by the way, use a rhinestone machine. A rhinestone machine is a device that hooks up to your computer and kind of prints out the design that you create using rhinestones.
How a rhinestone machine works
A rhinestone machine like the CAMS Automatic Rhinestone machine for example, basically picks up individual Hotfix rhinestones and places them upside down on a big piece of Hotfix tape (kind of like scotch tape, but bigger!). The design you created with your rhinestone software is output to the CAMS machine then it places the stones on the tape. www.rhinestonecamsmachines.com The end result is called a "rhinestone transfer".
Once you have your rhinestone transfer, you need to "heat" the glue from the rhinestones and "press" it onto your t-shirt or dress. So guess what you need to use? A HEAT PRESS.
After you do all this, you'll end up with exactly the kind of rhinestone t shirts and rhinestone caps you find online. BUT, this is really for people that want to get into the rhinestone business for themselves. Even though the equipment is pricey, about $15K or $16K for the whole set up, it's really profitable because you can make a shirt for $6-$8 and sell it for $20 or $30.
Hope you decide to put more BLING into your wardrobe!
Top 12 Causes of Thread Breaks in Commercial Embroidery Machines
Simple troubleshooting for commercial embroidery machines
Thread Breaks happen to EVERY embroidery business, whether you are using computerized embroidery machines or another kind.
It's annoying, but not uncommon for even the most expensive, multi head embroidery machine to come to a screeching halt because of a thread break. So whether you have a single head embroidery machine for your home based business or a commercial contract embroidery shop you'll want to keep these 12 causes and fixes close at hand.
CAUSE: Embroidery needle has been loaded backwards or is not straight.
FIX: Orient the needle correctly
CAUSE: The embroidery machine hasn't been threaded correctly
FIX: Check the thread path for misguided embroidery thread
CAUSE: The needle is dull
FIX: Replace it
CAUSE: Column stitching is too thin on your embroidery design
FIX: Increase the column width or pull compensation in your embroidery software
CAUSE: Stitches are too dense
FIX: Change the density or stitch spacing in your embroidery software.
CAUSE: Tensions are too tight
FIX: Perform a tension test on a swatch of your chosen fabric and adjust on your commercial embroidery machine. Find out more about that here http://www.Avance-emb.com/
CAUSE: Burrs or scratches on operational parts; needle plate, upper thread catcher or hook
FIX: Use a magnifying glass to examine items, and then replace
CAUSE: Thread is brittle
FIX: Over time, even good quality Royal or Madeira polyester thread will become brittle. Replace the cone.
CAUSE: Metallic thread kinks or twists during stitching
FIX: Slow the embroidery machine speed and use a thread net designed to slide over the cone to allow for a smoother flow.
CAUSE: Peripheral needle depth may be incorrect
FIX: Check the needle depth – commercial embroidery machines only
CAUSE: Peripheral hook timing is off
FIX: Adjust the hook timing
CAUSE: Sewing too fast!
FIX: Many times all that's needed to reduce breaks is to slow down your machine
If you keep these 12 thing in mind, or as an embroidery machine maintenance checklist somewhere in your shop you can reduce your downtime due to thread breaks and get back to work!
Hey Fashion Divas!
I'm so glad you're joining me on my new blogging journey! Here we will be covering all kinds of tips and tricks for running your embroidery and rhinestone clothing businesses, so sit back and enjoy!


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Rend is a pretty solid choice if it's improved and you have mangle up. It's not going to revolutionize your DPS while tanking, but it's still quite a bit better than a devastate if you don't mind making things more complicated.
Hi the current rotation mentioned everyowhere is the current:
Shield slam
Cc Blow
Hs to burn down rage.
Here is my question. there have not been any testing on rend. how good is it actually? Say i have all the abilitys above devestate on cd. i have 5 sunders on the target and just refreshed it. i have specced improved rend. there is mangle on the boss. dont know if there is any arms talent that would increase my rend but whatever. Would it be worth putting up rend instead of devestating? 2nd of all. would it be worth putting up rend without improved rend?
what im asking is that i would like some1 to test how good it is with a 25 man composition.
Rend is a pretty solid choice if it's improved and you have mangle up. It's not going to revolutionize your DPS while tanking, but it's still quite a bit better than a devastate if you don't mind making things more complicated.
I know, it took me 8 seconds to find the thread, that was tough!
Rend is plenty good now, the hard part is remembering to use it, and at an appropriate time. Strongest when you have someone putting up mangle/trauma or whatever it is, typically 25 man raids.
yeh i normally don't put it up but if i see a feral druid or an arms warrior I'll throw it in, even though i'm not spec'd Imp rend.
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It's definitely worth throwing out there instead of a devastate when the time feels appropriate.
When you're all buffed up, trauma etc. is up, and the boss is above 75%, it puts out some nice damage. If you use rend often, imp rend is more than plausible too.
Turns out Rend isn't nearly as good as we thought. Someone modeled it all and did more detailed mathz than 'napkin math'. Rend will likely put out more actual damage, but less threat.
More importantly, properly working in a rend, in the proper location in your tank "rotation", will probably cause you more grief than good; you have to use rend at a time that it isn't pushing something else off.
Honestly, the rapidly changing priority order of abilities as you tank to eek the most out of it is crazy enough already while focusing on other stuff (like, staying alive, keeping other people), dropping rend from the rotation is probably the safest bet.
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thanks Xav, that answers the question pretty well. I'm not really disappointed, I honestly didn't want to juggle another attack into my rotation.
Hmm yeah thanks.
Mostly wondering, 'cause there actually isn't a debuff cap anymore (just a graphical display bug that only lists a certain amount of debuffs, even though there are more on the boss).
But it's fun to play with in a dull tank and spank to squeeze out some extra DPS. ( at least, until actual math proves me wrong on that too )
I'm not sure whether to be disappointed on rend not having a lot to add, or gratified that devastate isn't as weak as I'd thought.
Oh well, my main action bar was getting crowded and I never remember to rend anyways.
Rend should put out a bit more damage when used properly (20-30 dps), but not threat, yeah.
I meant push off as in push things out of "rotation" which makes you lose more threat than you'd gain.
I had done more testing and found that rend was a threat increase but only if used instead of a devastate on the cooldown before shield slam refreshes. Any other time and you risk losing threat to a sword and board proc.
Its just too much to micromanage though, even with a Last Laugh the gain is just not enough vs the potential lost TPS if you screw it up. Maybe one day once the scaling kicks in a bit more but for now it is just too much of a hassle to use effectively. Rend is definitely something we should be looking at again once we start seeing higher DPS weapons and higher AP values.
I did some testing on this and my findings were in agreement with most posters above;
As a tank you will deal more damage but less threat by using a rend but not by a significant amount. If you are inefficient with rend and refresh it while it is still ticking then it actually lowers the damage output as you might expect.
In a situation where you are rage starved (DPSing while not being hit) I found it less efficient than devastate, purely because every devastate gives you 0.3 of a free Shield Slam.
My personal conclusion was that I will be using it very occasionally because it doesn't make a huge difference even when I get it perfect and when I don't it can actually costme a little DPS.
I find that Rend has more situational uses as well, like when bosses run away and hide for a period. It is a DoT after all. Like, Heigan's dancing phase, Noth's skeleton phase, Gothik's room switching, 4 Horseman mob switches, Thaddius' phase 1 tank throws, in all of these the boss either teleports away, you're forced to move him away, or you get chucked away and spreading damage is never a bad thing.
I have Imp Rend, but damn it is hard to shove Rend into the rotation as Xav said. Everything else has to be on cooldown and you need 1 free GCD before something better comes off cooldown. With Sword and Board procs being the way they are it can be very difficult to fit in the Rend. I might get in one Rend every 35-45 seconds at most.


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Im thinking about using this spec.
It takes points out of cruelty to max out Shield Spec. It sounds good but I don't know how it would play out
With the change to rage on avoidance, it got me wondering what i would have to leave out to get 5/5 in shield talent.
Thinking about dropping dw if the extra rage is increasing threat significantly.
Any ideas?
Im thinking about using this spec.
It takes points out of cruelty to max out Shield Spec. It sounds good but I don't know how it would play out
This is most likely what I will go with. Its similar to above but with gag order(Glyphs are mostly AOE specific but I carry a stockpile of glyphs and change them all the time).
Although I need 2 more points to keep into 2 min SW talents so I am not sure what else to drop yet.
EDIT: Sorry wrong link before
Hmm, im concerned removing cruelty will considerably hinder deep wounds, and gag order is pretty much needed to tank fights like iron council and pulling casters.
I currently use a DW build without cruelty in it anyways, taking up imp disc for the 2 min shield wall. I wouldn't want to lose really anything other than focused rage, so thats probably going to be the one to go.
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I have no idea where to start thinking for the new spec/whatever else I need to do it keep up with others in 3.2 So any advice posted here would be greately appreciated to me and any other tanks lost in this new major patch.
I'll probably drop Cruelty, but I may possibly drop Focused Rage instead. In depends on how much rage Shield Spec generates. If I find myself with an abundance of Rage, I'll put points back into cruelty and take some out of Focuses Rage. Those will probably be the two talents I tinker with though.
There will definitely be a little trial and error going on.
Last edited by Hit Me; 08-04-2009 at 11:01 AM.
Focused rage is way more rage efficient than 3 points in shield spec. At least on a purely 1on1 encounter. Having 10 mobs on you? Well.. shield spec. might prove more worthy then, but rage will be abundant anyways.
I can see with the patch that Prot tanking is more moving to an AOE aggro build (For Dumping Adds), Which I'm comfortable with, I love it! Question is this:
1. Will the aggro tables still hold true after Reckoning Procs (Being one of the Few that use it currently, I suppose) on multiple adds?
2. Taking into affect that SB took a 30% slide, Will aggro taunt be effective between classes?
3. Anyone have the number crunch for Aggro % from the PTR for Prot Pallies?
(Just looking for a base value to gauge aggro control)
Gonna try something like this for tps :
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This is the spec was I was running at the beginign of the expansion. It worked well for me. I expect it to improve with the changes it's made.
Loosing 1 point in focused rage means nothing when your mitigation is giving you rage anyways. Exspecially if glyphed for the 10 rage to HS.
The first thing I would drop would be the blocking glyph. being the shield block value is now on deminishing returns and removed from SS all together. it is actually not generating any additional threat or mitigation. Exspecially for mobs that hit in the range of 17-25k on average.
I'm still tossing around the HS glyphe. But then agian i carry extra glyphs with me to change for specific fights. They essentially have become the new scrolls LOL.
Essentially they took away deveestate as our main rotation from BC and gave us SS and SBV. Then Ulduar came out and SBV and BR became less valuable due to the sheer damage people were taking. Therefore specs were adjusted accordingly for pure mitigation at the cost of threat. Well now we have no choice. They essentially saw what happened in pvp with SBV and the fact that warrior threat suffers emmensly compaired to other tanking classes.
So they went backwards and gave us devastate back into our rotation. The objective here is to keep your mitigation up high and earn rage for doing so. Without having the dps of a rogue. But not low enough to not generate generalized threat. Unfortunantly I seen this coming the minute they tried to push devastate off the table. The moment has arrived where they said. "Oh shit, this isn't going to work. Full reverse! Aye aye captain! FULL REVERSE!"
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Dragaan, you really wont need to with the current state of tanks in 3.2. The glyph should be plenty for you. Although a 2 min shield wall is nice, it's not a requirement. or at least I've managed to survive without it. But then agian the healers I run with are very good. And after 3 years we know each other pretty well
Its a hard call.
With around 70% block + dodge + parry and a boss with 2 sec swing timer you'll be averaging about 100 rage per minute from this talent.
I'm not too sure how to calculate additional rage from focused rage since heroic strike is off the GCD. since other abilities are on 1.5sec GCD i'll say 1 ability per second, so you'll save yourself 180 rage a minute with focused rage.
So its probably a bad trade off in that you won't be able to use HS as often without rage starving yourself, reducing your TPS. But those times you dodge/parry an attack and sit at 0 rage you're losing quite a bit more TPS because you aren't getting your shield slams/revenges etc off.
I'm not sure, I will tell you its very unlikely I will be taking it out of gag order, 10% damage to shield slam is too good. Also none of you are using an imp disc build for 2 min shield wall??
I don't see much else I would take points out of for the 5 rage, may have to stick to 2 rage on block/dodge/parry.
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I am running the improved disc. I have been testing it in ulduar on a personal level for the past week. It more boils down to playstyle. The mitigation it provides is by far the highest out there. But it requires some pretty extreme balancing of cooldown usage.
It also depends on who you run with, like i said i run the same 10 man with the same people I've raided with for 3 years. So we have a particular style that works for us.
I'd never take it out of gag order for the simple fact that most gimick fights such as Iron Council. Which makes this almost an imparitive. However with the GCD taken off heroic. It begs to take both Shield Specialization and Focused rage to some degree followed by an HS glyph. Considering how much devistate has been buffed. And the changes to rage on dodge block or parry.
The build I posted above is the attempt to keep rage high, very high. For the HS spam alone. You'll take a bit of a wallop every now and then. But probably not as much as you missing a mitigation CD on the previous dw standard.
The fact that they took SB and SS off of SBV makes our threatgen an entirely new animal. We have to look at this in the means of our threat gen more than anything else. The current recommendation is high effective health. lots of it. As threat will be more important for the new raids. Due to adds and the fact that you will not have time to ask dps to wait. It's got to be now now now, kill kill kill.
So what have we learned?
Devistate has been buffed.
SS/SB has been removed from the values of SBV
SBV has been doubled and primarily turned into a mitigation stat
Threat has been reduced on a generalized scale due to the lowering of SS/SB from above mentioned
Devistate and HS have been once agian band aided to warrior threat in attempt to not make them worthless.
SBV now has deminishing returns, therefore stacking it is worthless.
Block has returned as a decent form of mitigation for the rage alone.
End result as read in plain english......
Welcome back to BC with higher damage, more block required, SB always on cooldown, devistate doesn't have herpies anymore. So you no longer need to avoid it. Warriors with insane full rage bars all the time = the norm and not = wtf is this tank doing.
To me (thanks vene!) it seems that its best to either go all the way with buffing shield wall (glyph and talent) or not. The middle road is kinda meh if you do one but not the other.
Also has anyone tried using something like rawr to see what changing talents around does to predicted damage with the new changes?
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