Starting with knitCompanion 3.0 you can select from an unlimited range of colors. Recent Colors knitCompanion will keep track of up to 10 of your recent colors on the device. These colors are shown at the top, above the color wheel. Tap a color circle at the top to quickly select and apply a recently used color and dismiss the color picker. Using the Color Picker Select a color: Slide the color selector around the … Continue reading →
FAQs
Reduce Battery Usage
Almost all of knitCompanion’s battery usage is for the screen. There are settings both on your device as well as in the app that you can use to reduce the amount of energy your device screen requires, thereby extending your device’s battery life while knitting. Reduce the brightness of your screen. Even a small reduction in brightness can make a big difference. On iOS and iPhone OS, reduce the White Point. Even a small reduction … Continue reading →
Manual Chart Setup
When you setup your chart, it is important to ensure the grid from your setup matches the grid of the chart. The purpose is to ensure all chart tools (one tap marker, magic markers, voice control, reminders, etc) are optimal. Bad Grid CheckThe grid lines do NOT match the chart. Good Grid CheckThe grid lines match the chart. Manual Setup If the wand is unable to detect your chart, you can do the setup … Continue reading →
Google Play Redeem Code
Please follow the steps below to redeem a Google Play offer code for knitCompanion. Open the knitCompanion app (must be installed from Google Play Store). Tap Upgrade. Tap to subscribe. Tap the arrow next to your payment method. Select Redeem Code. Your code might be different than the one shown in the screenshot. Enter your code and tap Redeem. Your code may have different terms than those in the screenshot. Review the terms of … Continue reading →
When cropping a chart, the wand will always find the edge of the chart. Sometimes you might want to keep additional things from outside the chart edge. This might include extra annotations or numbers. To do this: Setup the chart as normal using the wand and ensuring correct alignment. Manually adjust the crop AND the row and stitch count, ensuring the grid continues to align inside the chart. See below for example. To adjust the … Continue reading →
When using Intelligent Chart Recognition, the wand can be adjusted to find “more” or “less”. By default the wand is in the center position, which is tuned to be the best setting for most charts. Some charts will have grid lines that don’t “connect”, leaving small gaps in the grid lines . Sliding to more and then tapping the wand again can help the wand jump those gaps to properly count rows and stitches. Some … Continue reading →
The Amazon App Store does not support subscription upgrades or downgrades within an app. If you are currently subscribed to knitCompanion Essentials via the Amazon App Store, you will need your existing subscription to expire in order to purchase Setup+Essentials. This will ensure you do not have 2 subscriptions running in parallel. To accomplish this please follow the steps below. Cancel the auto-renew on your existing Amazon Essentials Subscription. Learn How Wait for your existing … Continue reading →
Magic Markers work best when you have a good Setup so that a the sample stitch sits perfectly on each grid square. See here for how to check your setup and make any corrections. Once you are sure your setup is correct, you can adjust the sensitivity of the wand, and trim the final selected stitches. This is why Magic Markers can work on so many different charts. If your chart isn’t perfect, picking a … Continue reading →
Search Rows
Magic Markers can search all rows, only odd rows, or only even rows. This is helpful with flat knitting when wrong side rows have symbols that need to be worked differently when they are on the right side. Tip: Apply color to help you remember how to work stitches when they are on the wrong side. All: Search all rows when you tap the wand. Odd: Search only odd rows when you tap the … Continue reading →
Manually Trim Stitches
Magic Markers are pretty smart, but computers are not always as smart as our human brain! To adjust the selection yourself, tap on a stitch to toggle it on or off. You can manually trim the search results by tapping a stitch to toggle it ON or OFF. Toggle it ON to include it in the search results. Toggle it OFF to exclude it from the search results. Manually trimming stitches also adjusts the … Continue reading →