About four weeks ago I got the iphone. Mostly thanks to my husband. My cell phone contract was up for renewal and he has been talking about the iphone for a while.After I got it I typed in 'knitting' in the search engine of the itunes store.
I could not believe that there are knitting related applications.
I first got myself the stitch minder.
I don't often use a stitch counter, I usually count rows or pattern repeats. Yes and sometimes I count them over and over again.
The stitch minder lets me track four different things. At the moment I am counting: rows, pattern repeats and increase rows. It lets me change the settings, on offer are: rows completed, pattern row. pattern repeats. increase row, increase repeat, decrease row and decrease repeat.
Next I bought myself the Knit Gauge for 59 pence.
This is great to check tension without having to look for a tape measure. It calculates the tension directly for 2, 5 or 10cm.I am right on track with Twist & Shout.
Since I printed out the pattern when it first came out there have been a few erratas. I can check them directly on the phone as well. The differences are highlighted in red and are easy to spot. A little bit of paper saved. OK, I could mark it all out on my copy.
There are more knitting related applications available for the iphone, I have just found a yarn calculator and a needle sizer.
I am off to go and look at them.
4 comments:
What a fabulous gadget, and it would be so much easier than trying to use a piece of paper.
And they call us dinosaurs!!!!
Wow, that's cool. Now if I could only find a pair of needles like the ones Mrs. Weasley had on Harry Potter. Just kidding, that would'nt be very fun would it?
Nifty! Now that is good reason to finally let hubby have an iphone.
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