Re: custom objects?

On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 4:51 PM, Steve Litt <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> I'm sorry, I laughed. :-)
>

Hmph. Crochet is no laughing matter. ;)

Here are some of mine: http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=86850


Your pattern looks pretty mathematical to me. Wouldn't "all" be a
> mighty big number?
>

It may look mathematical, but each symbol just represents a different type
of stitch - of which there are a practically limited number. There are only
a few basic stitches: chain, double crochet, treble crochet and (rarely
used) quadruple crochet (UK naming convention), with some minor variants on
some of those (half treble crochet, for example). Each symbol is drawn
roughly in proportion to the length the final stitch occupies, such that
the final pattern of the work is visible in the chart (with a little
imagination).

This particular pattern happens to be broadly symmetrical but that doesn't
have to be the case. Any flat crochet pattern can be represented in this
way. Most are square, rectangular, circular or hexagonal, but they don't
have to be (e.g. for clothing, such as jumpers/sweaters). So trying to
write a python script to create them might work for a small subset of
patterns, but I can't see it ever being a general purpose answer.



As others have mentioned, the Symbols dialog is nominally the way to go for
this - although I would be inclined to just have a second file with the
symbols in, and copy/paste a "master" copy of each stitch into your working
document, then use the "stamp" capability to place them. This is where you
drag an object, then hit the space bar wherever you want a copy placed.
Unfortunately it won't handle rotating them for you, so you'll have to go
through and sort them out afterwards.

[Aside: Actually that might be an interesting feature to add to Inkscape -
a "Polar Mode". This would require the ability to set a global centre of
rotation and a toggle that, when enabled would mean that moving an object
also rotates it. Perhaps in that mode CTRL would limit the movement to
radially/circumferentially (that's a word, right) rather than
horizontally/vertically. It would make creating circular designs so much
easier.]

For largely symmetric designs you can potentially save a lot of time by
creating one section, grouping it so it's easier to work with, then
copy-pasting (and rotating) to create the other sections. You can then
enter each group to make any fine adjustments you need.

Mark

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