Hat Wizard
A few months ago, a customer posted a request on Sweater Wizard group for a hat wizard.
Over the years, I had often thought about doing a hat wizard, but a full program seemed like overkill, therefore, I never wrote the code.
When I discovered that I could develop Interactive Patterns, I then realized that I could also write mini-programs for specific knitting tasks.
This interactive format seemed to be the perfect user interface for a hat wizard.
The Hat Wizard generates basic patterns for caps in any size or gauge. It is a neat knitting gadget. It can be used over and over again. Each pattern can be saved as a separate entity from the template.
Hats are a staple project for all knitters. Those of us who experience winter, know that we can’t get through the season without a pull on hat.
Elizabeth Zimmerman speaks of using hats as swatches for her large projects. There is always enough knitting, even in an infant’s hat, to get a real reading of gauge.
In fact, a member of Sweater Wizard group is doing just that.
I received the latest Coldwater Creek catalog while I was working on Hat Wizard. The cover featured a striped knited cap that is so cute that I immediately wanted to search for a novelty yarn that would reproduce the hat and matching scarf. With Hat Wizard, I knew that I could generate a pattern within seconds.
You understand, of course, that it is much more fun to search for a yarn and knit the cap then to click a button and order one ready made!
I downloaded the Hat Wizard yesterday and it works so well! It’s like you read my mind - I’ve been wishing you would make a hat wizard and you did! I use Sweater Wizard, Sock Wizard and the graph paper program all the times.
I’m sorry, but I have to disagree with Carole, for once.
It is NOT more fun to buy a ready-made pattern then to actually create one myself with Hat Wizard.
Yay!
It’s a good thing I don’t try to write code, isn’t it? Upon reflection, I obviously DID agree with Carole. So, my record is perfect: I’ve never had to disagree.