


Can I import images or patterns into Garment Designer to trace or copy?
Garment Designer can not import or open any external files. Garment Designer will only open Garment Designer pattern files and will only save Garment Designer pattern files. PDF’s of the patterns can be saved from Garment Designer.

Can I view/submit any examples of Garment Designer-made projects?
Please view our Garment Designer Gallery on our website:
http://www.cochenille.com/garment-designer/garment-designer-gallery/
You can also find us on Pinterest:
Do you want to share your project with us and our followers? We would love to see what our creative customers are up to! Please email us pictures at info@cochenille.com, make sure to include a little bit about your project. We would be thrilled to hear how you use the software.

Can I use Garment Designer to create knit patterns for both hand and/or machine knitting?
- Generate shaping charts for regular, top-down and sideways knitting
- Display Stitch and Row counts
- Knitters, Weavers and Stitchers may choose to input their gauge/sett/count and request shaping instructions for standard, sideways, top-down, and diagonal shaping.
- Generate shaping instructions in a row by row summary.
- Create a pixel-per-stitch graphic to take to Stitch Painter and other paint programs for design purposes.
- Print a full-scale, half-scale or quarter-scale pattern which may be used for sewing and for blocking knit pieces.
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The choice to work in Sew, Knit, or Universalmode, thus customizing the menu and programfunctions to your needs.
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Shaping instructions in a row-by-row summarywhich can be used by knitters or weavers.
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A Yarn Calculator for knitters to determine howmuch yarn to purchase.
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The option to display counts for each garmentpiece so that you have a visual reference ofstitches/rows. (Knit mode)
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The ability to add ‘bands’ which may be used byknitters for ribbings/welts. (Knit mode)

Can I use Garment Designer for creating and selling patterns?
Cochenille Design Studio welcomes users to use Garment Designer software to develop and sell patterns of their own original design, using our software as a tool.
Exclusions to this include: Using our Collection patterns (such as Couture Totes, Holiday, Origami) and selling those. These collections have sewing instructions included and are considered to be our own pattern collection.