Knitting a jumper

[Jbird]

I have a design for a jumper in my head but no one will knit it because they say you need a pattern. Does anyone know where I could get a pattern drawn up? (I have no idea when it comes to knitting!)

[shaneystar2]

You have to have a pattern for the shaping and number of stitches,size etc. It's not a case of just knitting it pot luck.
There is software availble to be able to draw up patterns
http://www.greatknitdesigns.com/

But it is very complicated and you need to have a good knowledge of knitting. A knitwear designer would charge the earth for an individual design and writing the pattern. There are sites such as this
http://spincraftpatterns.com/index.php?cPath=5 0&osCsid=a431ae97cae3a01512dfb62d508947d5
but they are all generic patterns which you can adapt, the only bugbear being that it is an American site and they knit differently to us .

Another resort could be Sian Brown on this site
http://www.bhkc.co.uk/data/knitted_textile_art ists.htm

You can contact her and she may be able to advise you .
Good luck with your jumper .

[Jbird]

Thank you - I'll give it a go and see what happens!

[shaneystar2]

Just a quick PS ..if the design you have in mind is a basic jumper with a design on the front say, you could find a pattern for a plain one and then do your design on graph paper with the colours you want .This is quite easy to work into a basic knitting pattern taking into account rows stitches and colours ...bit like knitting fairisle. Similar to this
http://www.garnnet.com/Usa/chart.php
and here is a design tool that will do it for you.
http://www.needlepointers.com/displaypage.aspx ?ArticleID=29305&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.garnnet. com%2fUsa%2fown.php
So..if you can find someone who is a whiz at deciphering this sort of thing you will be sorted ..I prefer to use a pencil and paper !!!