Knitted textile methods

A method of producing a custom-fit version of a knitted article, the method comprising:

• extracting, from a digital representation of an object for which said knitted article is to be produced, a plurality of measurements corresponding to locations of pattern elements of a digital pattern for said knitted article;
• for each of the plurality of measurements extracted from the digital representation of the object, automatically adapting a stitch count for a corresponding one of the pattern elements specified by the digital pattern for said knitted article by scaling said stitch count according to the extracted measurement and specified wales and courses densities for a specified material to fit the knitted article to the object, thereby producing a digital pattern representing the knitted article which is customized to the object for the specified material;
• iteratively updating the digital pattern representing the knitted article which is customized to the object for the specified material as preferences for the knitted article are varied through user interaction with the digital representation of the object to produce a final digital pattern of the knitted article;
• automatically producing, from the final digital pattern of the knitted article, machine instructions representing one or more pattern pieces to be knitted on a computerized knitting machine to create the custom-fit version of the knitted article by converting stitch counts of the final digital pattern of the knitted article to knitting sequences for the computerized knitting machine;
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• manufacturing the custom-fit version of the knitted article by the computerized knitting machine according to the machine instructions.