Device and method of designing knit products to be manufactured on a knitting machine

A knitting machine comprising a device for designing knit products to be manufactured on the machine, said designing device comprising at least one storage device for storing data required for the production of the knit products on the knitting machine;

• at least one display device for displaying design images for the knit products;
• at least one input device for altering the design images;
• and means for processing data to be exchanged between said storage, input and display devices, including means for generating at least one knit image presentation and at least one corresponding thread course presentation for display as said design images on said display device, and means for simultaneously correspondingly altering one of said presentations as the other is being altered by using said input device.

A method of designing knit products to be manufactured on a knitting machine, comprising the steps of generating at least one knit image presentation and at least one corresponding thread course presentation of the respective knit product;

• displaying such presentations;
• and simultaneously correspondingly altering one of said presentations when and as the other is being altered.