Prepare your graphic as a two-color bitmap and note the pixel dimensions.

Remember that stitches in knitting are not square, so you may want to squish your graphic horizontally just a bit before lowering its resolution.

You're going to then create a blank "container" pattern of the appropriate dimensions using the knitting machine control panel.

Press INPUT (01_press_INPUT.jpg)

Note the pattern number that appears. User-input patterns get assigned a number in ascending order starting at 901. (02_note_pattern_number.jpg)

Press STEP (03_press_STEP.jpg)

Enter your pattern's width (number of stitches), then press STEP (04_enter_number_of_stitches.jpg)

The number of available rows in the machine's memory will appear on the display. Press CE to clear the display. (04_remaining_available_rows_display.jpg)

Enter the pattern's height (number of rows) and press STEP. (05_enter_number_of_rows.jpg)

Press INPUT once more to exit input mode.

Repeat for as many patterns as you'd like to create (and for which you have space).

Start up the disk drive emulator in the command line. (Screen shot 2010-11-01 at 3.57.52 PM)

When "ready" lamp is lit, reset the machine's memory by pressing CE key, then type in 888, then press STEP key. This deletes all stored patterns, so be sure to back up first if you have patterns on the machine you want to save!

Clear display with CE key, then prepare to load new data into memory by typing 551, then STEP. (07_enter_551.jpg)

Display should go blank, then "ready" and "pattern no" lamps should illuminate. (10_ready_and_patternno_lights_come_on.jpg)

Press 1 to indicate which "track" to load from the disk drive emulator, then press STEP. (12_press_STEP.jpg)

Machine will beep when finished. Pick a pattern and knit as normal.