WeaveIt

WeaveIt Pro is a full-featured weaving application for Mac operating system that designed for the weaver who wants to design drafts creatively. General Features • Easy to use user interface • Extensive on-line help and glossary of weaving terms. • Allows up to: 64 harnesses, unlimited treadles • No limit on number of warp and weft threads • Balanced, Warp faced, Weft faced, and Warp-rep Weave, Double Weave • View multiple patterns open at same time • Edit in one window, while display warp-faced, weft-faced, variable-width or double-weave in fabric window. Changes are immediately displayed in both windows. • Cut and paste threading or treadling between patterns. • Display threading at bottom of screen with treadling going up. • WIF weaving independent file format allows you to exchange weaving drafts with other weaving programs. • Edit and display draft as lift plan. • Allows Multiple Treadles. Editing • Easy to create and edit threading and treadling and tie-up drafts. • Edit actions include: o Mark single cells, draw lines, draw curves o Undo o Cut, copy, paste o Flip in both directions o Wrap o Repeat selection of threading or treadling o Create advancing threading o Create network draft o Invert selection of tie-up o Clear selection of the tie-up o Create twill tie-up quickly by entering in first column. • Re-arrange shafts or treadles for more convenient weaving. Color Management • Create custom color palettes with unlimited number of colors. • Select and quickly change color when editing draft. • Colors are linked to yarns so color can be changed for every occurrence of that color • Variable width for a yarn color can be set to appear everywhere its used. • Yarn colors can have names and types. • Color n' weave effects can be created. Project Management • Metric units available • Computes number of warp ends. • Computes yardage requirements for warp and weft, and for each yarn. • Handles variable-width yarns. • Given fabric loom dimensions will compute finished fabric dimensions. • Calculates warps based on exact pattern. • Computes number of heddles required for each shaft • Computes and displays the color order. • Computes and displays sectional warping. • Calculate sett. Designing • Treadle as drawn-in • Color n' Weave • Turn the draft • Interleave drafts with custom ratios. • Parallel threading for up to 4 lines. • Find floats and edit as they are listed. • Network drafting. • Block Substitution Manual Tracking for non-computerized looms • Keeps track of threading using custom sized groups. • Keep track of treadling either as treadles or lift plan. • Both thread tracking and treadle tracking show yarn colors. Both tracking types provides options for customizing how you track