Customise stockings pattern

This page describes how to customise the seamed stockings pattern to your measurement and then download either

  • a PDF or SVG of the pattern
  • the editable pattern as a Seamly2D .VAL and .VIT file.

See Joining the MrDoo pattern sharing group for details of registering at https://seamly.cloud and joining the ‘Mr Doo’s primer’ group.

1. Pin the pattern

‘Pinning’ a pattern that is shared with you via a group puts the pattern in the  ‘Pinned patterns’ list.

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Click the ellipsis (…) to invoke the menu for the pattern and choose to customise it for your own measurements. (You can also store measurements for other individuals.)

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Then, from the customisation form press the [Enter measurements] button.

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This will lead to a page into which the required measurements can be entered.

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Once all the measurements are entered you can close this form.

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We’ll now check that the pattern looks okay with the measurements entered.  Firstly navigate back to the customisation form.

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And press the [Generate previews] button.

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The preview can be used to check that the pattern has worked for the measurements entered.

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You can now generate a layout for printing, either as PDF or SVG.

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After picking the format, paper size and margins click the [Generate layout] button.  When the pattern has been exported for this layout then it will be available for download:

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You can also organise pattern layouts from the pattern customisation context menu:

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The ‘Export’ option allows you to download the pattern, measurements and latest layout.

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