TattingCAD

    I was on Craftree several weeks back and noticed I had a private message. That is not particularly odd, but it has been a while since I got one, so I checked it out. That message led me down a road I had been wanting to travel for quite a while.

    I have, for a long time, been entertaining the notion of creating a software program for tatting. It would have text, graphics, and understand tatting terminology. I wanted to write it in python so I could make it multiplatform. I don't use Windows any more, haven't for years. I prefer Linux. I know python would work. Then I get this message from a user on Craftree.

    It would seem I had mentioned using AutoCAD to work out some problems with a tatting pattern and this person saw that. On Craftree, that is Savarosa. Her name is Melinda Kiss. She was developing the program and wanted "an engineer's" view of the program. I became one of the testers for TattingCAD.

The program was already at a fairly advanced stage, meaning I don't have to write from scratch in python. I was given a copy to try out. I did what testers do, play with it, try to make it mess up, try things that are difficult, that sort of stuff. I made suggestions and corrections and now we have a pretty nice program with which to design tatting.  It runs on Windows, Linux, Mac and Android. 

 

AND IT IS FREE!!!

To get it, there is a link on the right side of the page. Click it and go to her site. There is a link to the downloads on Github on that page. Get it. Try it. Use it. The help file is printable and she has a lot of documentation on her website. And you cannot beat the price. 

 

Renulek 2017 Spring Napkin Round 10

     Round 10 of the Renulek's 2017 Spring Napkin is now history, sort of. The transition from round to round usually is either cut and tie, then start new round with a ring somewhere, or, when I can, use a split chain and/or split ring to finish and move to the next round. This one was easy. I started with the ring that has a join to a previous ring. When I come back around, I join to that ring and immediately chain into the next ring. What could be easier? The next round is similar to the previous round so it is almost a spiral. Almost. Anyway, 3 rounds to go. I am now on round 11 of 13.