knitted effect
SourceEffect01/ ORIGIN
Knitting is a single thread looped through itself, which is why a knitted image is always a grid: one stitch per row per column, colour chosen per stitch. Jacquard and Fair Isle traditions worked pictures this way for centuries, carrying two or more yarns along a row and swapping which one shows. The constraint is identical to a low-resolution display, and the reason a knitted portrait looks pixelated is that it genuinely is.
02/ SWEEP
STITCH sweep
03/ SPEC
This effect samples the image onto a grid and renders each cell as an interlocking yarn loop with directional shading, so the surface reads as knitted cloth rather than as flat tiles. STITCH runs from 4 to 40 pixels with a default of 12 and sets the stitch size, which is the direct analogue of gauge in real knitting: small values give a fine gauge holding detail, large values a chunky one. YARN controls how strongly each loop reads as raised fibre. In kott it renders in natural colour so the yarn carries the source hue.
it can move to the music
Every control of this effect can follow a track. Pick a signal in the studio’s audio panel (the beat, the downbeat, a build, the bass, or an EQ band you set yourself), point it at stitch or any other control here, and set how far it moves. The sound comes from your microphone, a browser tab or a file you load, and it is analysed on your own machine.
how the audio routing works04/ FAQ
- What is a knitted effect?
- A knitted effect rebuilds an image as interlocking yarn loops on a grid, with shading on each loop so the surface reads as cloth rather than as flat coloured tiles.
- Why do knitted images look pixelated?
- Because they are. A knit places one stitch per row and column with one colour each, which is structurally identical to a low-resolution grid of pixels.
- What STITCH size matches real knitting?
- Smaller values correspond to finer gauge. STITCH 4 to 8 reads like machine knitting, and 25 and above reads like hand-knitted chunky yarn.
