Archive of Thread: Newbie to DAK question Back

4 years ago

I recently became an owner of  a silver reed SK860 and it came with a DAK 7 professional.  I just purchased a DAK9 complete for an upgrade.  I have been watching many of your tutorials.  None of the tutorials that I have found on the steps that come after you design your pattern or stitches, drafting your pattern.   At that point when do you or how do you transfer it to the machine.  I don't have the new program to try it yet.  I couldn't figure the DAK 7 out.  Hence me buying the upgrade because your tutorials are for 8. I am a complete noobie to machine knitting and hoping to grow with this.

4 years ago
Diane,
You might want to get in touch with the person who sold you DAK.

You will also find more information on the SoftByte Site
https://www.softbyte.co.uk/cablelinkssilverreed.htm

I've used a SilverKnit Pattern Controller with my 860

Here are 2 videos
https://www.knititnow.com/learn/tutorial/428/silverknit-pattern-controller
https://www.knititnow.com/learn/tutorial/430/silverknit-pattern-controller-part

4 years ago
OMG, I just had a revelations,  I must have been having a huge senior moment.   I just figured out how to do it.  I was looking at this all wrong.  Each step of the DAK is a prelude the to the interactive knitting.  I feel like such a goof.  I have been knitting by hand for years and trying ever so hard to do machine knitting.  The DAK are all steps to the final production of your garment.  Pick Standard garment styling, pattern drafting then Stitch design and then you go to "Interactive knitting"   Which sends it to the machine.  NOW, your tutorials make sense.  Thanks 

4 years ago
Yea!  I mis-read your original post and thought you were talking about stitch patterns ... 

4 years ago
DAK has pdf instruction manuals for each part of the program.  I printed mine out.  🙂