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The simple counters are the six colored counters bottom right on the main knitting page. You can also view these counters in a large format. 

The counters start at 0 and count up.

To use the counter, tap on it to adjust the number by one. To frog or reset the counter back to zero, long tap (aka touch and hold) on a counter.

Counter Direction

By default, black dots are shown instead of counter names. Show Me Direction Dot   Show Me Counter Names

To show the counter name while knitting:

1. Close your project and select Settings.  Show Me
2. Toggle the Show Simple Counter Names to ON.

Regardless of which you choose to display, these indicate the counter's direction. The dot or name displays either above or below the counter number:

• Above: The counter counts up 1, 2, 3
• Below: The counter counts down, 3, 2, 1

There is both a Quick Edit option and a Full Edit option.

Quick Edit

Use this method when in Knit. Show Me

Long-tap (aka touch and hold) on the counter and a window opens so you can see the counter name, frog back one, or reset the counter.

Full Edit (Setup+Essentials)

Use this method when in Edit. Show Me

Customize a Counter (Setup+Essentials)

1. Tap Edit. Show Me  
2. Tap the Simple Counters button. Show Me
3. Customize the counter. Show Me
   • • Change the color and transparency 
       • • Use the slider above the palette to adjust the transparency.
         • Tap the color and select a new color from the palette.
     • Change the name 
       • • Tap in the Name field and change the name.

• • • Change the direction of counting 

• • • • • The default is to count up as 1, 2, 3. But you can change the direction to count down.
          Pattern example: If the pattern says to decrease from 101 stitches to 95 stitches you can set the direction to count down and tap it each time you decrease.

• • • Set a minimum and maximum

• • • • • Pattern example: If the pattern for a row says to repeat from * to * 3 times, you can keep track of the number of times you complete the repeat on each row. Set the direction of the counter to up with a minimum of 1 and maximum of 3. The counter will count 1, 2, 3 on the first row. Then on the next row it starts back at 1. So, you can count 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 automatically without extra fiddling or reset

• • • Designate how to count by (Apple Only) 

• • • • • Example: Count by of 2 counts as 0, 2, 4, 6, 8...
        • Pattern example: If the pattern says to increase 2 stitches each row until you have 10 increased stitches, you can use count by. Set to count by 2 and then you can tap once per row and count both increased stitches with that one tap.

• • • Loop to min (currently not available on Android)

• • • • • If the count is greater than 1, you can specify to loop to the min/max. For example, if it counts 0 - 10 by 2 and loop to min/max is:
           - ON, it will count 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 0, 2, 4...
           - OFF, it will count 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 1, 3, 5...
          This is useful when handling upper and lower bounds when incrementing by anything that does not equally divide into the looped amount.

• • • Add a counter. Six counters not enough? Add more!
    • Delete a counter. Delete any counters you aren’t using.

Watch Tutorial

The simple counters are the six colored counters bottom right on the main knitting page. By default, the counters start at 0 and count up.

To use the counter, tap on it to adjust the number by one. To frog or reset the counter back to zero, long tap (aka touch and hold) on a counter.

Counter Direction

You can easily see if a counter is set to count up or down. The black dot is above for counting up, below for counting down.  Show Me Direction Dot  

• Above: The counter counts up 1, 2, 3
• Below: The counter counts down, 3, 2, 1

There is both a Quick Edit option and a Full Edit option.

Quick Edit

Use this method when in Knit. Show Me

Long-tap (aka touch and hold) on the counter and a window opens so you can see the counter name, frog back one, or reset the counter.

Full Edit (Setup+Essentials)

Use this method when in Edit. Show Me

Customize a Counter (Setup+Essentials)

1. Tap Edit. Show Me  
2. Tap the Simple Counters button. Show Me
3. Customize the counter. Show Me
   • • Change the color and transparency 
       • • Use the slider above the palette to adjust the transparency.
         • Tap the color and select a new color from the palette.
     • Change the name 
       • • Tap in the Name field and change the name.

• • • Change the direction of counting 

• • • • • The default is to count up as 1, 2, 3. But you can change the direction to count down.
          Pattern example: If the pattern says to decrease from 101 stitches to 95 stitches you can set the direction to count down and tap it each time you decrease.

• • • Set a minimum and maximum

• • • • • Pattern example: If the pattern for a row says to repeat from * to * 3 times, you can keep track of the number of times you complete the repeat on each row. Set the direction of the counter to up with a minimum of 1 and maximum of 3. The counter will count 1, 2, 3 on the first row. Then on the next row it starts back at 1. So, you can count 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 automatically without extra fiddling or reset

• • • Add a counter. Six counters not enough? Add more!
    • Delete a counter. Delete any counters you aren’t using.