KnitMinder 1.2 Features: yarn fiber blends

Fiber blends for yarns is a feature that I cut from the first version of KnitMinder in order to get it launched. It is always a hard decision to draw the line, and this feature in particular bugged me. Well, here it is in version 1.2, and I hope it was worth the wait!

The Edit Yarns screen has been completely reworked to make room for fiber blends and to provide a more logical grouping of data input fields. Here are a couple of screenshots that show the new layout:

general section

fibers and color sections

When you first create a new yarn entry, the Fiber section will show the "add fibers" button. Here's a step-by-step procedure for entering the fiber blend shown above (80% cashmere,20% cotton):

1. Touch the "add fiber" button to see the list of fibers.
2. Select "cashmere" from the list. You will be brought back to the Edit Yarn page, and the fiber list will contain an entry reading "100% cashmere".
3. Touch the "100% cashmere" entry -- but not the red delete button! -- to change the percentage of cashmere. A slider will pop up from the bottom of the screen (see screenshot below).
4. Drag the slider from 100% down to 80%, then touch the Ok button.
5. Touch the "add fiber" button and select "cotton" from the list. KnitMinder automatically assigns the remainder of the fiber percentage to cotton.

percentage slider

You can change the percentages at any time by touching each fiber entry. The slider popup won't let you go over 100%, so if you need to increase one fiber, you'll need to decrease another one first. For example, let's say we really meant to do 25% cotton in our yarn. You would first touch the cashmere fiber entry, drag the slider from 80% down to 75% and hit ok, then touch the cotton entry and drag the slider up to 25%. There is no limit on the number of fibers you can choose.

Keep an eye out for the 1.2 update, and let me know what you think of the new features!