Patent ID: 6880367

Claim:
A knit design method for simulating and displaying an image of a knitted fabric made of a knitting yarn, based on data for making a knitted fabric, comprising: dividing image data of a linearly extending knitting yarn into a plurality of meshes having a predetermined shape; setting a transformation state of the meshes so as to go along each knitting stitch loop shape constituting the knitted fabric and maintain a connecting state between the meshes; transforming the image data of the knitting yarn in accordance with transformation of the mesh for each mesh; and simulating the knitted fabric with images by allowing the image data of the knitting yarn that is transformed along the knitting stitch loop to be continuous according to a predetermined rule, performing rendering with displacement of the continuous image data of the knitting yarn so as to be joined in a direction intersecting with a direction where the knitting yarn is continuous while partially overlapping the continuous image data of the knitting yarn, and performing rendering a portion in which the knitting stitch loops are overlapped on the upper side or the lower side so as to correspond to the joined state.