Sew Settings

Description

Makes one tailoring item: knitting, sewing (cloth) or leatherworking. It studies the recipe, takes the material and tools, works the item through every step the game asks for (cutting, pinning, measuring, smoothing, punching holes, assembling parts, and so on), then does what you asked with the finished item. It can also seal, reinforce or lighten tailored armor.

You often won't run it yourself: craft and workorders run it for outfitting.

See Crafting Setup for outfitting tools, toolbelts and books.

Settings

YAML Settings

Tools and materials

outfitting_belt:
crafting_container: backpack
crafting_items_in_container:

Setting	Default	Purpose
outfitting_belt		Toolbelt your tools hang on, if any.
crafting_container	backpack	Where tools, material, parts and consumables are kept.
crafting_items_in_container		Items to take only from crafting_container.

Tools are taken by name as each step needs them: knitting needles, scissors, sewing needles, pins, slickstone, yardstick, awl, sealing wax and cotton thread. If one can't be found, it stops and says which. (Your outfitting_tools list is what workorders repairs; sew doesn't read it.)

Consumables

Before starting it checks your pins and thread, or your sealing wax when sealing. If you have none, or yours is down to fewer than 3 uses, it throws the old one away and buys a new one at the tailoring shop in your hometown (or force_crafting_town). Knitting skips this. If one runs out partway through, it restocks and carries on. The skip argument turns off the check at the start.

hometown: Crossing
force_crafting_town:

The recipe

master_crafting_book:

It uses your master_crafting_book if set, otherwise a tailoring book from crafting_container. With the instructions form, it studies <noun> instructions instead.

Magic and buffs

waggle_sets:
  sew:
crafting_training_spells:

Before starting it casts your sew waggle set, if you have one. It also casts your crafting_training_spells between steps (see Crafting Setup), and releases them when it's done.

Other settings

Setting	Default	Purpose
mark_crafted_goods	false	Mark the finished item with your stamp. Not done for enhancements.
cube_armor_piece		The item your Hollow Eve cube is attached to. It's touched when work starts.
worn_trashcan / worn_trashcan_verb		A worn trash container, used with the trash finish.

How crafting is handled

There are no settings for these; this is what to expect.

• Material. Knitting uses yarn. For sewing, the material name is a cloth (burlap, linen, silk, imperial weave and so on), and it takes <material> cloth. Anything else is taken as <material> leather.
• Parts. When the item needs a part assembled (padding, a handle, a hilt, cord and so on), it takes the part from crafting_container and assembles it.
• Not enough material. It stops and says so.
• Rented rooms. If you're in a rented crafting room, it checks the rental notice and renews the rental when there are under 10 minutes left, or when the game warns it's almost up.
• Engaged. If you're in combat, it retreats and waits before carrying on.

Argument Settings

Make an item from a book:

;sew <finish> <type> <chapter> "<recipe name>" <material> <noun> [skip]

Argument	Purpose
finish	What to do with the finished item: hold, log (bundle it with your outfitting logbook), stow or trash.
type	knitting, sewing or leather.
chapter	The recipe's chapter. Chapter 5 is knitting.
recipe name	The recipe name, in double quotes if more than one word.
material	The material, e.g. yarn, burlap, linen or a leather type.
noun	The finished item's noun.
skip	Don't restock pins, thread or wax at the start.

Make an item from instructions:

;sew <hold|stow> instructions <material> <noun> [knit] [skip] (add knit for a knitted item)

Enhance tailored armor:

;sew <seal|reinforce|lighten> <noun>

Resume an item you're holding:

;sew resume <noun>

Usage

;sew stow knitting 5 "some knitted socks" yarn socks

;sew hold sewing 3 "a small cloth rucksack" burlap rucksack

;sew reinforce gloves

;sew resume rucksack