# How to use a punch card: step-by-step

- First, select or [design your own](https://bookstack.hku.nl/books/machine-knitting/page/designing-your-own-punch-card) punch card and set the punch card on the machine:

- [ ] [![20260115_132137_0002.JPG](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/20260115-132137-0002.JPG)](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/20260115-132137-0002.JPG)

- Then, set up the machine:

[![20260115_132137_0001.JPG](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/20260115-132137-0001.JPG) ](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/20260115-132137-0001.JPG)[![20260115_132014_0005.JPG](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/scaled-1680-/20260115-132014-0005.JPG)](https://bookstack.hku.nl/uploads/images/gallery/2026-01/20260115-132014-0005.JPG)