The chart below represents the working repeat for a twin leaf that incorporates ribs in fabric. Golden color represents needles in work on ribber or Passap back bed, the numbers in the center of the graph the number of needles moved away from the center column, toward the wider rib on each side of the … Continue reading Back to leaf lace, add rib, and take it to the Passap
There are a number of ways to “play with” this technique, transfer lace on these machines becomes a hand technique aided by needle selection made by the card reader, based on punched holes mylar markings. Method 1: single carriage using published cards that are for lace carriages that transfer only (Brother, Knitking, Toyota, Studio/Knitmaster fashion … Continue reading Lace punchcards_use on the Brother 260 Bulky
This post was written originally in 2011, in one of my lace “phases”, with test swatches knit on a 910 using a mylar sheet or on my 892E Andare Brother punchcard machine. Early on many of the posts were used to record what I had made, sometimes providing the repeats, but not usually step by … Continue reading Doilies: Lace meets hold and goes round
The lace pattern used in the last shawl is now reworked to eliminate hand transfers required on every other pair of knit rows. A second shawl using the new version is in progress. Some random tips after the journey so far come to mind. KM: Brother 910 with mylar sheets: For marking the mylar the … Continue reading Lace crankiness: some tips
WORK IN PROGRESS I was lucky enough to begin knitting at a time when seminars were international and abundant, Susanna Lewis was teaching at some of them and hosting 3-day hands-on workshops, and Passap in particular hosted yearly “Passap University” events for a few years in different parts of the country. As pointed out in … Continue reading E 6000 info
Anyone reading my blog is likely familiar with my selection of topics based on the latest rabbit hole to attract my attention and elicit a leap on my part, a derailment of sorts. Supplements to the manual were published when the model first became available. Duet often offered very valuable tables, ie an electronic pattern … Continue reading Recipes for rib jacquard fabrics: E6000, Brother
I taught in a design school in a lab with Brother Punchcard models, four 910s, and 2 bulky machines. My previous experience had been using Passap and Studio electronics, and a crash course in Brother models followed my being hired. My E 6000 was purchased from a sewing machine center at a time when the … Continue reading Another racking tale: Passap/Brother 5
Related posts on creating loops: long-loops-a-bit-on-method. long-stitches-on-km/ some-long-stitch-swatches/ for double bed long loops in various designs in single or multiple colors see drop stitch lace I became curious about creating long loop shapes on a knit ground using continuous strands of yarn, forming loops in the same direction, and allowing for knit rows between them … Continue reading Machine knit fringes 4, long loop patterning
2023 The layers menu in Gimp 2.10.34 no longer offers the difference mode. From the manual: “If you need to stay compatible with older GIMP versions or you need to use the legacy layer modes for other reasons, look for the icon to the right of the layer modes selection. This drop-down menu will let you … Continue reading Using Layers in Gimp for color separations
Over the years I have written on an assortment of methods for color separation in knits including DBJ, a summary post with links to previous shares: dbj-and-color-separations-some-previous-posts-links/ and in the-start-of-a-blog-index/ A variety of textures and patterns may be used to achieve fabrics that are very different in appearance, using a very simple pattern along with cam … Continue reading DAK DBJ color separations, templates, other software