Using the same repeats in many ways: hand transferred lace

Lots of designs can be developed by shuffling repeat segments to achieve desired textures.
Here, the same number of stitches is hand transferred using multiple prong tools, and selections are aided by electronic or punchcard needle selection with the knit carriage set to knit with no pattern buttons pushed in.
The maximum number of stitches moved is 5.
The post on hand-transferred lace with color striping explores variations with transfers that share the concept.
In a spreadsheet, potential results can be visualized, i.e., placement of eyelets once stitches are moved, locations where transferred stitches are placed in each sequence (yellow columns), and easily adding personal notations.
Each of the designs is 24 stitches in width, suitable for punch card models as well. End needle selection is canceled.
A manipulation beginning with transferring single stitches, followed by inverting the shapes
24X24,   and with transferring groups of 5 first, followed by inverting the shapes 24X24. Results are similar. A brick configuration, 24X48, will form chevron shapes of knit stitches between transfer segments.   
And finally, a brick alignment, 24X24.In the bottom of the swatch, the full eyelets are retained, moving toward the top they were reduced in size by picking up from the row below on each side of the transfers.
The resulting 3D textures were referred to as dragon scales in previous posts, some with better results than others, at times with the transfers toward the center of the groups made on each side of an undisturbed center stitch as opposed to on it.
This version from Single bed scales made with stitch transfers
was created following the associated chart.A review that includes single and double bed samples can be found in Revisiting 3D scales and shells, automated and not

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