Whatever the goal in DIY, when automating designs, black pixels or punched holes are selected and knit, while white pixels or unpunched holes are not selected, and used to produce textured, color-patterned knits, or serve as guides to added actions when combined with the knit carriage cam settings. Depending on the structure, there may be … Continue reading Geometric shapes in drop stitch lace 5, combined techniques
D sliders, also known as P carriages in Studio-Silver Reed language, only move/ push the needles; they do not manipulate any stitches. The needles are pushed to various working positions, B, C for Studio, D for Brother, depending on the starting position of the needles. Drop stitch “lace” is also referred to as drive lace … Continue reading 3D printed slider, drop stitch lace review
Though written in 2017, the post on revisiting drop/release stitch lace 1 has had new swatches and updated design ideas added. It includes information on how to use punchcards intended for other fabrics as possible design ideas and a cumulative list of previous posts on drop stitch lace. The Brother publications have offered this idea … Continue reading Geometric shapes in drop stitch lace 4, stitch release, added racking
Many fabrics allow samples to be knit using the proper color separation and released just before binding off. Samples and designs are included in several of my previous posts. End-release depends on how the repeat is programmed but does not always produce good results. As can happen in any fabric, what works in swatch size … Continue reading Multiple color drop stitch lace using img2track and more
At the start of 2018, I wrote a long post on creating drop stitch lace using ayab software and some of the techniques required to produce the fabric. Since then the software has been updated including several new features and among them the heart of pluto HoP color separation for executing multiple colors per row dbj, … Continue reading Drop stitch lace using Ayab software 2/ HOP
Some notes on how tubular software color separations such as the one automated in the ayab circular setting may be found in the previous post In an effort to respond to a request I have had via my blog, I am sharing information on this topic as I have time to explore it. My first attempt … Continue reading Drop stitch lace using Ayab software
I began to think about color separations again, in reference to pile knitting and returned to the chart used in the circular shape in the #1 blog post in this thread. While studying it, it occurred to me that the fabric might be created by releasing the stitches at the end of the knitting. Brother punchcard … Continue reading Geometric shapes in drop stitch lace 3, end release
Occasionally I do play with hand knitting and charting for it. A couple of years ago I wrote on the topic of illusion / shadow knitting. The repeat is 24 stitches wide, so it is suitable for use on punchcard machines as well. a chart from that blog post the resulting hand knit, on the purl side … Continue reading Geometric shapes in drop stitch lace 2, Brother KM
These pattern repeats may become quite large, and are suitable for designing and downloading with software. Testing repeats in a small section to start with insures methods and accuracy when planning the larger ones. Here I would prefer a wider, brick repeat, however, I am working with mylar on a 910 so in this test, … Continue reading Geometric shapes in drop stitch lace 1, Brother KM
Still geared up for accessories, I felt compelled to come up with an edging: the following is an end stitch release knit. Prior to binding off the “tape” end stitches are transferred to the knitting bed, and then they and the remaining stitches are bound off. The transferred stitches do not drop and create a … Continue reading Working out the kinks in my drop stitch lace saga