In Brother knitting one of the issues encountered when combining fair isle patterning with short rows is that if the fair isle pattern is to be maintained, one must hand-select needles to the proper position prior to knitting across needles newly returned to work. The short row method here is a modified version of that … Continue reading Adding fair isle patterning to short row patterns creating eyelets
The term fringe may be used to describe a decorative border of hanging threads left loose or formed into tassels or twists, used to edge clothing or material. Samples in these posts can apply to that definition A collection of machine-knit fringes 1 9/19 Machine fringes 2: mock hairpin lace 10/19 Some methods for creating … Continue reading Machine knit fringes 3
Pintucks are in the family of ripple stitches. The size of both is limited by the number of rows that may be knitted before the stitches on the bed creating the ripples begin to ride up and off the needles. The number of rows possible for the rolls varies with the model knitting machine used … Continue reading Pintucks 1 vs shadow pleats
Previously published related posts: Img2track_multiple colors per row dbj, each color knitting only once 1/21 DBJ: more than 2 colors per row 2 12/19 DBJ: more than 2 colors per row 1 12/19 Revisiting Ayab_multiple colors per row DBJ 2 1/20 Revisiting Ayab_multiple colors per row DBJ 1 1/20 Reducing the number of rows on the front … Continue reading DBJ: more than 2 colors per row 3
Fantasy fair isle is the term often used to refer to dbj fabrics created using tuck settings on either or both beds. Typically in the required color separation used each design row in the repeat is expanded into 4 rows, with the same selection occurring for each color pair of consecutive rows. A tuck/plain combination … Continue reading More shapes on ribber fabrics with tuck patterning, fantasy fair isle
As our knitting experience grows, there are likely to be some techniques that engage us and others we choose to avoid completely if possible. Cables are in the latter category for me. I have hand-knit complicated pieces using them but dislike knitting them on the machine immensely. That said, I am periodically drawn to revisiting … Continue reading Visualizing knit cables 3_ using Numbers and Gimp
Though this post presents cable movements in colors using multiple stitches, the resulting repeats may be knit by hand or at times on the machines in single color textures and the number of stitches in any column may be reduced or expanded, keeping the direction of the cable crossings the same. Though DIY charting may … Continue reading Visualizing knit cables in color 2_ using Numbers and Gimp
Previous posts with some related information: A lace mesh series: using GIMP 8/17 To mesh or not to mesh 1 5/11 To mesh or not to mesh 2 5/11 To mesh or not to mesh 3 5/11 To mesh or not to mesh 4 5/11 To mesh or not to mesh 5 7/17 a collection … Continue reading To mesh or not to mesh 9: more on mock filet design
WORK IN PROGRESS This document is created using Mac Pages and Numbers, stitch illustrations have been borrowed from magazines and manuals long out of print and edited, the symbols and charts are self-drawn. Using shapes in Numbers now makes the process of creating DIY symbols in the spreadsheet significantly easier than in my early Excel … Continue reading Hand to machine, symbols 6
Questions regularly turn up asking what software we use as individuals to design repeats for our knitting. Up to this point, I have worked exclusively on a Mac unless downloading to my Passap with Wincrea, an ancient laptop, and as old a version of Windows. I have been a Gimp user for eons, it is … Continue reading ArahPaint meets Gimp in knit design 1