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WORK IN PROGRESS BUTTONHOLES: also see SEAMING, JOINING, FINISHING Long vertical button holes/ slits in knit fabric 1: intarsia 10/22 More “buttonholes” and slits 10/22 Single bed slits aka horizontal “button holes” 11/16 “Buttonholes” and “make many – increase” “lace” 5/15 hand-knit CABLE STITCHES A return to plaiting and double bed hand transfers 5/23 Visualizing … Continue reading The start of a blog index

From automated lace edging pattern to doilies and ruffles

This information follows that provided in  lace edgings on Brother machines- automated with slip stitch 2 and lace meets hold and goes round  More on holding techniques: back to that pie, Revisiting miters, spirals, going square, round, and more, and Holding/short rows: hand tech to chart to automating with slip stitch 1 These repeats are designed … Continue reading From automated lace edging pattern to doilies and ruffles

Revisiting automated shell shapes

My original posts on exploring automating shell shapes were written in my 910 electronic days using mylar sheets in early 2013: Thinking of modules: a shell “diary”“Automated” shell shapes The repeat produced a visually successful fabric. I received a question on FB about executing the shells on a punchcard machine, and another on how I … Continue reading Revisiting automated shell shapes

Revisiting “wisteria” 3D shapes and their possible automation

Present software makes automating textured designs in these families easier to plan and execute. This method is limited to single colors being used at any one time and does not allow for additional patterning through fair isle or end needle selection. Slip stitch in both directions results in black cells being knit sequentially, and the … Continue reading Revisiting “wisteria” 3D shapes and their possible automation

Revisiting 3D scales and shells, automated and not

Other posts exploring the scale topic began in 2015 with a swatch experiment based on an Armani sweater, followed by this group of shares, listed by creation date and beginning with the most recent More mesh dragon scales, some striped and some not Single bed scales made with stitch transfers More dragon scales and chevrons … Continue reading Revisiting 3D scales and shells, automated and not

Cross brand pattern interpretations: Dubied to Brother

Reviewing Brother carriages: I am drawn to published pattern books for different brand machines at different periods of time and enjoy the puzzle of converting their designs to machines I have ready access to. At this point in time most of my swatches are produced on a 930 using img2track to download files when needed while … Continue reading Cross brand pattern interpretations: Dubied to Brother

Tuck trims 4 and other edgings

WORK IN PROGRESS In the FB machine knitting groups questions about tuck-lace trims have once again surfaced with regards to their design and use as edge finishes or decorative details. Some automated potential details have been covered in previous posts “Crochet” meets machine knitting techniques: tuck lace trims (and fabrics 1) Tuck lace trims (and … Continue reading Tuck trims 4 and other edgings

Large scale mesh, a punchcard repeat adapted for electronic

Previous posts including fabrics in this family: 2011: Large-scale mesh, breaking the rules  2013: Large eyelet lace, hand transferred (or not) 2020: Revisiting large eyelet lace, hand transferred (or not) This was the punchcard provided in the first post, knit with 4 passes of each carriage, the knit carriage set to tuck in both directions Brother punchcard machines do … Continue reading Large scale mesh, a punchcard repeat adapted for electronic

To mesh or not to mesh 7, lace knitting tips

Early versions of the Brother Lace Carriage (LC) for machines such as the 830 could not control end needle selection. If any needles were selected for transfer to an end needle not in use in the piece, the LC still will attempt to move that stitch, and if no needle hook is there to accept … Continue reading To mesh or not to mesh 7, lace knitting tips

Racked patterns 5: Passap/Brother 2

I have been asked whether this particular fabric discussed in the post could be produced on the Passap. The only way to find out is to try it. The lesson already learned: use a yarn that is crisp or capable of retaining memory for maximum effect. Here the swatch is knit in a 3/14 cotton. To start with, … Continue reading Racked patterns 5: Passap/Brother 2