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 of the symbols associated with both hand and machine knitting cannot be separated from the history of lace frame knitting. In 1764 an eyelet lace attachment was invented for hand tooling transfers on the existing knitting frames, and nearly 200 years later the first home knitting machine appeared, the Brother 585, in Japan, with … Continue reading Symbols in knitting charts
I am taking a break from lace, the two posts so far on using the module reflect my own experiences outside the program’s environment. The latter will continue to be the focus of my future posts when exploring the use of the software, with testing specifically aimed at adapting or using any of the Stitch … Continue reading DAK lace module 2, template use, other software
Working with lace designs: lace poses interesting challenges in machine knitting. The name is associated with a variety of fabrics, but transfer lace is the specific topic for the moment. Reminders with respect to transfer lace knitting: in Studio simple lace the transfers and knitting occur for each row of the design with each pass … Continue reading DAK lace module 1, template use, other software
Lace knitting for many introduces knitting with 2 carriages for the first time. The lace carriage advances the cards, mylars, or programmed pixels in a design row with each pass. In other stitch types the knit carriage, once it is set to select needles ie using the change knob on KC, in punchcard machines, or … Continue reading Revisiting lace repeats, symbols, and charting
The term lace is often used in publications to refer to fabrics created with techniques other than the familiar hand or machine stitch transfers. In turn, the ribber may be added to working most of the fabrics with varying degrees of complexity. Some variations are possible only on specific machine brands, at times possible in … Continue reading Tuck lace trims and fabrics 3
11/23 Outside the topic of this post, ArahPaint 6 and its tool Guess Weave from Grid has become my preferred method for converting published design repeats including those intended for punchcard machines for use on electronic models. Two samples: A black-and-white published card repeat isolated using ArahPaint, the 24X48 PNG and, from the Russian … Continue reading Numbers and GIMP: online punchcard patterns to electronics 2
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
I have probably owned this accessory since the early 90s. After making a faint-hearted attempt at using it at the time and failing, it has been stored in the original box in the interim and just came out of retirement. The multiple languages operating manual for its use may be downloaded from http://machineknittingetc.com/brother-ka7100-ka8300-transfer-carriage-user-guide.html. There are … Continue reading Brother shadow lace, rib transfer carriage
My blog is a live document. At times I return to previously published posts and there have been software updates in the interim, and/or my familiarity with using multiple tools has grown. I preserve the contents of the original post, they reflect where I began and the evolution of my approach to learning software navigation … Continue reading Numbers and GIMP: online punchcard patterns to electronics 1