I have long since wanted to experiment with a variety of folds in knits other than “simple pleats”. I am sharing some of my earlier starts looking at some concepts beginning with the single bed. For a diagonal pleat, I began testing the waters by bringing some needles to hold-position every other row and creating … Continue reading Origami folds inspired pleats 1
The very early machine manuals had illustrations not often shared in later ones. This is on combs whose wires had looped ends This cast-on comb is favored by many, but not by me. I find it heavy to start with on small pieces, and if long pieces of knitting are rolled up as some do … Continue reading Casting on, double bed
A DBJ discussion re Ayab use recently brought up the topic of ribber bind-offs. My plan for this post is to gather information and illustration on a variety of methods, beginning with those illustrated by Brother, then moving on to others I have come across over the years in a variety of publications. Transfer to … Continue reading Binding off, double bed
I have often wondered where the pick rib name actually originated. The stitch has also been referred to as punch-tuck-rib by Studio, and simply tucking pattern by KR by Brother. FB shares by others in the MK group may explain the origin of the pick rib name in part. The manual for the SK 101 … Continue reading Ribber fabrics with main bed tuck patterning 1/ pick rib
Over the years I have avoided ribber fabrics that involve hand manipulation of stitches in addition to patterning. Runaway stitches are hard to see and repair. In these fabrics, transfers are made by hand with multiple transfer tools. As stitches are moved, the last of the stitches transferred on the purl side (in this illustration … Continue reading Lace transfers meet fisherman rib, 2 color ribbed brioche on Brother machines 2
I have always found 2 or more color patterned brioche stitches executed in hand knitting as inspiring and complex challenges to admire, but have not been tempted to actually attempt to execute them in any way. I have not knit on a Studio KM in more than a decade, have been asked whether this fabric … Continue reading 2 color ribbed brioche stitch on Brother knitting machine 1
Knit and purl combinations may be executed in hand or machine knitting. Knit charts are generally planned and illustrated based on the fact that the same side of the fabric is always facing the knitter. Hand knitters have to accommodate for the fact that the work is turned over (unless knitting tubular) with every row … Continue reading Knit and purl blocks to create folding fabric_ “pleats”
There are a number of ribber fabrics that are produced by altering the settings on the ribber’s carriage to slip for an even number of rows in both directions. This requires manually changing the ribber setting from slip to knit and back for the length of the piece. In electronic machines, where the pattern advances … Continue reading Ribber fabrics produced with 2 knit carriages selecting needles
A recent Pinterest post got me searching out some of the fabrics in this group. In hand knitting, floats creating the butterflies/ bowknots are usually apparent on the knit side. For two such patterns please see http://www.knittingstitchpatterns.com/2014/11/butterfly-bowknots.html http://www.knittingstitchpatterns.com/2015/04/butterfly.html https://handlife.ru/vazanie/obemnyy-uzor.html caught my attention. Here we have a combination of knit and purl stitches, with floats formed on the … Continue reading Bowknot/ Butterfly stitch on the machine
I have recently been asked about DBJ on the bulky machine, ribber setting options are offered at the bottom of this post. More to follow. Ribber settings vary from one brand of machine to another. Here is a review of the Brother carriage features Back in 2015, I wrote on quilting on the machine, using … Continue reading A return to Brother ribber and DBJ settings