A recent Ravelry forum thread resulted in this response from me re drop stitch patterns with multiple colors per row: “some random thoughts on these techniques: they are often much easier on the Passap, particularly the E 6000 because the machine is capable of separating colors for techniques that would require software or lots of … Continue reading Drop stitch lace, 2 colors per row, Passap KM
The beginning of this thread explores how lace may be interpreted from hand knitting patterns and charts, and when hand techniques might be used to make the transfers and create the fabrics on the knitting machine. Going from charts to punchcards will be addressed in later posts. In hand knitting (unless knitting circular), because the … Continue reading Hand to machine, symbols 5: lace
I still surf Pinterest daily and often encounter published punchcard repeats that catch my eye. Many need some interpretation and editing for use in specific machine models. The first inspiration: is knit using 4 colors, alternating 2 rows of a base color, then rotating color changes for 4 rows for each of 3 contrasting ones. … Continue reading Swatches based on adapting random online published repeats
Blistered stitches DBJ began to explore some variations for the production of easy knits which resulted in pockets separated by areas of joined stitches, and depending on the design and whether one bed knits more stitches and rows than the other, can make the surface appear 3D to varying degrees. There are several things to consider … Continue reading Blistered DBJ 2 and technique variations on a single repeat
WORK IN PROGRESS I still have a stash of swatches from my teaching days. They range from good to bad, ugly, and do not do this, covered the cork walls in my studio to provide a range of ideas so that each student could draw from them what they wished. I am not including measurements … Continue reading Felting experiments
There is always more to explore in any technique. My blog is a living document, I often add new swatches to previous posts, but sometimes choose as here, to add a new post to a growing collection of information on specific topics. I shared two previous posts on working with elastic: 1, and 2. Many … Continue reading Knitting with “unusual” fibers/ elastic 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
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
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
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