Interlock is produced commercially on special circular machines and some double system flatbed knitting machines. The patent for the associated circular machine was applied for in 1907, and a copy may be found in the google patents archive. The stitch originally commonly used cotton, in machines that were able to produce a gauge of 20 … Continue reading Interlock explorations 1
Some of my previous posts on double bed fabrics with designs creating pockets in both one and two colors: quilting-on-the-knitting-machine-1/ quilting-on-the-brother-km-2-solid-color-back-dbj/ revisiting machine knit quilting quilting using ayab software references-for-double-bed-single-color-references-for-double-bed-single-color-fabrics-with-pockets/ A review of some of the terms used in describing fabrics with raised designs in various patterns: blistered fabrics: two rows of the main color are … Continue reading Blistered stitches dbj
I began to machine knit in the glory days of using the tool and developing techniques. There were internationally attended seminars, hosts of wonderful teachers, and a community of potential peers brought together physically in pre-internet and online forum days. Punchcard machines were the standard. As more electronic models became available it was not uncommon … Continue reading DBJ: more than 2 colors per row 1
In 2013 I shared my first post on the topic, covering single bed quilting as a hand technique, with the aid of a punchcard to pre-select needles only, and with an intro to a simple ribber repeat in a single color. It was followed by a post explaining the color separation for 2 color quilted … Continue reading Revisiting machine knit “quilting”
I recently came across this topic in yet another forum, so thought I would share some of my thoughts on it. The technique involves different patterns on 2 opposing beds. Table for 2 offered one option for programming 2 different knitting machine beds to achieve reversible DBJ or true tubular fair isle. I will be … Continue reading Tubular machine knit fabrics: fair isle, Brother/Passap
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
I have been going through some of my teaching notes, assembled from a variety of sources. There are many previous posts on DBJ, including 2013/04/21/double-jacquard1/ and related swatches in 2013/04/22/double-jacquard-2/. Here is more complete information on the pattern used and its variation details
When first learning how color separations work for DBJ on any machine, it is helpful to begin with a simple, easily recognized shape, to play with as many variations as possible, and study the results both in terms of the resulting fabric, and how the motif is altered by changing the machine settings. Below are … Continue reading A simple shape, an exercise in DBJ, Brother KM
I reviewed and edited this post in mid March 2019, with plans to add a part 2 post on use of llili buttons when I am able. The content here explores one of the possible lili settings, where slip stitch is used in both directions for every other needle pattern selection on the ribber. If … Continue reading Vertical striper backing on Brother KM