Previous related posts: 2 color ribbed brioche stitch on Brother knitting machine 1 Geometric shapes on ribber fabrics with tuck stitches 1 Geometric shapes on ribber fabrics with tuck stitches 2; knitting with 4 carriages The last post on using Gimp: 2021/07/18/gimp-update-for-mac-2/ The method for color separation used for mosaics The sources of inspiration from … Continue reading Geometric shapes on ribber fabrics with tuck stitches 3
The latest Gimp update 2023: Threshold in version 2.10.34 is now disabled by default. To activate it or to add other tools ie curves to the tool menu, go to Gimp, Settings, and select Toolbox. In the Tools Configuration Window, active tools have a common icon to their left, new ones may be selected and … Continue reading Gimp update for Mac 2
It is also possible to create solid color patterns on the purl side on a striped ground by at first transferring all stitches down to the ribber, then, in turn, using slip stitch selection on the top bed to choose only the stitches that will be manipulated on the main bed. A similar repeat worked on … Continue reading Slip stitch patterns with hand transferred stitches, double bed
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
There are moments while surfing the net that trigger memories of long ago popular knitting patterns. One such is the piano scarf, usually knit double bed. For a while, knit QR codes, or even bar codes were “the thing”. Decades ago, long before online converters and easily available information, there were a few articles on … Continue reading Binary alphabet knitting patterns
As with the tuck stitch, the knit carriage ignores the needles that are not selected in the pattern. All holes in a punchcard, black squares, or black pixels in electronic programming knit. A great deal of dimensionality may be achieved since the tuck restriction of the maximum amount of yarn being held in the hooks … Continue reading Single bed tuck/ mostly slip stitch fabrics 3
These images provide partial views of garments shown in a recent Facebook MK group post, followed by the “how-to” question A quick analysis leads to a list of assumptions that both are double bed fabrics, with stitches subtracted or added to create moving shapes on a striped ground. A color changer will be in use, … Continue reading Ribber fabrics with stitch transfers between beds 1
My first DBJ tests from a previous post on knitting with elastic. used an axometric shape, with the tentative repeat worked out and in turn, elongated X2 and tiled to check alignment. Until doubled in height the original repeat is composed of an odd number of rows in height. Usually, double bed knitting relying on color … Continue reading Knitting with “unusual” fibers/ elastic 2
Decades ago UKI used to offer 92 colors in a 3M elastic, and for some time lots of folks were experimenting with using it as the second color in fair isle. A company now defunct called Impresario used to even sell pattern books for garments using the technique, with the no stretch ground yarns creating … Continue reading Knitting with “unusual” fibers/ elastic 1
When switching between N/N and tuck/ tuck on the ribber it is not necessary to switch the tucking lever from its up position to the lower one. The ribber will knit every row when used in either of these settings It is possible to knit this type of fabric using color separations such as those … Continue reading Geometric shapes on ribber fabrics with tuck stitches 2; knitting with 4 carriages