Over the years a variety of fabrics have been named dragon scales or crocodile stitch. Here dragon scales have referred to shapes created using a lace technique and resulting in a pattern such as this that was followed by hand knit samples and an investigation into possibly creating a ribber fabric with auto shaping resulting in … Continue reading More dragon scales and chevrons in ribbed, racked (4) fabrics
A cumulative collection of links to pleat-related blog posts Single bed Origami folds inspired pleats 1 Shadow pleats with added FI patterning Shadow pleats knitting Revisiting pleats on the knitting machine: single bed Pleats created with lace transfers Ruching 2: more working with stitch groups Ruching 1: fern “pretender” and more Pleats: automating “pleating”, single … Continue reading Revisiting pleats on the knitting machine: single bed
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
This is a work in progress post. I have now edited and included its previous version so the most recent observations appear first, the oldest last. 9/8/18 I have received a replacement unit from EMS. I got this far testing a large scale pattern, no fault of the program at my stopping point. I did not notice … Continue reading A Brother 910_ Ayab diary/ EMS kit
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”
A number of variables need to be considered when adapting punchcard patterns for use on electronic knitting machines. These images pertain to Brother use, but the principles are shared between KM brands. I will add more information as time goes on. Online free downloads for magazines, manuals, etc. may be found at http://knittsings.com/knitting-machine-manuals/ http://toyotaknitting.blogspot.com/ machineknittingetc.com … Continue reading Punch cards to electronics: book symbols and samples
These patterns are suitable for punchcard machines. Individual repeats in excel illustrations are outlined in red. They in turn are the minimal repeat information for electronic machines. The lace carriage always begins on left, transfers are made during either 2 or 4 LC pass rows. In the first repeat below the LC operates for 4 … Continue reading To mesh or not to mesh 5- design repeats
There are a group of single-bed braids/edgings following horizontal chains produced on the knitting machine that has reminded me of crochet. They are based on frequent latch tool bind-offs that occur with the fabric facing either side as it is regularly removed from the knitting machine. The bind-offs by necessity will move in either or both directions, … Continue reading “Crochet” meets machine knitting techniques: working with “chains”
After my recent attempt to resurrect my single bed color changer and frustration with my 910 behaving “flaky” when reading mylar sheets drawn using template marking pencils (perhaps, because over time of some of the marks flaking off the surface of the mylar, with changes their density as a result), I went back to the idea … Continue reading Knitting in pattern with 2 carriages vs color changer, Brother punchcard KMs 2
Hand-knit spiraling shawls and shawlettes often involve shaping on every row. Increasing essentially requires casting on one or more stitches. Below are cast on illustrations from varied sources I used in handouts in my intro to knitting classes A simple decrease occurs when the last stitch on either side is transferred moving away from the carriage, the … Continue reading A bit of holding 3: shape variations and more