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
There were back rail and carriage/ parts modifications from year to year. Any of these carriage swaps may not work across model years, and should be tested with caution. I happened to have magnetic ” rectangular pin backs” from some of my previous projects, was able to remove the magnets fairly easily and to obtain … Continue reading Parts and accessories “hacks”_ adaptations
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