Transfers – Support

You can transfer stitches from either bed to the other. Transfering is used a lot to create texture stitches, shaping and bind-offs. In order to transfer a stitch, it's important that the needles are sitting directly across one another. Read more about needle bed positions here.

For this explanation, we want to transfer a stitch from the front bed to the back.
F = Needle on the front bed
B = Needle on the back bed

The stitch is held by F.
F moves up, the stitch it holds slides over the latch.
B moves up, its hook is inserted in the transfer spring of F.
F slides back down, the stitch is caught by B's hook.
As F slides down, B's hook is released from the transfer spring through the opening in the front.
The stitch is now held by B

Watch a video of a transfer here.

Transfer stitches are represented by these symbols in the stitch palette of the Kniterate design app:

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Loops can be transferred only from a needle in the front bed to a needle in the rear bed or vice-versa. To transfer a loop from one needle to another needle in the same bed, two transfer operations are to be carried over: the loop of a needle is first transferred to an empty needle in the opposite bed, then the rear needle bed is racked sideways, and the loop is transferred back to a needle from the original needle bed.

Transfer rows must have NO yarn carrier assigned and cannot be mixed with stitch symbols in the same row.

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