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OJ

I've been experimenting to see the depth of texture I can create in the design app and then knit on the machine. Thought I'd post some of them here. The teal swatch is a combination of ribs and ripples.

The gold wool swatch below is a redesign for the Kniterate of the grey (10 gg) fabric below. It's the same as the cream swatch above. It was my quick workaround for the tuck-knit-same-bed-same-pass limitation. I used a half cardigan setup where tucks and knits would have been on the same bed.

This swatch below was supposed to be a triple hem. I think I'd need to increase the stitch size on a single row of each of the two ripples and steam well to get a sharp hem look. But I do like the fullness of the ripples.

Getting the roll distance right is usually my biggest challenge. Sometimes I hit the first time. Sometimes it takes several tries, but it's getting easier.

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  • flixtors stream

    thanks, i'm new here

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  • OJ
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    Happy New Year! Sharing some favorite textures from 2022

    Drop (bubble) stitch

    Traditional racked zigzag

    Tucks and ribs

    Plated tucks and ribs (cobblestone)

    And a favorite half cardigan variation from 2021 that I never posted here

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  • bahi 88

    This triple hem OJ is so cute! I really like the rolls. What the hell did you do to make this happen? I don't understand how you did it. I've been trying to come up with a solution using the app, but I'm at a loss because I'm having trouble figuring out what happens to the extra rows on the front bed when a stitch is on both beds, and only several rows are knitted on the front to create the roll. My only thought is that we will end up with a pile-up on the front bed or that all the stitches on the back bed will hold up!

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  • OJ

    Thanks bahi 88. Cast on for full needle rib. After about 4 rows on the front only, knit 1 row on the rear. Repeat 2 or 3 times. Transfer all to rear bed and knit a few rows on the rear bed. Then start the entire sequence again. 

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  • Christine

    Hi OJ. I noticed that earlier this year you posted a successful sample of a drop stitch design. I am trying to do something similar, but am having trouble getting the settings right. Would you mind posting a screenshot of part of the buck file? It would be much appreciated. :-)

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  • OJ

    Christine Apparently I was experimenting with roll and stitch size on the double knitting. Both settings worked. The buck file for this stitch pattern is actually in DwK Session 1 Bonus (last section).

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  • Christine

    Thanks @OJ! I must have missed it at the end of your first lesson. I think the reason I am struggling with this stitch is because the compiler is not currently translating front and rear bed stitch sizes correctly when they are plugged in as different values in the app - so I have just been using the same stitch size for both beds for now. Kniterate is aware of this problem and hopefully working it out for the next app update.

    I downloaded the buck file from your lesson and the same thing happened with the kcode. The compiler does not translate the stitch sizes correctly for the double bed rows. I will give it a try with a small sample and manually modify the stitch sizes in the kcode.

    Thanks again for your help!

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  • Interior Designer in Patna

    ahh!! like the design

     

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  • khushnuma123

    very nice design

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