Correlation between roll, stitch size, tension, etc.
Is there a handy reference table anywhere of roll amounts, stitch sizes, and the various yarn sizes that are ideal? I'm having trouble getting the appropriate ratio, and after several failed swatches I figure the best thing is just ask if that's been developed.
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Hi Robert Warner,
Thank you for reaching out!
There isn't a reference table, but there are articles on our support page on adjusting the rollers and stitch size that can help you move in the right direction, as well as an article about tension.
Would you mind sharing a few things so I can help you solve the issues you're having?
It would be great to know:
- Are you knitting one of our kcodes or one that you made yourself?
- Have you knitted successful on your machine before?
- Which yarn are you using? (material and yarn count)
- What settings are you using?Thanks!
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Hi Jipke Lezwijn,
I've been using a pretty fine yarn, 2/20 weight, using a stitch size of 5 with a roll speed of 450±150. I've managed to get things to knit, but any time I try to do more than a couple of transfers, everything breaks. The yarn I'm using is a superwash wool. I tried putting together a sample swatch with several different stitch sizes and roll speeds, but ultimately the yarn all broke and I had to start over.
The kcodes i'm knitting are ones that I've created using the Kniterate Design website.
Thanks!
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Hi Robert Warner,
Have you knitted any of the files provided by Kniterate with this yarn? The sample for example. In case you did, how did that go?
Just to make sure we're talking in the same units, is the yarn Nm2/20? Our machine works best with yarns between Nm6 and Nm8; and Nm2/20 would be similar to Nm10, which is quite fine for our machine. How thinner your yarn, how bigger the chances of yarn breaking, especially in transfers and racking. There are some things you could try though, maybe we can get it to work!
- Stitch size 5, I'm thinking this is not that tight already, but potentially you could increase the stitch size by 1 in the row right before you start transferring, to give the stitches a bit more ease.
- Try having less takedown on the row right before transferring. Try 100 for this row, and a takedown between 0 and 50 for the transferring rows.
- At which speed are you knitting and transferring? Slower speeds during transfer rows give higher chances of it all going well, try speed 60 in case you were using a higher speed.
Hope this is helpful, please let me know how you get on!
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Hi Jipke Lezwijn - I haven't knit the test files, since I don't have a good way of visualizing the files before starting. Is there a way to see what the files are doing (that doesn't involve just reading the individual lines of code) before knitting it?
I did the conversion, it looks like the yarn is closer to a Nm2/12, which would be quite fine (and likely the finest that I would be comfortable using on the machine, to be honest). However, it works beautifully for double jacquard - I recently finished a double jac scarf that was knit at stitch size 5, roll 450, speed 400 (for normal knitting).
For the transfers, I've always added a full number to the stitches - going up to a 6, and then speed of 150. I can adjust down the speed and use a larger yarn for transfers - it's possible that the transfers just aren't suited for that kind of yarn.
Because I'm partnering with someone on the machine, I'm only able to run test runs about once a week, so I'll make some adjustments and run another test on Sunday, 27 June and let you know how I get on with it!
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Hi Robert Warner,
There is be a file called 'The Kniterate Sample', which is the file for this sample. In the folder are also a few pictures of the knitted piece.
Would you mind letting me know the yarn count you're using before the conversion? Nm2/12 is the equivalent of Nm6, which is the most coarse yarn Kniterate can work with. Nm7 and Nm8 are finer than Nm6.
Going up one stitch size can help, also try reducing the takedown. When there is too much takedown, the stitches will break, when there's not enough takedown the stitches will drop.
Looking forward to reading/seeing how you progress!
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