2-Color Brioche

2-Color Brioche

This was knitted on Brother KH940 with ribber and color changer. This method is very similar to a fisherman's rib. Normal cast on for 1x1 rib, then yarn is changed every 2 rows, and every 2 rows settings are changed on main carriage and ribber carriage. Two rows tuck in both directions on main carriage, all knitted on ribber. Then two rows tucked on ribber in both directions while main carriage knits all stitches.

2 rows tuck on main bed in color 1

2 rows tuck on ribber in color 2

front

front and back

reversible hat

Hat: 140 stitches, 70-70,  1x1 rib for 46 rows, then change to tuck and knit another 90 rows, change back to 1x1 rib for 2 rows, transfer ribber stitches to main bed on needles that already have a stitch, 4 rows stockinette with tighter tension and take off to gather top. did the side seam as flat as possible to make it reversible. the second dark red side shows a few flaws where the stitches were not knitted off the main bed needles completely.

Yarn was a 2/12 acrylic with T=5.

Illusion or Shadow Knitting

I had seen a lot on the internet, but also described in books, mostly it is for hand knitting, not machine knitting.

Vivian Høxbro, Shadow Knitting, Interweave Press, 2004

Margaret Radcliffe,The Essential Guide to Color Knitting Techniques: Multicolor Yarns, Plain and Textured Stripes, Entrelac and Double Knitting, Stranding and Intarsia, Mosaic and Shadow Knitting, 150 Color Patterns, 2nd Edition 2015

http://www.hobbyknitter.com/files/tips/illusion.html

http://alessandrina.com/2013/06/10/shadowillusion-knitting-diy-designs_hk/

https://kkhymn.wordpress.com/illusion-knits/

http://www.illusionknitting.woollythoughts.com/illusionart.html

http://www.instructables.com/id/Shadow-or-Illusion-Knitting/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusion_knitting

In hand knitting it is easy to knit or purl. I used the garter carriage on a Brother 940 and drew the pattern in DAK.

First sample:

cotton

cast on 66 st with T=5, then knit with GC and T=6

mirror setting Variation key 2

131 rows

seen from top

seen from the side

Piano Scarf

http://www.instructables.com/id/My-Shadow-Knit-Piano-Scarf/

This picture is from the website. Knitting starts at bottom with  each row knitted 4 times, 2x in light color and 2x in dark color. The description says to alway knit the front row and to either knit or purl the back row. For the shaded areas that should look dark the back row is knitted with the dark color, making a purl bump that will be visible. For the light colored shading the back row is knitted with the light color.

Here is the DAK pattern

To knit this with garter carriage. Cast on from right to left in light color. Then knit row 1 and 2 with garter carriage. As there are no selected needles on the first 2 rows, both rows knit normally. Then for the 2 dark color rows, the first row is knitted, the second row all stitches are turned with garter carriage. This corresponds to knitting the back row by hand, instead of purl. These first 4 rows show as a dark ridge from the other side (away from knitter). In the next 12 rows (4x3rows) the second light color rows has the stitches turned with garter carriage, so this shows as 3 white bumps, the white piano keys.

seen from the side

very little pattern seen from top

And here a top from Vivian Høxbro's Shadow Knitting, slightly modified.

Potholders done with fully reversible DBJ an Brother 940

This is done like regular DBJ, but the ribber carriage set to slip. After the first 3 circular rows, carriage to KC and knit one row, then changed ribber bed to P and needles need to be hand selected on ribber, always opposite what is on main bed. If the main bed needles is in B, non selected, then the corresponding ribber needle needs to be in D, selected.

Some are done in Yeoman Cannele, some Bonita mercerized Cotton or some other 8/3 cotton, T=5 on both beds.

The red and blue patterns are from "The Tap Dancing Lizard", the others from other books, some modified and combined in DAK. the pictures always show front and backside of the sets.

Embossed FNR slip stitch

Full needle rib, swatch is 60 st wide

half pitch

T=2 with Yeoman Cannele 2/30, one strand each

main carriage slip in both directions, ribber knit all

change yarn color every 14 rows

The red and white swatch is done in Bramwell silky, very similar to the Yeoman Supersheen.

And finally I finished a top with this design, sideways knitted,

Ideas:

Brother ribber book p 22, pin tuck pattern

Denise Musk, The Technique of Slipstitch, p 80, punch pintuck

Susanna Lewis, Machine Knitting Guide to Creating Fabrics, punchcard ripple knitting, p 84

Kathleen Kinder: Book of the Ribber Vol 2

Tamm Estilo T=3

Brother Ribber Book, p 22, color change every 6 rows or all in one color.

ribber side, which I think is the front

back side facing the back of the machine, knitted with main bed

Machine Knit America, Vol 4, No 6