Here I'm defining different machine knitting patterns/techniques. This will be a work in progress!
Slip stitch
The stitch is skipped and not knitted, leaving a bar of yarn behind it on the purl side.
Mosaic/Maze knitting
Two-colour slip stitch which forms a maze or mosaic pattern on the right side.
Tuck stitch
On the machine, the stitch has a loop of yarn placed in the hook, but the original stitch is not knitted off. To replicate this by hand you'd bring the yarn forward, slip a st, then knit a stitch, creating an extra stitch
Fair-isle or knit-in
Two-colour work, where the colour not is use is slipped behind the knitted stitches, resulting in "floats" of yarn on the wrong side of the work.
Simple lace
Lace of holes made by transferring single stitches in one direction or another
Fashion lace
Lace where stitches are transferred over several passes - almost a cable effect, but with lace holes
Punch lace
Punch lace Lace made by running an invisible thread along with the main yarn. In certain areas, only the invisible yarn is knitted.
Tuck lace
Lace created with a tuck card, where certain needles are out of work, and the tucks fall either side.
Knitweave
A contrasting yarn is woven into the wrong side of the knitting - can be done to a pattern
Garter stitch
Knitting made with a garter carriage, that may have both knit and purl in one row
If you've got any more definitions to add, please comment and I'll update. I'm only really a beginner at this so don't claim to have them all down!
3 comments:
Thank you. I am new to machine knitting and information like this is very helpful.
Thank you. I am a newbie It took at least week and a lot of wikipedia references to find out what is what. This is espesially very useful for non English speakers. Is there a list for all abbreviations on the Brother machines and carriage ? Like
N: I presume=: Normal, H : ? KC !, KC 11 . When I understand the translation, the use Is easier to understand and when use what....
Hi! There's not really standard definitions for machine knitting because it didn't have such a long history as hand knitting, but you could check out these: http://www.needlesofsteel.org.uk/mcinfo.html - in fact this whole website (mine!) for all things machine knitting! Hope that helps! :)
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