DBJ on KH-821 + ribber without a colour changer

Machine types that can knit it

• Single bed (punch card) + ribber
• Single bed (electronic) + ribber
• Double bed with pushers (Passap type)

Steps

1. Set up as dbj-striper/birdseye.
2. Park the yarns at the left with clips.
3. Every time the carriages return left: unthread the old colour, thread the new one and tension it.
4. Keep the old yarn tail caught at the edge (or carried up the side).

The full card

What it looks like

Same as the backing chosen.

How it behaves

Same as the backing chosen.

How it works

The colour changer only automates yarn swapping. The same 2-pass rhythm can be kept by re-threading the feeder by hand at the left end. The main bed still selects from the card; the ribber still makes the backing.

Machines

KH-821 (PART buttons + card reading,) + KR-830/KR-850; a separated DBJ card. Bird's-eye needs KR-850 lili; with a KR-830 use striper or ladder back.

Parameters

practical for narrow bands and for mid/chunky gauge, where there are fewer rows; standard-gauge whole garments are slow; colours ≤2 recommended.

Steps

1) Set up as dbj-striper/birdseye. 2) Park the yarns at the left with clips. 3) Every time the carriages return left: unthread the old colour, thread the new one and tension it. 4) Keep the old yarn tail caught at the edge (or carried up the side).

Charting

As DBJ; add a "manual change at L" flag on each pair of passes.

Limits and common problems

Forgetting a change gives a stripe of the wrong colour. Loose edge loops. Stitches dropped by yarn slack at the turn.

Related techniques

• Double-bed jacquard (needs ribber)
• DBJ with bird's-eye backing
• DBJ with striped backing (full and half)
• DBJ with plain (solid) backing
• Ladder backing / Fair Isle tamed by the ribber
• Tubular and reversible double jacquard