DBJ with plain (solid) backing

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.
2. Back-colour passes: ribber PART buttons down (knit).
3. Other-colour passes: ribber PART up (slip).
4. Change colour and flip the ribber settings at the left every 2 passes.

The full card

What it looks like

Back: one solid colour. Face: the motif; the motif colour may grin through less than with stripes.

How it behaves

Double layer. The backing can be a different fibre (e.g. felting wool behind a non-felting face, then fulled).

How it works

The ribber knits only during the passes of the "back" colour and slips during the other colour's passes. On Brother this means reversing the ribber PART buttons by hand at each colour change.

Machines

Any ribber; manual lever change every 2 passes (tedious without automation). Colour changer recommended.

Parameters

back colour = one of the design colours or a dedicated extra colour; ribber row count per design row = 2 (back colour only).

Steps

1) Set up as DBJ. 2) Back-colour passes: ribber PART buttons down (knit). 3) Other-colour passes: ribber PART up (slip). 4) Change colour and flip the ribber settings at the left every 2 passes.

Charting

Backing chart = one solid colour cell per ribber row; pass column marks "RB knit" / "RB slip".

Limits and common problems

Long floats inside the fabric for the non-back colour where the main bed does not select it. Fine in short motifs; large solid areas of the non-back colour make tunnels [inference].

Related techniques

• Double-bed jacquard (needs ribber)
• DBJ with bird's-eye backing
• DBJ with striped backing (full and half)
• Ladder backing / Fair Isle tamed by the ribber
• Tubular and reversible double jacquard
• 3–4 colours per row in DBJ