PurlbedJacquard (Fair Isle) › Double-bed jacquard (no floats)
Double-bed jacquard (needs ribber)
A Fair Isle image with no floats on the back. The back shows a bird's-eye speckle, stripes or ladder pattern. The fabric is thick and its edges are clean. The main bed knits the card pattern (Fair Isle selection); the ribber knits a backing on its own needle arrangement and its own cam settings.
- Two beds
- Needle selection
Machine types that can knit it
Demo swatch
Drawn for: Single bed (punch card) + ribberApproximate preview worked out from the bed chart, not a photo.The colours are the point here: the preview shows the pattern, and the fabric itself lies flat.
The full card
- What it looks like
- A Fair Isle image with no floats on the back. The back shows a bird's-eye speckle, stripes or ladder pattern. The fabric is thick and its edges are clean.
- How it behaves
- Thick, stable, double layer; no float snagging.
- How it works
- The main bed knits the card pattern (Fair Isle selection); the ribber knits a backing on its own needle arrangement and its own cam settings. Colour changes are typically every row via a colour changer.
- Machines
- Ribber (KR-810/830/850 for KH-820) plus usually a double-bed colour changer (e.g. KRC-830) [compatibility unverified]. Not single-bed. KH-821 alone: no.
- Charting
- As Fair Isle, plus the backing type noted.
- Limits and common problems
- Heavy fabric; requires setup.
- Combines with
- double-bed thread lace, ribbed welts.
Written in our own words from machine manuals, knitting references and swatching. Knit a test swatch before a whole piece.