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Guilloché in rib

Rib with tucked columns on one bed, then the other, giving bands of texture. In two colours the bands change colour. Rear low butts tuck for some rows with cams at ½, then the front needles tuck for the same number of rows with cams at 1.

Machine types that can knit it

Demo swatch

Drawn for: Double-bed hand flat (V-bed)
Approximate preview worked out from the bed chart, not a photo.
Bed chart
15101520253035→←→←→←→←→←→←→←→←→←→←→←→←→←→←→←→←→←→←Back bedBoth beds (double jersey)Tuck1 square = 1 stitch × 1 row · read from the bottom · Hand flat (V-bed), 36 needles, half pitch
Needle notation, first steps
1. Rows 1–4: knit 4 rowsBed-selected motif (back 24 /both 12)tuck 12carriage →backfront2. Rows 5–8: knit 4 rowsBed-selected motif (back 24 /both 12)tuck 12carriage →backfront3. Rows 9–12: knit 4 rowsBed-selected motif (back 24 /both 12)tuck 12carriage →backfront4. Rows 13–16: knit 4 rowsBed-selected motif (back 24 /both 12)tuck 12carriage →backfrontShowing needles L12–R12 of 36; repeat across the working area.

Carriage settings on a Dubied

Guilloché in rib
RearFront
  1. rearfront1111½½00
    1. Knit 4 rows.
  2. rearfront11110011
    2. Knit 4 rows. Repeat from the first setting.
Guilloché in rib, two colours
RearFront
  1. rearfront11110011
    1. Carriage on the right. Knit 6 rows in the first colour.
  2. rearfront1111½½00
    2. Knit 6 rows in the second colour. Repeat from the first setting.
How to read the cross
  • The four quarters are the carriage: top rear bed, bottom front bed, left moving left, right moving right.
  • Corners, knit/miss cam: 1 knits; ½ knits on high butts only and misses low butts; 0 is out of work.
  • Diamond, tucking cam: 0 no tuck; ½ low butts tuck, high butts knit; 1 all needles tuck. An empty diamond is all 0.
  • Numbers on the line are tension dials, 0 tightest to 20 loosest. A + means looser than your usual size.
  • Set-out: long tick high butt, short tick low butt, dot out of action.
Racking handle: up moves the rear bed left, down moves it right, up to 6 notches. Rack only with the carriage clear of the needles.

Steps

  1. Set out the needles.
  2. Rear low butts tuck, 4 rows.
  3. Front tucks, 4 rows.
  4. Repeat.

The full card

What it looks like
Rib with tucked columns on one bed, then the other, giving bands of texture. In two colours the bands change colour.
How it behaves
Rib stretch, reduced by the tucks.
How it works
Rear low butts tuck for some rows with cams at ½, then the front needles tuck for the same number of rows with cams at 1.
Machines
Dubied with high and low butts.
Parameters
4 + 4 rows, or 6 + 6 in two colours.
Steps
1) Set out the needles. 2) Rear low butts tuck, 4 rows. 3) Front tucks, 4 rows. 4) Repeat.
Charting
Bed chart with tuck cells by bed.
Limits and common problems
Keep the row count the same on both beds, or the fabric skews [inference].
Combines with
guilloche-single-bed, tuck-rib, vertical-rib.
Pieces and assembly
Textured rib panels.

Written in our own words from machine manuals, knitting references and swatching. Knit a test swatch before a whole piece.

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