PurlbedCables and lace › Transfer lace
Eyelets inside jersey areas of a rib-transfer fabric
Rows of small round holes, staggered, within smooth panels between rib zones; faint zigzag drift (alternating direction) or lean (same direction). Different appearance on each face. Every other stitch moved to its neighbour on the same bed; empty needle left in work.
- Two beds
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.
Steps
- After structure change knit 2 rows.
- Move alternate stitches one needle left.
- Knit 2 rows.
- Move alternate stitches one needle right (offset).
- Knit
- Repeat.
The full card
- What it looks like
- Rows of small round holes, staggered, within smooth panels between rib zones; faint zigzag drift (alternating direction) or lean (same direction). Different appearance on each face.
- How it behaves
- flat/open; adds lightness and slight directionality.
- How it works
- Every other stitch moved to its neighbour on the same bed; empty needle left in work. Row 1: double stitch knits as one, empty needle collects a tuck loop. Row 2: full stitch forms over the loose tuck, which stays open → eyelet. Alternate left/right per repeat.
- Machines
- Works single bed or double bed; transfer tool only; ribber not needed for the lace itself.
- Parameters
- spacing (every 2nd needle), direction sequence (L,R,...), rows between (2), border needles kept plain (1–2 each side), stop 2 rows before the next structure change.
- Steps
- 1) After structure change knit 2 rows. 2) Move alternate stitches one needle left. 3) Knit 2 rows. 4) Move alternate stitches one needle right (offset). 5) Knit 2. Repeat.
- Charting
- Step diagram: upper row back bed (dots for jersey zone), lower row front bed; same-bed curved arrow above each moved stitch; after transfer, receiving needle tall bar, emptied needle short bar.
- Limits and common problems
- Two adjacent empty needles cannot both rebuild in one pass (they form one big loop across both). Fix: put one out of work, tuck/knit the other, then bring the second back. Each empty needle needs a full stitch on both sides.
- Combines with
- accordion-rib-jersey, rib-jersey-relief, cable-in-jersey.
- Pieces and assembly
- n/a.
Written in our own words from machine manuals, knitting references and swatching. Knit a test swatch before a whole piece.