PurlbedPleats and folds › Diagonal and V folds
Mirrored V-Pleat and X-Pleat
Work a V-band (e.g. a valley diagonal, then a mountain one). Then flip it vertically, working the reverse order, mountain then valley. An X-pleat removes the rows between the two halves.
- 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.
The full card
- How it behaves
- The X-pleat collapses in two directions and is very mobile. The mirrored V gives sculptural geometric forms.
- How it works
- Work a V-band (e.g. a valley diagonal, then a mountain one). Then flip it vertically, working the reverse order, mountain then valley. An X-pleat removes the rows between the two halves.
- Machines
- As for herringbone-fold.
- Parameters
- Hgap (> 0 for a mirrored V; 0 for an X), rate, P, F. 1. Work the V-band. 2. Knit Hgap rows. 3. Work the same band mirrored top-to-bottom, with the bed order reversed. 4. Repeat.
- Charting
- The chart is the herringbone chart reflected about a horizontal axis. Mark the axis row.
- Limits and common problems
- Errors at the crossing points (where two diagonals meet) are common. Tick off rows.
- Combines with
- x-pleat-pyramid-strip, waterbomb tessellations.
- Pieces and assembly
- Flat panels; pin-block them to set the facets.
Written in our own words from machine manuals, knitting references and swatching. Knit a test swatch before a whole piece.