Mosaic / maze via slip or tuck with 2-row stripes

Machine types that can knit it

• Single bed, punch card
• Single bed, electronic
• Single bed (punch card) + ribber
• Single bed (electronic) + ribber
• Double bed with pushers (Passap type)

Steps

1. Draw the motif; each chart line = 2 rows.
2. Convert to a card: odd rows mostly knit, even rows single marks.
3. Selection row (direction per card start,).
4. Slip (or tuck) both ways; change colour every 2 rows.

The full card

What it looks like

Face: geometric two-colour motifs that look like Fair Isle but have no long floats; slightly textured. Purl side: horizontal stripes with short floats (slip) or bumpy tuck loops.

How it behaves

Single layer, narrower and denser (tuck: wider and shorter). Slip edges curl more.

How it works

The colour changes every 2 rows. Non-selected needles slip (or tuck) while the other colour knits, so the previous colour's stitch is pulled up and appears in the new colour's row.

Machines

KH-821 single bed: PART (slip) or TUCK buttons + card. A colour changer is optional (manual changes at the edge). Dubied: tuck/slip per pass on high vs low butts only, so only fixed geometric mosaics (see the next card).

Parameters

slip ≤2 adjacent unselected stitches, tuck ≤1 per row (classic rules); even design height; 2 rows of design height ≈ 1 stitch width; max ~4 tuck rows stacked.

Steps

1) Draw the motif; each chart line = 2 rows. 2) Convert to a card: odd rows mostly knit, even rows single marks. 3) Selection row (direction per card start,). 4) Slip (or tuck) both ways; change colour every 2 rows.

Charting

Mosaic chart (each cell = 1 stitch × 2 rows, colour of that row pair). The separate card chart: black = knit/selected, white = slip/tuck.

Limits and common problems

Wrong preselection side shifts the colours. Too thick a yarn with stacked tucks.

Related techniques

• Tuck stitch
• Two-colour tuck
• Slip / skip / part stitch
• Two-colour slip / mosaic & maze