Reverse plating, plated rib and plated transfers

Machine types that can knit it

• Single bed (punch card) + ribber
• Single bed (electronic) + ribber
• Double bed with pushers (Passap type)
• Double-bed hand flat (V-bed)

Steps

1. Plate n rows.
2. Stop at the edge, swap the yarns between the slots.
3. Continue. For rib: set up 1×1/2×2 rib with plating feeders on both carriages.

The full card

What it looks like

Reverse-plated stripes: face colour A for n rows, then B (and the purl side the reverse), so the fabric reads as stripes on both faces. Plated rib: knit wales show yarn 1 on both faces, purl wales show yarn 2, which reads as vertical stripes in a "one-yarn" rib. Plated transfer lace or eyelets: the hole edges show both colours [inference].

How it behaves

Same as the base structure.

How it works

Swapping the two yarns between the feeder positions changes which colour faces out. In rib, each bed's knit stitch puts the face yarn on its own outer face, so purl wales show the other yarn. Industrial selective reverse plating (per needle) is not available on domestic machines or the Dubied [inference].

Machines

Stripes: any machine with a plating feeder. Plated rib: KR-850 plating feeder on the ribber plus main-bed plating feeder (Brother); Dubied plating carriers. Elastane plating: see next card.

Parameters

swap interval 2+ rows (swap at the edge, carriage stopped).

Steps

1) Plate n rows. 2) Stop at the edge, swap the yarns between the slots. 3) Continue. For rib: set up 1×1/2×2 rib with plating feeders on both carriages.

Charting

Row colour column with "A/B" → "B/A" swap markers ⇄. Rib chart wales coloured by face yarn.

Limits and common problems

Swaps leave yarn twist at the edge. Plated rib is less elastic.

Related techniques

• Plating
• Plating on a single bed
• Elastane plating