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Plating
On the knit side, one yarn shows on the face and a second yarn on the reverse. Combined with tuck/slip selection, colour or texture shows through in patterned areas. Two yarns fed through a dedicated plating feeder so one always lies in front of the other in the hook.
- Single bed
Machine types that can knit it
Demo swatch
Drawn for: Single bed, punch cardApproximate preview worked out from the bed chart, not a photo.The preview shows the face, in the main yarn; the reverse shows the plating yarn.
The full card
- What it looks like
- On the knit side, one yarn shows on the face and a second yarn on the reverse. Combined with tuck/slip selection, colour or texture shows through in patterned areas.
- How it behaves
- Double-thickness single jersey.
- How it works
- Two yarns fed through a dedicated plating feeder so one always lies in front of the other in the hook.
- Machines
- KH-881/891 (plating yarn feeder supplied). KH-821: no plating feeder in the manual. [inference]
- Charting
- n/a for KH-821.
- Limits and common problems
- The yarns swap places if tension is mismatched.
- Combines with
- tuck (the KH-891 manual pairs plating with tuck).
Written in our own words from machine manuals, knitting references and swatching. Knit a test swatch before a whole piece.