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Eyelets in 2×2 rib (same-bed or cross-bed)
Delicate small holes running up alternate knit columns, alternating sides (balanced) or one side; cross-bed version gives larger, more open, visibly directional eyelets.
- 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
- Set 2×2.
- Transfer stitch R→L (same) or to opposite bed (cross).
- Knit 2 rows.
- Transfer the other stitch L→R.
- Knit
- Repeat.
The full card
- What it looks like
- Delicate small holes running up alternate knit columns, alternating sides (balanced) or one side; cross-bed version gives larger, more open, visibly directional eyelets.
- How it behaves
- flat, open.
- How it works
- Same-bed: move one stitch of a pair onto its twin (empty needle left in work), knit 2 rows, then move the other stitch the opposite way. Cross-bed: move it instead to the nearest needle of the neighbouring opposite-bed pair.
- Machines
- Double bed, transfer tool; pitch position.
- Parameters
- rows between (2), alternation, columns (every other), variant same/cross.
- Steps
- 1) Set 2×2. 2) Transfer stitch R→L (same) or to opposite bed (cross). 3) Knit 2 rows. 4) Transfer the other stitch L→R. 5) Knit 2. Repeat.
- Charting
- Step diagrams; same-bed transfer = short diagonal/curved arrow within the front row; cross-bed = diagonal arrow from the front-row needle up to the adjacent back-row needle; emptied needle drawn as short bar.
- Limits and common problems
- same as lace-in-jersey.
- Combines with
- rib-twist-2x2.
- Pieces and assembly
- Garment edges.
Written in our own words from machine manuals, knitting references and swatching. Knit a test swatch before a whole piece.