Moss dots in the centre of rib columns

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. Cast on, transfer to 3/2 layout.
2. Knit
3. Move centre stitches to opposite bed.
4. Knit
5. Move back. Repeat.

The full card

What it looks like

Reads as a 2×2 rib from afar; close up, the recessed columns carry a pebbly moss texture in their centre.

How it behaves

fine texture within rib; elastic.

How it works

3×2 rib in pitch (3 on one bed, 2 on the other) laid out so the centre needle of each 3-group has a free partner opposite (true 3×3 alignment); every 2 rows that centre stitch swaps bed.

Machines

Double bed. Cast-on options: all needles then transfer (neater edge) or interlocked 3×3 + rack twice (only one rack per row → extra rows, looser edge).

Parameters

rib group sizes, swap interval (2 rows), swap timing (all same row vs staggered).

Steps

1) Cast on, transfer to 3/2 layout. 2) Knit 2. 3) Move centre stitches to opposite bed. 4) Knit 2. 5) Move back. Repeat.

Charting

Step diagram with vertical arrows on the centre needles alternating up/down.

Limits and common problems

Without an opposite receiving needle the transfer is impossible.

Combines with

rib-lace-2x2, rib-twist-2x2.

Pieces and assembly

Garment edges.

Related techniques

• Bed-swap blocks (checkerboard / "large moss")
• Alternating vertical-rib and horizontal-rib blocks
• Plated transfer motifs (reversible two-colour image)
• Vertical rib (N×M)
• Pitch / half-pitch rib arrangement
• Horizontal rib by whole-width bed swap