PurlbedTuck and slip › Slip
Slip / skip / part stitch
On the knit side, elongated stitches stretched over 2+ rows, and the fabric looks tighter and narrower. On the purl side, short horizontal floats lie across the slipped needles, forming a woven, ribbed or basket texture. It is often used purl-side out for a "woven" look. Both PART buttons in, K.C.
- Single bed
- Needle selection
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 full card
- What it looks like
- On the knit side, elongated stitches stretched over 2+ rows, and the fabric looks tighter and narrower. On the purl side, short horizontal floats lie across the slipped needles, forming a woven, ribbed or basket texture. It is often used purl-side out for a "woven" look.
- How it behaves
- Narrower and denser than stockinette, with low widthwise stretch. Rows look shorter. Fabric is stable and firm.
- How it works
- Both PART buttons in, K.C. Punched = D = knits. Blank = B = slips (not knitted): the yarn passes in front of the needle on the purl side as a float. With both PART buttons in and no needles selected, the carriage passes without knitting anything (used in partial lace knitting).
- Machines
- KH-821 yes. No extras.
- Parameters
- Horizontal: slip runs of 2–5 sts (these become purl-side floats; same float logic as Fair Isle). Vertical: about ≤ 4 rows slipped on one needle before it knits (by analogy with tuck; Haffenden says slips "build up" similarly) [inference for the exact number]. 1. Preselect as usual and release the lock. 2. Press both PART buttons. 3. Bring end needles to D by hand if not selected. 4. Knit.
- Card design rules
- Mostly-punched cards. Blank runs = float length. Vertical blank stacks = elongated stitch length; keep ≤ about 4.
- Charting
- ■ = punched = knit; □ = blank = slip (symbol "V" or "—" in published stitch charts).
- Limits and common problems
- Long vertical stacks stretch and break the slipped stitch, or flip it off the needle. Narrow fabric means gauge must be swatched. End stitches drop if not selected.
- Combines with
- two-colour slip (mosaic), tuck (mixed), knitweave.
Written in our own words from machine manuals, knitting references and swatching. Knit a test swatch before a whole piece.