Two-colour slip / mosaic & maze

Machine types that can knit it

• Single bed, punch card
• Single bed, electronic
• Single bed (punch card) + ribber
• Single bed (electronic) + ribber
• Double bed with pushers (Passap type)

The full card

What it looks like

Crisp geometric two-colour patterns (mazes, Greek keys, checks) on the knit side, built from 2-row stripes where slipped stitches carry colour vertically. Lines are horizontal stripes plus vertical "columns" of elongated stitches. Edges are sharper than in tuck.

How it behaves

Firm, narrow and dense; less stretchy than Fair Isle. It can bias or ripple when the number of slipped needles varies row to row (unbalanced).

How it works

PART buttons with K.C. Yarn in feeder A changes every 2 rows. Each colour knits on punched needles and slips the blanks, so the previous colour's stitches show through.

Machines

KH-821 yes. Colour changer optional.

Parameters

Colour change every 2 rows. Slipped runs ≤ 2 adjacent (mosaic rule). One square of design ≈ 1 stitch × 2 rows; 2 rows ≈ 1 stitch width in scale.

Steps

Same as tuck-two-colour, but with PART buttons pressed instead of TUCK. - Odd rows (mostly knitting) may have any number of holes. - Even rows have mostly single blanks; no more than 2 blanks side by side. - Vertical lines start and end on odd rows and span an odd number of rows. - Total height must be even (colour returns to the same side). - Without elongation, every row pair is punched separately on the card.

Charting

Design chart in two colours (each square = 1 st × 2 rows), then convert to a card chart where each design row becomes 2 identical card rows (■ = knit, □ = slip).

Limits and common problems

Doubling rows by hand doubles card length (the KH-821 has no elongation). Unbalanced rows cause biasing. Wrong row parity causes colour errors.

Combines with

two-colour tuck, stripes.

Related techniques

• Slip / skip / part stitch
• Tuck stitch
• Two-colour tuck
• Mosaic / maze via slip or tuck with 2-row stripes