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Stepped (Irregular-Spacing) Herringbone
A herringbone in which some V-bands sit close together and others are separated by long stretches of plain vertical pleating, giving a stepped, rhythmic silhouette. As for herringbone-fold, with different Hgap values between successive V-bands.
- 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.
The full card
- What it looks like
- A herringbone in which some V-bands sit close together and others are separated by long stretches of plain vertical pleating, giving a stepped, rhythmic silhouette.
- How it behaves
- Folds compactly at the V-bands. The long plain zones open like a plain accordion, so the outline is stepped.
- How it works
- As for herringbone-fold, with different Hgap values between successive V-bands.
- Machines
- As for herringbone-fold.
- Parameters
- A sequence of Hgap_i values, e.g. short, then long (≈40 rows on fine gauge), then short.
- Steps
- Work the herringbone template, taking Hgap from the sequence for each band.
- Charting
- As for the herringbone, with unequal plain zones.
- Limits and common problems
- Long plain zones in loose yarn sag.
- Combines with
- herringbone-fold.
- Pieces and assembly
- As for herringbone-fold.
Written in our own words from machine manuals, knitting references and swatching. Knit a test swatch before a whole piece.