Stripes, colour sequences and colour-as-relief

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. Plan the sequence in pass pairs.
2. Change at the same side.
3. Carry the yarn up the edge if the gap is ≤4–6 rows, otherwise cut.

The full card

What it looks like

Horizontal bands. In rib or tubular work the bands differ on each face. Combined with partial knit, ottoman or ripples, the colour stripes make raised colour ridges or wedges.

How it behaves

Flat (stocking) or relief (with ripples/ottoman, ch2).

How it works

The colour changes between passes. Even counts keep the change on one side (the changer side on Brother DBJ, the left). Odd counts need the yarn carried or cut. On a Dubied the carrier is changed by a lever and NF2/NHF2 (2 carriers) or N4/NHF4 (4 carriers) set the number of colours. Dubied ripples (front bed knits extra rows) in a contrast colour give colour relief.

Machines

All. Single-bed Brother single colour changer (KHC) for 4-colour stripes [unverified for KH-821 compatibility]; ribber colour changer for double bed.

Parameters

stripe heights in pass pairs (2, 4, 6 …); colours 2–4 (changer) or unlimited (cut and rejoin).

Steps

1) Plan the sequence in pass pairs. 2) Change at the same side. 3) Carry the yarn up the edge if the gap is ≤4–6 rows, otherwise cut.

Charting

Row colour sequence column (one colour key per pass pair); relief rows flagged with the ch2 ottoman glyph.

Limits and common problems

Tight carried edges. In rib, purl bumps blur the stripe edges (two-colour "dots" at the change row).

Related techniques

• Knitweave with weaving brushes