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Knitting the first row after a transfer
Failure shows as dropped stitches or ladders along a transfer row. A freshly transferred stitch sits higher and tighter on its new needle, so the latch may not clear.
- 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
- Failure shows as dropped stitches or ladders along a transfer row.
- How it behaves
- n/a (procedure).
- How it works
- A freshly transferred stitch sits higher and tighter on its new needle, so the latch may not clear.
- Machines
- Domestic: push transferred needles to forward working position (stitch already behind latch) before the pass. V-bed (no such position; bringing needles forward there drops the stitches): pass the carriage slowly, add or hand-pull weight, press risen stitches down the stem with a transfer tool; if stitches lift repeatedly increase stitch size a notch for the next row. If needles were pushed forward on a V-bed by mistake, rehang stitches into hooks before knitting.
- Parameters
- stitch size; weight.
- Steps
- transfer → (domestic) needles forward → slow pass → check every needle knitted.
- Charting
- none; add caption "needles forward" on domestic step diagrams.
- Limits and common problems
- too-small stitch size is the usual cause.
- Combines with
- all transfer cards.
- Pieces and assembly
- n/a.
Written in our own words from machine manuals, knitting references and swatching. Knit a test swatch before a whole piece.