Mirrored / zoned travelling ribs

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. Establish rib.
2. Mark zone boundaries.
3. Each shift row: shift each zone toward its target direction, working from the leading side of each zone.
4. At the reversal row, swap directions.

The full card

What it looks like

Ribs radiating from or converging to a centre line: outward-then-inward gives a diamond/arrow opening with new rib columns appearing in the middle; inward-then-outward gives a large X; a slanted panel inset into a straight rib; two opposing zones form geometric chevrons/zigzags.

How it behaves

rib relief with directional flow; panel edges flare or nip depending on direction.

How it works

Divide the width into zones; apply travelling-rib-shift (or -edge) with opposite directions per zone; reverse at mid-height for X/diamond.

Machines

as travelling-rib-shift.

Parameters

number of zones Z, zone widths, direction per zone per section, reversal row H/2, rib size (6×6 in book's examples).

Steps

1) Establish rib. 2) Mark zone boundaries. 3) Each shift row: shift each zone toward its target direction, working from the leading side of each zone. 4) At the reversal row, swap directions.

Charting

Same arrow grid as shift; mirror arrows about the zone boundary; draw zone boundary as a heavy vertical line.

Limits and common problems

At converging boundaries decreases accumulate; at diverging boundaries empty needles accumulate—fill or let them form eyelets.

Combines with

vertical-rib base.

Pieces and assembly

Centre the X/diamond on the panel; edges may need blocking.

Related techniques

• Travelling rib by edge-stitch transfer
• Travelling rib by shifting all stitches
• Vertical rib (N×M)
• Pitch / half-pitch rib arrangement
• Horizontal rib by whole-width bed swap
• Knitting the first row after a transfer