Need Help?Plaiting on the Knitting machine - Replay Live Archive
Knit 2 strands of yarn together and let the machine position them so you view one color on one side of the knitting and the 2nd color on the other side of the knitting.
This technique can be used on both the single and double bed. It's a great way to bulk up finer yarns and play with color
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Yarn Twister for "marled" fabricPlaiting Tutorial
Tutorial: Plaiting on LK-150
Course: Fit Once .. Get Knitting!
00:04:12 - Yarn Twister for marled fabric
00:04:58 - Try a textured yarn
00:10:37 - Plaiting feeders on different machines
00:17:02 - Plaiting on the LK-150
00:18:47 - Watch the yarn movement
00:22:47 - On my soapbox: You NEED a pattern for a rectangle? Huh???
Create your own rectangle:
- Determine YOUR size (width and length)
- Choose a stitch pattern and knit a swatch
- Establish YOUR gauge
- Use the Knit it Now Gauge Calculator to establish your gauge
- Use the Knit it Now Rectangle/Square Tool to establish stitches to cast on and rows to knit
- Use the Knit it Now Yarn Estimator to calculate how much yarn you need
| Phyl in Raleigh, NC Plating is definitely on my list of techniques to try. Thanks Sue! |
| Beverly P Thanks. |
| Aly T Thanks Sue & Matt |
| Sue Jalowiec Please share your plaiting ideas! Bye everyone! |
| Lyn R Thanks for all your insights. Always enjoy the sessions |
| Cindy Minota Thank you! I will give plaiting a try now! |
| Wilma T Thank you Sue. Hopefully till next week. Bye! |
| Darcy W Thanks Sue, have a great day. |
| Cynthia P thanks so much what a great program |
| Mary Ann B Again a great session! Thanks everyone. |
| Patricia H Thank you Sue! |
| Wilma T LOL, I agree. While I tend to change each pattern I knit, done that since I started |
| Dawn W Some people can't plan for their projects and totally rely on a pattern. Have seen the same thing with quilters. |
| Cynthia P with little ones i like the hoodie poject. |
| Jenny M B It's not a luxury - it's a restriction! |
| Nancy M the pockets would be a a great place to practice motif knitting. |
| Cindy Minota Pockets will be very interesting-good idea! |
| Jacqueline O Excellent idea. Thank you for that pocket concept. Nice topic. |
| Les B My wife hand knitters are different |
| Cynthia P I would have had a problem keeping quiet. lol |
| Leo B Thank you guys .I learned so much and I think I will play with it. |
| Kelly C That's because you are thinking logic. |
| Matthew F That is great Annie - I like that |
| Annie L It's the same as being dropped into a foreign country and need to find a bathroom. It's fear of the unknown. |
| Dawn W Thanks, Jenny! |
| Kelly C Hi Sue Can you do this on a brother 260? Thanks Kelly |
| Jenny M B You can do plated tuck! |
| Dawn W Can you only plait stockinette? |
| Erin i don't understand my singer 560 plaiting instructions |
| Annie L Would a dental floss threader help? |
| Mary Ann B I've done that Nancy, and it works well. |
| Ebba R Hallo from Sweden |
| Dawn W Nancy, thanks. Sounds like a very good solution! |
| Jacqueline O More expensive but fine/thin yarn or thread you can put on the public side of the plaiting feeder (I am not a fan of either metallic or mohair but these are options) then the surface of the public side better shows off the 'fancy' yarn |
| Nancy M if you stack your cones and put one yarn up through the top most cone's coneand then thread them together it will automatically twist them as you knit. |
| Nancy M on some yarn antennas have a small wire loop that directs the plating yarn afyer it goes through the take up . |
| Nancy M just cast on with both strands |
| Jenny M B I've only made plaited sweaters, but 2 very fine strands make quite a lightweight fabric. |
| Mary Ann B You could use it to line an itchy wool. |
| Annie L Do you have a photo of a yarn twister? |
| Eleanor L Plaiting is good when you have a thin yarn you really like because you can use two yarns for extra body and still have your preferred yarn show. Eleanor from Michigan |
| Diane C I must have needed a third cup of coffee that day. Duh! Thank you! |
| Jenny M B Yes! |
| Diane C Jenny: after you thread the plait gadget? |
| Jenny M B Diane C, I e-wrap cast on with the 2 strands together. |
| Betty E J Like double knitting by hand? |
| Diane C This webinar is great timing for me! I just got a part for my Toyota 901 that allows me to plait. Iâm baffled by how I would cast on, though. The yarn is threaded through two separate holes. I canât make this very clear, sorry. Any thoughts on this?? And hello from Vermont! |
| Mary Ann B I've wondered about using plaiting on mittens to make them warmer. |
| Jenny M B Hello from North Wales, everybody! Big fan of plating here. |
| Cindy Minota The door is locked so I can't get any surprise visitors! I want to listen to this live for a change!!! lol |
| Ruth S My service dog. |
| Mary Ann B The instructions -somewhere- said to hold the top yarn to the back. I had stripes where the yarn colors changed sides. Wasn't a total loss as they were irregular enough and kind of looked planned. |
| Ruth S Ruth and Agadore here from Canada. He's a big fan - loves to sit on the desk and watch you. |
| Nancy M speed and how the tension pulls the yarn from the ball. |
| Dawn W Good afternoon from waterlogged Ohio. |
| Joan W Hello on Wednesday morning from New Zealand |
| Wilma T I do decrease weights when my piece gets smaller. |
| Aly T Hi from Dublin |
| Wilma T Have to try that Mary Ann, thank you! |
| Annie L The pocket swatch you showed has some rowing out. How can the accuracy be maintained? |
| Lyn R Good morning |
| Mike L Good afternoon from Illinois |
| Betty E J Hello from rainy hot Alabama |
| Mary Ann B I wonder if threading the yarn from behind the handle would keep it to one side more efficiently. |
| Marelda C Hello from South San Francisco. |
| June H Good Morning from Washington! |
| Darcy W Am I late? Did you start early? |
| Mary Ann B I was using my Silver Reed 860. It doesn't have a plaiting feeder. |
| Mary Ann B I like that pocket idea. Want to make pullover for my grandson with that pocket. |
| Cynthia P hi from Oshawa Canada |
| Patricia H Patricia from Louisiana, good afternoon ya'll!! |
| Mary Ann B That was midguage. |
| Nancy M Nancy Mangeri in Kansas here!! |
| Mary Ann B I used plaiting on a Misgauge without a plaiting feeder. The yarn switched sides periodically. |
| Leo B Thank you |
| Wilma T Thank you :-) |
| Mary Ann B Hi! from Minnesota. |
| Leo B Do you have to use two threads of the same weight or diferent weights |
| Wilma T Need some tips on avoiding , poolingâ of one colour in the other. I really want one colour on one side and not switching sides. Why does it happen? |
| Leo B I have a brother 970 |
| Leo B Hope to learn to used the plating feeder and what we can do with it. |
| Wilma T Only tried it double bed with thin yarns. Need to do a single bed swatch on the kh940 and lk150 soon. |
| Wilma T Working! |
| Matthew F If you do not see Sue - then refresh your page and we should be good to go!!! |
| Matthew F Hey guys we are starting the stream |
| Wilma T Hi Sue, a nice summer warm day here in the Netherlands. Love the plaiting subject, long time since I used that technique. |
| Leo B Thank you |
| Sue Jalowiec Hey early birds! We'll get started soon |
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