Let's Talk Machine Knitting! - Replay Live Archive
Lace without Transfers. Let's explore 2 often over-looked stitch techniques to create beautiful open work knitting. No lace carriage required.
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Links mentioned in the Meeting
Thread Lace TutorialTuck Lace Tutorial
Tuck Classroom
Punchcard Classroom
Stitch Library: Tuck Lace
Automatic Stitch Patterning course
Quick Links:
00:02:39 - Tuck Lace
00:17:12 - Thread Lace
Coming Soon! LearnDesignaKnit.com

Softbyte is the developer of DesignaKnit you can find your dealer on their website
Marie-Jo C A fine moment, but without video ! It's more difficult to understand you Sue! |
Pearl B Buy |
Pearl B Will check it out |
Erin P love dak |
Erin P http://softbyte.co.uk/index.htm |
Sue J J :-) |
Jacqueline O â¤ï¸ |
patsey g loved this. so enjoyed it. |
Nikki P Thanks Sue looking forward to the DAK tutorials. Bye |
Nancy M Thanks Sue!! |
Uchenna A SUE, YOU ARE WONDERFUL |
Marjorie M You can do it manually following the interactive instructions, and if your machine can be cabled to it, more directly controlled. Still trying to do the cables myself. |
Matthew F Thank you to all the subscribers! You all make this possible for us to keep knititnow.com growing |
Richard B Thanks so much, Sue. Take care and stay well, both you and Matthew and your loved ones x |
Silvana J Great as always, I'm gonna try thread lace. Looking forward to the DAK instructions |
Morag W Happy knitting |
Pauline P Hello Morag. Warm wishes to you too. Pauline |
Elaine R Thanks, Sue! The day is not wasted if one learns something! I learned! |
Richard B In UK can buy DAK direct from SoftByte |
Morag W Hello Pauline best wishes |
Kathy G Thans Majorie |
Pauline P Thank you Sue. Great as always. Pauline |
Kathy G i'm ditching work monthly now for these sessions, thank you! |
Marjorie M I got mine from KnitKnackShop.com Charlene Schaffer. |
Morag W Thank you for being there for us |
Mary K LEARN DAK please include instruction/tutorial how to connect & use Brother 930/940 hook up & use. Itâs more complicated than silver Reed |
Kathy G Authorized sellers of DAK? |
Richard B Think Iâm going to have to sell lots of knitted items on Etsy to buy a DAK license ð |
Silvana J lol |
Patricia H Thank you Sue! |
Jacqueline O No license transfer free but costly to upgrade an old license to the new DAK..but really great software |
Maurie H no where near embroidery programs, so in that case it is very affordable |
Kathy G thanks! tiny window w/older eyes IS the problem |
Joan W Brilliant- hope I can learn some of the basic things in DAK that I am missing. Like 2 different tensions for one pattern. |
Elaine R Very excited to check out the new website. |
Silvana J I downloaded the free Version 9 Demo, and I couldn't make heads or tails out of it, so I'm glad you're going to do this. Is the Demo version just that? a demo only? |
Kathy G wondering - does DAK help run electronic machines? i.e. kh-970, kh-270 |
Julie L Wang!! |
Richard B Iâd love to use DAK itâs just sooooo expensive! |
Jacqueline O Wow! So greatâ nice to know. |
Nikki P Exciting. We need this |
Silvana J Yay!!!!! Love the idea |
Julie L Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Judy P beware lurex breaks ealily |
Marjorie M Nancy I like the idea, but think I'd want annoe shiny forthe "holes |
Richard B Ooh, nice idea, Nancy, going to try that! Thanks ð |
Nancy M Lurex works and gives some sparkle to the fabric |
Judy P which yarn |
Elaine R Could I do thread lace center with a long stitch/half milano edging for a baby blanket? |
Judy P show the green again liked best |
Silvana J Does the thread still keep the fabric stretchy? |
Maurie H Mid gauge here I come, I think it would really show up on that machine |
Ruth S Hi Sue - What weight is the quilting thread? I've seen thread lace knit with two strands of serger thread. Beautiful. |
Richard B Thread lace worries me when washing due to different behaviours of the materials when washed |
Judy P would two weights of linen make it an ok gauge for the bulky. |
Julie L Silk embroidery thread works beautifully! Also comes on cones. |
Silvana J Sorry I pressed send too soon, I was wondering if you and/or Mat had a chance to come up with a pattern for a boat neck? |
Annie L Love it!!!! |
Pauline P Enjoying them. Thank you. Pauline |
Marjorie M I've played a little with thread lace. I've been chicken to go to sewing thread. I was concerned about it's strength. I way trying weights of crochet string. |
Silvana J I loved the thread lace, I always wondered what that was.Did you and Mat have a chance to come up with |
Mary K Canât see you. Is brioche HK same as tuck? |
Jacqueline O Excellent video thank you |
Marie-Jo C Like Julie and Maurie !! I can't see you, Sue |
Nikki P Great. Iâve been wondering about thread lace |
Sue J J sorry I get so busy talking, I forget to pay attention |
Morag W I love thread lace used to do it years ago |
Maurie H can't see you only hear you |
Julie L Can't see you, Sue. |
Richard B Sue, canât see your video, just the classroom on tuck |
Elaine R Ritta, I also think if you are tucking several rows, in hand knitting you would use a wrap that gets dropped. |
Maurie H punch a card half tuck and leave the other half blank it makes for a nice ripple effect |
Pauline P Can you use 2 colours in tuck, or does it have to be a single colour, please? Pauline |
Nancy M Ritta, knitting on the row below is equivalent |
Marjorie M Could you short row some extra rows of tuck to not gather the stockinette? Of course swatch to figure out how many. But is that a reasonable approach to mixing gauges? |
Dot B Is there a really easy edging to use for a baby blanket in tuck lace? |
Ritta K what is the equivalent in hand knitting to tuck? |
Joan W Can you put in 2 different tensions for one pattern in DAK? |
Matthew F North of Boston |
Pauline P Matt, what's the control room please? Pauline |
Julie L In case I missed it....be sure to add extra weight and use the rubber wheels (Brother). |
Annie L where's the map |
Pauline P I cannot see the map. Pauline UK |
Nancy M hey, still making mistakes been mk-ing since 73...mistake is why I had to alter that top. |
Pearl B Thanks sue |
Matthew F I join the zoom group calls - Working the control room on the other side of the country for Sue |
Ritta K what is the equivalent in hand knitting to tuck? |
Pauline P Hi Matthew. Thanks for being great in helping Sue. When are we going to see you? LOL |
Matthew F putting the map away |
Julie L Hi, Sue!! |
Matthew F all good |
Joan W Should be a red dot on New Zealand |
Paula C thats meee!!! |
Matthew F use the mousewheel |
Pearl B So you set your machine to tuck on your pattern machine and put more sets out of working order next to sets tucking. |
Morag W yes i see it |
Matthew F you can zoom in and check it out |
Jody A yes |
Holly S yes |
Richard B I can see the map. Thought thereâd be more people in USA |
Jacqueline O I did this with speckled merino singles and used the 2 in 2 out video on KIN. I used the garter bar and love the effect. |
Tina O Thank you, Matthew! Tina from San Diego, CA |
Matthew F map coming |
Richard B Thank you, Matthew |
Silvana J lol thanks |
Matthew F we have a great classroom about tuck. https://www.knititnow.com/classrooms/91/tuck-talk |
Anne B Hi ANNE fron North Yorkshire uk |
Silvana J Hello, sorry I'm late, Silvana from Michigan |
Elaine R Where do we find that first reversable tuck? |
Maurie H I just did that exact stitch with needle out of work for a shrug for my great granddaughter |
Morag W lovely stitches |
Nikki P Pretty pattern |
Uchenna A YES |
Annie L Annie from very north Idaho. |
Mary Ann B Love tuck lace! |
Sue J J :-) |
Eleanor L Eleanor L from Lansing, Michigan Bless you for being there for us machine knitters |
Nikki P Yes |
Holly S yes |
Sue J J can you hear theaudio? |
Marjorie M Hi from NY, Adirondacks mts, usually from Ann Arbor, MI. I'll have to hop off when Son-in-law needs to work. |
Nikki P Hi |
Uchenna A HEIIO EVERYONE |
Lucretia S Lucretia, PV,AZ |
Nancy M used sew and cut to alter a top I had knit. |
Paula C this is the first time i connect!, from Chile |
Holly S New from California |
Morag W Yes it's good to play |
Aly T Good afternoon from Dublin, Ireland |
Joan W Good morning from New Zealand |
Elaine R Beautiful day in Minnesota |
Richard B So nice to see weâre such a global community |
Mary Ann B Good morning/ afternoon. Beautiful day in Minnesota! |
Nancy M Nancy Mangeri in Kansas here... lively 72° and sunny north breeze. |
Pearl B Alaska wow |
Pearl B Hi everyone |
Jody A Good morning from Alaska |
Edith L Edith from wet NY |
Morag W Thank you I'm so glad somebody noticed!! |
Kathy G hello, Northern CA |
Pearl B Hi Pearl here from the uk |
Nikki P Hi from Bristol UK |
Rhonda M Rhonda from Detroit, Michigan |
Maurie H Still am upright and Alive, what more can one ask for |
Patricia H Hi from Louisiana |
Jacqueline O Hi Hi. So nice to hear you |
Pauline P Pauline from Godalming, UK. Hello. |
Priscilla D Priscilla from Vancouver, WA |
Morag W Hello Sue & Matt from Dundee in Scotland |
Richard B Hello Sue, youâre looking so well x |
Paula C Hellooo |
Pauline P Hello from Pauline. 6pm here and a lovely evening. Hope you are all well. |
Maurie H you sound good |
Joy G good lol |
Richard B Good morning USA! |
Joy G God evening everyone, from the UK :) |
Maurie H Hi am here from Mississauga, Canada |
Lyn R Good morning |
Richard B Hello from Telford, England! |
BJ F BJ from Illinois |
patsey g ready here in colorado. |
Carolyn W Hello from Kansas |
Matthew F If you are new - please tell us and also everyone say hellow and where you are from! |
Marie-Jo C Hello, I am ready too.. Marie-Jo from France here |
Dawn W SW Ohio |
Dawn W Hello from |
Holly S Looking forward to it |
Matthew F Excited to show what we have instore for you today |
Sue J J Hello! We'll be starting in a bit |
Yyy H hello everyone... we are getting ready for the show! |