Archive of Thread: stripes in ribbing Back

5 years ago
Yoohoo! My machine is up and running again, and better than ever since I have her. My ribber adjustment was definitely worth it.

I am really happy with that, and to celebrate I wanted to do a 1x1 ribbed scarf in two row stripes (2 colorways of self colouring yarn). But then, at the first color change, I realized that this is not possible - how to keep the old color out of the way of the carriage?

So my question is: is it possible to do stripes on the ribber?

I saw this video:
https://www.knititnow.com/learn/player/615/0/reversible-scarf?inpattern=
But I was hoping it would be as easy as changing colors on the KM without a ribber?

5 years ago
Hi Aranka!

The magic words here - "Free Pass" 

Let's say you are using color A and Color B

1. Start your ribbing with color A and end with your carriage on the right
2. Set both carriages to slip
3. Remove Color A from the feeder
4. Free pass to the left.
5. Thread up Color B
6. Cancel Slip
7. Knit as many rows as you like, ending on the left
8. Free pass to the right
9. Thread up color A and knit as many rows as you like.
10. End with the carriage on the right
11. Free pass back

These 2 tutorials talk about free pass on the single bed, but the idea is the same with the ribber

Free Pass (position the carriage)

Single Row Stripes with Free Pass