color me ms.samples

more honeycomb samples this time in wool.the bottom rows were 2 color tuck which resulted in nothing much. sometimes using two colors alter the results dramatically. i think that as cotton is less stretchy than wool it holds the honeycomb shape better.

top and bottom mesh lace.

a take off from a video in youtube.

this is for an electronic using DAK to make the pattern. i  personally find im2track much easier to convert to graphic knitting patterns,but this time i wanted to use the 890 which is a punch card machineie. non electronic.

studying the pattern closely i whatiffed using the instructions on the lace carriage and knitting plain with the knit carriage .the results were similar.

note to self: i need to do something with knitting samples because they are growing.

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honeycomb

this year with very few flowers to feed bees i am vicariously working with honeycomb.

this one's  two colors on a single bed brother 890 an indestructible workhorse gifted years ago by my fairy godmother  m(_ _)m  from england. if that machine were to be produced again it would be a best seller. no need to complicate a well designed product with unnecessary cumbersome bells and whistles,   their mentality is to avoid the unnecessary in every aspect of life . japanese technology rocks.

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yet another rant,beware

a two color sample the bottom is tuck which gives a cute seed like pattern . top is slip and the outcome is stipes. as much as i didn't sample for weaving i am sampling like  a fiend with knitting. in weaving i guess you can fudge it, but knitting is more critical especially when you intend to knit a sweater.

although you can always knit cloth and use cut and sew method to fashion a sweater.

and now rant time.

 have gotten used to not being able to comment on blogs other than blogger since blogger aka google phased out the universal id. not much that one can do.

now they're phasing out the universal analytics. ⋋__⋌   the new one is extremely complicated starting with the obscure nomenclature used to name things. i've been trying without success to migrate, or whatever it's called now, and i 'm pretty much fed up. 

not any longer happy with having people creating free content and creating a following engaging readers they want it all now.

the bottom line seems that they've added a lot of bells and whistles and they want people to subscribe to the service. people who blog or  personal web sites do not seem to have a place in their business scheme. tremendously darwinian: adapt, migrate or die. 

or in business speak :pay,pay,pay.

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