robe compressè

 a dress from muji

poor girl's miyake issey















a relief from knitting.




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controls

and you thought it was an exaggeration on my part. this is the machine's control panel. buttons to select and i'm not doing manual input -think of blackening squares in a draft before  weaving design programs.

then there's the main carriage. all those buttons are for different functions. forget one and the best that can happen is that the carriage gets jammed.

and  there's the ribber carriage with more buttons and functions. forget to set one and at worst you can break a needle.

then there's the nightmare where you forget to click the button in the color changer and the color sequence goes wonky.the best that can happen is that you get a line of sold color. the worst is that you realize it after you finish the knitting and you can't read  the image.

but the worst of the worst comes with no button. this is when the yarn doesn't catch in the carriage

and the whole piece lands on the floor with a loud thud. this usually happens when there are 4-5 rows to the end.

it's not about learning curve, it's about concentration. let your mind wander and you're.....

the good news is that i don't need mind training games to keep  the mind nimble and the german gentleman away.

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on blocking

or the fine art of re-shaping.would you believe this is a photo? pleased that i am finally getting there albeit slow.

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hiatus

brief stint in madrid. back on monday. be good.

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so many buttons to control

all my respect to machine knitters.weaving is a lot easier, once you warp and thread you're set to go.

in knitting you have to change the setting to cast on, to start knitting, after you transfer the pattern etc.

and there are two carriages to set so  given all the  permutations the possibilities of errors are pretty much endless. it's a real learning curve especially when you're interested in working with processed images.

not only yarn tension, but also the yarn grist has to do with image definition.

 in this sample thicker 12/2 cotton was used.

compared to the one above in 20/2 cotton  there is a difference.

although the 20/2 cotton was knitted in a loose tension i really don't think it would improve much knitting it tighter. the ideal would be sample , but i am running against the clock  with this due in february.

god i dislike working against deadlines!

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thanks for the stardust

enjoy the longer days. have a good weekend!









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the difference

between good and bad is the end needles. have spent a week getting bads. yesterday in desperation i sent an SOS at the machine knitter's group and they came through with the answer. within minutes. ain't technology great! now that i have the correct placement of needles for 3 color dbj i can get on with the project. seems that the first successful sample was sheer beginner's luck.






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