We will focus on miss stitch this week, and study its structure and characteristics. We will be making swatches with miss stitch pattern, multi-color miss stitches, and as an extra credit, use the this technique to make jacquard effects with the appearance of three colors in the same row.

We will take a deep dive into fairisle, a two-color fabric produced using the patterning unit. A fairisle can become more complex by striping two colors, or switching colors in different rows. We will also learn how to isolate a pattern from a punch card.

We will be doing single motif, with tips on how to stop the stitches at the edge of the motif pull and separate from the jersey sections, and what to do with long floats.

We are going to start the second part of the Patterning KAL with Lace. We will also cover Punch Lace for students with the Silver Reed machine, and Fine Lace for students with the Brother machines. Make sure you have your lace carriage if you are using a standard gauge machine.

Weaving is a technique whereby a second yarn is laid in on selected needles; while plating is a technique using two yarns together, where one yarn appears on the face of the fabric and the other on the reverse. We will experiment these techniques and explore the effects using  different thickness of yarn.

Intarsia is a technique that creates color pattern-work where there are no floats on the back of the fabric. We are going to practice this technique by creating a pictorial design with multiple colors. Students are welcome to design their own intarsia on graph paper, or use one we provided. Most machines require a separate intarsia carriage.

Card number #1 is a very versatile design that produce many interesting fabric by using different stitch structures and techniques. Students are invited to take this simple design to the next level by applied techniques learned through out the class, and share the result with fellow knitters.