This is a note on basic knitting terminology and techniques, that helps to understand [[Kniterate]].
Gauge: amount of stitches per inch European vs. British style: European seems to be much faster! Stockinette: 1 layer knit Double knitting: 2 layers knit Fair isle: using two colors per row to create continuous, repeating patterns with “floats” (yarn strands) on the back Intarsia: uses separate bobbins for distinct color blocks, producing a smooth, float-free fabric with no long carried strands, perfect for large, graphic images
Double-kintting
The “jacquard” as called in Kniterate term mixes double-knitting with actual jacquard. Jacquard starts from a punch card system that allows people to create intricate images in weave. While double knit creates a thick, double sided knit. In kniterate, a color up to 6 can be used (or 5, since the detaching thread is also included) to create images from a small image. And the backing can have different patterns as well. The machine can do reverse color only when 2 color of threads are used.
Here is a sample of reverse color double-knitting sample that I did by hand to understand how it’s made. The smaller one on the left hand-side is knitted with white conductive yarn with pink-purple normal yarn to test how a specific conductive area can be controlled. It turned our quite precise.
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