Knitting a Tuck Pattern Texture : New Textiles 2012

All knitting done on the fine gauge machine:

PART 1:

Attempt 1:

Botched the cast-off 🙁

But the knit was pretty nice.

Attempt 2:

Experimenting with a different yarn, trying to find a good tension…

I found that less tension (around 7) worked better for this particular yarn.

I was almost successful, but dropped a stitch while casting off (didn’t notice until i had finished casting off).

PART 2:

In researching knitting patterns, I happened upon an image of this cute crocodile scarf:

…and I fell in love with the texture. The texture was achieved using something called a tuck pattern.

According to this website, a tuck pattern is defined as:

Tuck is a structural pattern that appears on the wrongside. You can make tuck knitting by putting those needles in idling position that are to be “tucked”; thereby, the threads settle over them, and when you activate the needles again, these threads are fixed by the next row. There must not be several tucked threads next to each other.

This is the pattern for the knitting machine:

Set Russell levers on carriage to position I (hold)

Starting with 3rd needle from the left edge, pull every 6th needle to hold position.

Knit 4 rows

Set russell levers on carriage to position II (knit)

Knit 2 rows

Set Russell levers on carriage to position I (hold)

Starting with 6th needle from the left edge, pull every 6th needle to hold position.

Knit 4 rows

Set russell levers on carriage to position II (knit)

Knit 2 rows

My sample: