https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak Padlet for Basic Textiles 2 Lectures en-us 2020-11-18 13:42:07 UTC 2025-04-04 17:17:50 UTC hello@padlet.com katy_grieve https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/936582731 how it works (Ribs - RR)]]> 2020-11-18 13:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/936582731 katy_grieve https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/936589763 how it works (Casting on)]]> 2020-11-18 13:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/936589763 katy_grieve https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/936598363 how to thread the machine]]> 2020-11-18 13:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/936598363 katy_grieve https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/936605369 all needles knitting animation / cam system explanation (all cams in action)]]> 2020-11-18 13:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/936605369 https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/955855400 Do we have to know all the different kind of loops and loop diagrams by heart? In the reader of NCSU of warp knitting there are a lot of knitting structures shown but do we have to know how they all look like? -  we will be focussing on knitting diagrams in the next lectures, in detail with cam settings, so more info to follow! You will need to be able to recognise them and their characteristics.]]> 2020-11-24 12:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/955855400 https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/970603008 Do we have to know every part of each knitting machine by name? Like in the dubied knititng machine video you showed us, that we can name the take back arm and eyelets etc.? You need to be familiar with the machine parts and the trajectory of the yarn through each part of the machine.]]> 2020-11-30 09:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/970603008 katy_grieve https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/970743262 2020-11-30 11:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/970743262 https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/974874488 Could you explain what a guide bar does? Yes, so a guide bar is used in Warp knitting. It moves left and right to create the stitches (otherwise you would get rows of disconnected chain stitches). Each guide bar is threaded by yarns of individual warp beams. In warp knitting, unlike weft knitting, needle does not take yarn and knit, but the guide bar wraps the yarn around the hook of needle through lapping movement. For commercially acceptable structures at least two guide bars are used.]]> 2020-12-01 09:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/974874488 katy_grieve https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1013787711 Deactivated Needles shape of the knit folds]]> 2020-12-13 16:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1013787711 katy_grieve https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1013789425 Shapes/Movements of deactivated needle(s)]]> 2020-12-13 16:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1013789425 katy_grieve https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1082358398 - Learn chapters 1-3 in reader
- The online lectures + your notes - you can find the recordings back on Blackboard Collaborate]]> 2021-01-13 10:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1082358398 https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1095748243 What do we have to know about repeats in knitting? I am not too sure about what context this question comes from but if i understand correctly: if a basic binding has a repeating pattern, that is called a repeat/report. You just need to be able to indicate with numbers down the side about when changes happen in cam settings to create a repeat - indicate whether you need 1 - 2 to create your binding or do you need many more settings (1-2-3-4) to create it. When drawing your knitting diagram, always start at the bottom (just as the machine does) and fill in two things each time: the needle bed setup and cam adjustment settings.]]> 2021-01-17 16:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1095748243 https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1095755447 Page 12 and 13 of the knitting reader, do we have to know this? I do not understand it.  On page 11 we have Fig. 12 Resulting RL fabric, and yes you will need to be able to recognise what type of binding you are looking at from a picture. If you need a reminder, I covered RL/LR basic bindings back in class 1. On page 13 we have an image of a RL/LR showing its curling tendency - also very important to remember!]]> 2021-01-17 16:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1095755447 https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1095777513 Page 13 of the knitting reader. I do nut understand what they are trying to explain?  Page 13 explains about the properties of a RR fabric, the knitting diagram, and also goes indepth into the curling tendency of a basic bindings - how the knit curls after it physically comes off the machine. Very important to understand the curling tendency of your basic bindings LR, RL, RR.]]> 2021-01-17 16:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1095777513 https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1095782841 Why does the Richelieu rib only take place on one needle bed? That can't be seen on the picture of 14a on page 15 of the knitting reader? The Richelieu rib knitting is made on two needle beds, only one needle bed has deactivated needles. This needle setup shows all needles knitting on the back needle bed and deactivated needles on the front needle bed.

]]> 2021-01-17 16:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1095782841 https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1095793364 Could you repeat this information once more? With this type of knitting, only L stitches are visible on both sides of the fabric. When spread apart, it is possible to see R stitches, but because of the contraction lengthwise, they disappear behind the L stitches - made usually on a LL knitting machine (can also be created on the flatbed electronic knitting machine using special needles with a transfer lamella). Only one needle goes from bed to bed, the needle beds angle are 180 degrees. The principle behind obtaining such a structure is this one: basically, the stitches are produced on the back needle bed and then are transfered on the front needlebed. This machine makes the needles go from one needlebed to another and the other way around.]]> 2021-01-17 16:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1095793364 https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1095809263 What are tracing cams? The tracing cams are also known as the raising cams which raise the needles to allow them to knit or not knit, up the mountain trajectory (lower cams x4). The other type of cams are the tucking cams (centre cams x4)]]> 2021-01-17 17:01:24 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1095809263 katy_grieve https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1119069283 Please find the answers to the Quiz recognising knitted fabrics.]]> 2021-01-24 16:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1119069283 https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1130743599 Half cardigan is the same as 'pearl tuck' (parelvang in dutch).

Full cardigan is the same as 'tuck stitch' (vang in dutch).

(You may have noticed the cam settings were the same for pearl tuck and half cardigan so this post is to clarify!)]]> 2021-01-27 09:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1130743599 https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1135648984 Hi is it possible that you explain to me again how the warp knitting machine works because there is nothing about this in the reader?
Warp knitting is a loop forming process in which yarn is fed into knitting zone in a horizontal way, parallel to fabric selvedge. In warp knitting, the fabric is made by forming loops from yarns with the help of a warp beam. Every needle is fed by a separate yarn for loop formation. In order to connect the loops into a fabric, the yarns are shifted between the needles. All the yarns will be knitted in course simultaneously.

]]> 2021-01-28 10:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1135648984 https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1135652995 Is it possible to make a whole garment out of tucks? There is a limit as to how many times you can tuck due to so many stitches hanging on one needle, so a garment would need to consist of tucks and knit stitches.]]> 2021-01-28 10:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1135652995 https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1135656166 why does this fabric pulls itself together? A RR (rib) is a stable structure of stitches alternating needles on both needle beds. Due to its construction, its natural nature is to spring together, hence why we use the rib for hems of jumpers and cuffs.]]> 2021-01-28 10:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1135656166 https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1140938084 Where is the difference between knitting a rr fabric and a ll fabric on an electronic knitting machine? A RR on the electronic knitting machine can be done very easily, all needles knitting on both front and back needle beds. For a LL, the lamela on the latch needle needs to be used to create only L stitches (single bed is used with lots of transfering).]]> 2021-01-29 15:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1140938084 https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1140952692 are the yarn feeder and the thread guide the same thing? A thread guide can also be called a yarn feeder, yes. Part of the feeding system. It helps the yarn reach the knitting area.]]> 2021-01-29 15:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/katy_grieve/vtf2embn9m3nl1ak/wish/1140952692