02 basic machineknitting patterns free knittingmachineyarn

There are so many options for machine knitting, this is why I have created two basic garments,
a women's sweater with round crew neck and a women's cardigan with V-neck.

For those who don't know how my patterns are working, and they are working fine for many knitters,
all over the world; I use reverse engineering. What do I mean?

In most patterns, you read, check your gauge, and change your needle size to obtain the right gauge.
This means you have to force yourself to another needle size, (just when you liked your swatch)
to be able to knit that particular pattern.
Well, gauge is a personal choice and varies from knitter to knitter.

I reverse the method;
knit your tension swatch first, with your own beautiful yarn,
(from your stash, I know you have it, somewhere) LOL
in your own needle size and your own personal taste.

I do not know your taste and you cannot buy Dutch knitting yarns, to knit my patterns.
Do you get the trick?? After you have determined your gauge, you can pick one of my basic patterns.

All my basic knitting patterns are suitable for machine knitting too, as long as your gauge is the same.

Each gauge comes in five sizes; size 40 to 48. In addition, there are seven different gauges, (tensions).
This means I had to create 420 patterns, just to fill this page. ( $^#!)

I think you can knit a lot of sweaters and cardigans on your knitting machine, with these basic patterns.
If you can not find the right gauge, go to my other basic knitting patterns,
they can be knitted on the machine too.
Enjoy and please keep sending me digital photos of your finished work.

designer cardigans for women, found on the internet, to be inspired by these beautiful designs

Remember; the amount of stitches are more important than rows,
because the required length of the garment, are in centimeters too.

Set up for 1 x 1 rib.

(Instructions are for Brother )
Carriage on Left
Rack the ribber 1 space to right to get needles in Zig-Zag position.
Brother; (P3). knitting machine

Important ; the right-and-left most outer stitch is on the Main bed

Thread yarn,
knit 1 Zig-Zag row from left to right
TD= 0 on Both dials.

Hang the comb, hang weights on the comb.

Set to circular rows; instructions are for Brother knitting machine

use 1 Part button on the K-carriage

and the opposite Part button on the Ribber-carriage

Knit 2 or 3 circular rows.
Cancel part buttons on Both carriages, set dials to ribber tension.
Rib for required amount.

Machine: Any knitting machine and ribber
Ribber = knitting machine combined with the ribbing attachment
( if you don't have a ribber, knit rib by hand, then transfer your knitting work to the machine )

More machine set up's

2 x 2 rib
easy way,
Set up for 1 x 1 rib
knit 1 Zig Zag row
arrange needles 2 x 2

red = most outer stitch on main bed

full needle rib

arrange needles on main bed
and rib bed like this

red = most outer stitch on main bed

fishermen's rib arrange needles
same as 1 x 1 rib

knitting machine
red = most outer stitch on main bed

push buttons like this

fishermen's rib is made of
tucking stitches at both sides
of the garment.

circular knitting

arrange needles on main bed
and rib bed like this

red = most outer stitch on main bed and rib bed

Tension dial knob ( gauge )

the higher the number on the stitch dial,
the larger ( and looser ) your stitches will be.

se the easy conversion chart on the navigation bar at the left side,
if you want to use inches instead of cms, or use this converter

Tuck and weaving brushes. To knit the Tuck stitches and weaving patterns.
Depending on the type of yarn, the stitches may be loose on the needle.
The Tuck brushes can be used to rectify this, in addition to being used for tuck stitches.

Tuck and weaving brushes

How to hang the comb in.
Place the hooks of the cast-on comb onto both ends gate pegs and turn the levers at both sides towards the machine. Move the carriage to the other side, of the machine, hold the end of the yarn with your hand.
How to hang the comb in single bed

Remove the cast-on comb from the gate pegs, lower the comb into the stitches.

How to hang the comb in single bed

Continue to knit with the carriage back and forth.

Quick cast-on single bed

Quick cast-on single bed

For closed cast-on with latch-tool, look into your machine manual.

Picot hem

Bring the required needles forward, in position B, knit several rows with waste yarn.
Than 1 row with the cast-on thread, one of the basics things delivered with the machine.
Knit a few rows, with main yarn, let's say 10 rows, than transfer every other stitch to the adjacent needle.
Knit another 10 rows + 1 extra row.

Using the transfer tool, pick up the sinker loops of the first row knitted in main yarn.
Hook them on the needles as shown in image, bring the needles forward in E position, knit 1 row.
Pull out the cast-on thread, the waste yarn part will be removed also.

Now you have your picot hem. Knit further until required amount of rows.

How to knit buttonholes, slip 1 stitch to the left or right, and knit the stitch again in the next row.

How to knit buttonholes

How to mark a row, just hang 2 waste yarn threads in the specific row.

How to mark a row

Close seams with Blind or invisible stitches

Blind or invisible stitches

How to smock stitches in your knitting work

Fully fashioned

3 methods

What are the buttons for on the Brother Knit carriage ?

What are the buttons for on the Brother Ribber carriage ??

designer cardigans for women, found on the internet, to be inspired by these beautiful designs

US yarn weights:
Fingering 28-36 sts
Sport 24-28 sts
Worsted 18-22 sts
Bulky 14-16 sts

Standard UK yarn weights:
Usual HK Gauge (/4")
4-ply 28 sts, 36 rows [best on the Elite]
DK 22 sts, 28 rows [older patterns/yarns 24 sts]
Aran 18 sts, 25 rows
Chunky 14 sts, 20 rows

So UK 4ply is between fingering and sport, DK is between sport and worsted.
If a pattern calls for DK or Aran, there seems to be quite a lot of the real thing around in the US/Canada,
but if you can't find any (or don't like what you can find), look for a heavier sport or a lighter worsted for DK,
or a heavier worsted (WoolEase is close) for Aran.
The MK gauges won't be exactly the same, as the size gaps between KPs are larger than between
sizes of HK needles, and the stitch/row ratio will often be different too.