Machine Knitting

r/MachineKnitting • u/Equivalent_Luck_4895 • 3h ago

Help! Changing swatch gauge without changing stitch size? (intarsia)

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Hi all, I am looking a for a bit of advice! For a project, I need to knit a flat square with lots of different coloured rectangles tiled together (see the picture below) and my plan was to use intarsia. I am using different yarns that I've got from unraveling a bunch of jumpers so they are all slightly different thicknesses. This means that when I knit them together using intarsia I can't change the stitch size between different yarns and the swatch isn't flat as the gauge is different for different yarns.

I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to change the gauge of a yarn without changing the stitch size. For some I am able to double up the yarn but I was thinking that maybe adding in another clear thin yarn might make a difference?

Any advice/comments are very much appreciated!

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r/MachineKnitting • u/AutoModerator • 9h ago

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r/MachineKnitting • u/goodgenesbadgenes • 15h ago

Getting Started Help! Tewi Matic

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Hi everyone! I recently bought a double-bed Tewi Matic and I'm having some trouble making it work. I don't have any experience with knitting machines, so I don't know if it's me or if there's something wrong with the machine. I've heard that knittax is similar. Can someone help me??

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