I truly admire beautiful colorwork in sweater knits, but my main interest has always been developing texture. So after my initial adventure with jacquards on the Kniterate, I was excited to see what textures I could produce.

Programming a double jacquard pattern for the Kniterate is as easy as drawing the design in the browser-based app or importing a premade .jpg or .png file into the app. There can be up to six colors per row.

My self-imposed mission was to see how quickly and easily I could come up with a viable swatch. I had already knitted elements from the Kniterate sampler — garter ridges, a basket weave, and pointelle — but I had never used the proprietary design app.

Welcome to Knitting in the Fast Lane! On this hot August day in these rapidly evolving and often uncertain times, I’m so fortunate to be standing here in my home/studio/office in front of my Kniterate knitting machine. If the name of this blog sounds familiar, you’ve been following me for a long time, and I thank you!