Punch Card DBJ

Double Bed Jacquard for Brother Punch Card Machines

• Use 2 to 4 thin yarns (like 2/24 for standard or 3/12 for bulky) and appropriate tension – too heavy of yarn won’t work for FNR
• Insert the Fine Knitting Bar
• Attach color changer; prepare yarn mast with yarn (yarn on floor to L side under changer)
• Decide pattern and get it ready on machine – punch card in place; turned off
• Set machine/ribber to do FNR (Full Needle Rib) Pitch H on desired number of N on both beds
  • Insert extension rail on left side – If whole bed is being used, insert both sides
  • Ribber must have same number of needles on both sides of 0 for DBJ
  • End N’s on main bed
  • Insert all yarns into Color changer except #1 (background color)
• T 0/0 Attach yarn #1 (background yarn) into carriages and do zig/zag row (cannot do Broken Toe Cast On with FNR)
• Hang Comb and weights; set and knit circular rows; remove settings
• T 0/0 – (tight for ribbing) Do short number of rows of ribbing (like 2) COL
• If doing rows before engaging punch card for the design – knit those now
• KC knob
• Tension 2/2 if using 1 strand 2/24 for standard
• K 1 row to right to select N
• Turn punch card on; set to elongate if using 3/4 color design
• Push in both Part buttons on the main bed carriage
• FOR BIRDSEYE DBJ- [Firmer and more dense fabric] On 850 ribber carriage push both N buttons up to PR; Push in and rotate both lili buttons to engage them; Slide lever on bottom to lili
• FOR 2 ROW STRIPE DBJ – [Looser weave and ends up wider than birdeye] Do not change any settings on the ribber
• K 1 row to left
• Watch punch card to see when to change yarn and to which # of yarn
• Change yarn color to # on punch card
• K 2 rows (always watching yarn as you begin row to make sure only one yarn is in carriages)
• Change yarn color
• Begin to weight with additional double claw weights on both sides after about 25 rows and keep moving them up; after about 100 rows, hang triangle combs and weight with large ribber weights from ribber comb – move 2 sides ones constantly to keep stitches from catching on a gate peg – reach to back and check for caught yarn frequently; can leave ribber comb attached without weights until it reaches almost to bottom of stand – then remove
• Repeat color changes and moving weights until design is completed or desired length is reached
• Turn off all carriage settings and punch card
• If you are knitting plain rows after design and before ribbing knit those now
• T 0/0 – Make sure you have ribbing color in carriage
• K 2 – 5 R ribbing (to match length of beginning) – end on L
• Move carriage tensions to 8
• K 1 loose row to right
• Loop through a Loop Bind Off – left to right
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• Ann Huppert (GrammaAnn)