Free basic knitting machine patterns, patterns for all kind of knittingmachines

There are so many options for machine knitting, this is why I have created 420 basic garments,
with women's sweater with round crew neck and women's cardigan with V-neck patterns.

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.

more tips and accessories for the knitting machine       types of knitting machines and how to's

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.

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

Continue to knit with the carriage back and forth.

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.

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

Fully fashioned 3 methods       more tips for the knitting machine

  What are the buttons for on the Brother Knit carriage ?

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

The position of a pattern ( maybe you will find this helpful )

Your pattern will be repeated over the selected needles from either side of the centre stitch = 0.
Or knitted from the centre out.  (full pattern knitting).
With uneven repeats 1 pattern will be in the centre of the row.
The amount of selected needles must be a multiply of the pattern and an uneven number; 3x, 5x, 7x and so on.
Left and right outer side are tidy.

With even pattern repeats the pattern will be placed at both sides of the 0.
There will be no pattern placed in the centre ! Left and right outer side are tidy.
The amount of selected needles must be a multiply of the pattern and an even number; 2x, 4x, 6x and so on.
If the amount of selected needles are not a multiple of the pattern,
there will be 1 pattern in the centre, and at both outer ends there will be only a small portion of a pattern.
The left and right side are not predictable. How will this look like ?
This depends on the amount of selected needles and the amount of stitches needed for 1 pattern,
there will be no "tidy outer sides". The machine will do the math for you.

Knit back and fronts equally.
If you want to knit the fronts exactly the same as the back, you can knit them as given in image.
Remember the needle on the outer left and right side of the back, and count back, to knit the fronts.

A little history about knitting machines for stockings;

Rev. William Lee a clergyman at Calverton, is said to have developed the machine because a woman whom he was courting showed more interest in knitting than in him (or alternatively that his wife was a very slow knitter).
His first machine invented in 1589 produced a coarse wool, for stockings.

William Lee's stocking frame was remarkable, because it was an invention of a complete new machine.
He was a British inventor of the first knitting machine.
Lee's model (1589) was the only one employed for centuries, and its principle of operation remains in use.
The invention is related to the state-of-the-art in other machinery of the time.
Queen Elizabeth refused to grant a patent for it, saying
 "I have too much love for my poor people who obtain their bread by knitting garments, to give permission to this invention, will lead to their ruin, by depriving them of employment and thus make them beggars"
Her suggestion was; if Mr. Lee had made a machine that would have made silk stockings, than I had been somewhat justified in granting him a patent for that monopoly. Only a small number of my subject wear silk stockings.

It took Mr. Lee about 10 years and he had his machine for silk stocking ready in the year 1598, and although the queen was very satisfied with the result, she still declined to issue a patent.
His sponsor and friend Lord Hunsdon died in 1596 and Lord Burghley, advisor to the queen died 2 years later.
Than the queen herself died in 1603. What to do now ?

Eventually, he moved to France with his brother James, taking 9 workmen and 9 frames.
He found better support from Henry IV of France, who granted him a patent and was actively involved in every aspect of economic life.
Lee began stocking manufacture in Rouen, France, and prospered until, shortly before Henry's assassination in 1610, he signed a contract with Pierre de Caux to provide knitting machines for the manufacture of silk and wool stockings.

Life in France was hard and frightening, the handcraft workers agitated for the return of the old ways of working by hand and cruel episodes were enacted in the towns.
He had to pay higher and higher fees for registration with the guilds and restrictions were imposed on national origin and religion.
The climate changed abruptly to the worth's nightmare on the king's death and despite moving to Paris, his claims were ignored and he died in distress, alone in a hostile land in 1614.
Most of his workers returned to England and his loyal brother James brought the looms back to England.
He was able to set up workshops in London. So ended the dreams of William Lee.

gauge and needle sizes        circular patterns with round yoke