Great Ribbed Button Band No Ribber Needed! by Diana Sullivan

[@Cafann]

Superbe démonstration. Merci pour votre partage de la part d une tricoteuse de France qui vous suit souvent. Bonne journée

[@biowellnesslifestyle5842]

Thank you for simplifying this technique. Awesome.

[@caroleanne8529]

Thank you so much! This might be easier than messing with the ribber. You do so very much for the machine knitting community.

[@mathom31]

I've been planning to knit a cardigan/jacket for myself. Now I know what button band I will be using. Thank you!

[@marthamckeon278]

This is nothing short of brilliant! I just did one of the nicest button bands I've ever done in over 6 decades of knitting. Thanks so very much for all you do!

[@CMeyer-ut3dd]

Very helpful!

[@majormomma]

Thanks so much, Diana! I think this will be a very useful ribbing to make on my KX350.

[@Thesweaterfactory]

A wonderful video Diana, it’s good to see you still putting it out there after over a decade on the Internet. Always enjoy reading your posts and watching your tutorials. Take care. ❤️

[@bonniekonjevich7574]

This is needed, well explained, beautiful, easy, practical, and has many of us machine knitters elated!

[@ЛилияЯлил]

Спасибо большое. 🧶🥰🌷

[@lauragzz6393]

Exelente clase gracias por e nseñar un saludo desde Mexico 👏👏

[@misspotential]

Wow! Amazing 😮

[@maggiewhite7904]

This is fantastic thankyou

[@fusunsevik9863]

Tank you

[@emilysmith2784]

Great tutorial. What do I do if the band needed is longer than my bed? I want the band to go from the bottom all the way to the top around the neck and then back down again. I don’t have enough needles on my machine to do that in one go…

[@bendingwater9568]

I would love to hear solutions for this too

[@dianaknits]

You will have to make the band in sections and sew them together. You will end with two knits on each piece, then mattress stitch them together with the seam one stitch from the edge. A tidy mattress stitch will show on the back and be invisible on the right side. This is usually done at a shoulder seam. I prefer not to do it in the center back of the neck, but that's another option.

[@bendingwater9568]

Thank you so much Diana - I have been wondering about this! The seam seams unavoidable. Pun intended! I actually have another question about ribbing - on many store bought knits, the ribbing on the bands or hips are wide and flat, like the ribbing has been pressed open. It's easily seen on the the hip ribbing - instead of being tight (like the ribbing of the 80s) the modern sweaters have hip ribbing that falls straight with the line of the garment - is there a way to make my ribbing do this? (an LLBean catalog just arrived with most sweaters like this.) I think I can use half fisherman's rib to get this effect, but it often looks like the store bought knits use "flattened" or "widened" ribbing even for regular 2x2 or 1x1 ribbing. The only way I can think to do this is to press the ribbing - but it seems like that would flatten it, or ruin it, especially for acrylic. Sometimes the ribbing feels quite dense, like maybe they are using 2 strands with a very tight tension. I wonder if you have any suggestions. Thank you again - I have been machine knitting for nearly 2 years and I have learned so much from your videos. @@dianaknits

[@bendingwater9568]

I should add that right now I am using a Singer Chunky Machine - maybe I am doing something wrong. my ribbing is always tight (the "ribs" are always hidden behind the columns of "knits)

[@dianaknits]

Be sure to unravel knit stitches and reform them into purl stitches. Just leaving a needle out of work to create a little ladder does not leave enough yarn. It should be a little tight, and spring inward, but you should be able to see the grooves formed by the purl stitches. @@bendingwater9568

[@maquinadetricodeniseferreira]

Maravilha😻 😀👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😻

[@soraiaprst4784]

Obrigada por ensinar 💐

[@soraiaprst4784]

👏👏👏

[@veronicaL48]

Great video, what if I need to do this all the way around my sweater and won't fit on the bed at once, what do you do?

[@dianaknits]

You have to either do seams or make the ribbing the long way. Seams at typically at the top and ottom ends of a cardi front and at side seams.

[@soraiaprst4784]

Muito bom 🌷