Version 2: Skirt with plissee

With this variant the pleats are worked starting in the center of the pattern, directly neighboring and without intermediate knitting.

I. Generate pattern and shape for a plissee skirt:

    1
    Generate a New pattern via File / New menu bar.
    2
    Select machine type.
    3
    Select Basic pattern (pattern without shape) and Design Pattern.
    4
    Set pattern size and select the Front stitch basic pattern.
    5
    Select the start Tubular with draw thread end for the beginning.
    6
    Confirm the settings with Generate Design Pattern.

II. Create shape:

    1
    Call up the M1plus Shape Editor via the Shape / Shape Editor (Generate or Edit Shapes)... menu.
  1. The dialog box will be opened.
    2. 2
    Generate a new shape in the shp format via File / New.
    -  or  -
    Click the icon.
    3
    Create a basic shape element:

Example:

Basic element:

    4
    Allocate narrowing and fading out to the edge lines:

edge lines
numbers

General tab

Tab
Fading-out

Tab
Narrowing

3, 5, 7, 9, 11

Narrowing

Module:
No needle action

Plissee

4, 6, 8, 10, 12

 

Module:
No needle action

 

    5
    Enter the value 210 in the shape edge no.3 in the Width \\\ column
  1. A module with the width of 20 needles will be inserted for plissee.
    6
    Enter the value 190 in the Width --- column in order to place the module at the right position.
  1. The module will be inserted 190 needles to right from the left edge.
    The step width is 20. Therefore, the right-most needle of the module is located exactly in the pattern center on needle 210.
    7
    Call-up the shape attributes Fading-out of this shape edge.
    8
    Allocate the No needle action module from the Module Explorer of Database under Stoll / Basic pattern to the Structure single jersey knitting mode.
    9
    Call-up the shape attribute Narrowing of this shape edge.
    10
    Select the Plissee module for Structure single jersey.
    11
    Define a higher stepping as the narrowing width (step 20) for the edge line under Binding-off from step.
    12
    Enter the value 190 in the shape edge no. 5 in the Width \\\ column
    13
    Enter the value 160 in the Width --- column.
  1. The module is inserted 160 needles to right of the left edge. This way the most-right needle of the module is located with a distance of 10 from the pattern center.
    14
    Define the same attributes for the other shape edges no. 7, 9 and 11 and complete the shape table.
    15
    Allocate the No needle action module from the Module Explorer of Database under Stoll / Basic pattern to the shape edges no. 4,6,8,10 and 12 by fading-out the Structure single jersey knitting mode.
    16
    Save the shape via the File / Save or Save As… menu.
  1. The shape will be saved in the shp format.
    17
    Close the M1plus Shape Editor with .

Presentation of the fading-out and narrowing distances

Overview presentation for plissee transferring

II. Placing the shape in the pattern:

    1
    Load shape via Shape / Open and Position Shape....
  1. The Open dialog box will be displayed.
    2
    Specify the path and select the desired shape in the shp format.
    3
    Click the Open button.
  1. The shape is laid on the pattern.