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I was inspired by ridelikethewind’s scarf done in this stitch pattern. It has a very crochet look about it.

Edit: I have learned from ridelikethewind that the author of the pattern from which she learned the stitch is Angela McGregor from Australia.

I used Caron Cakes in Gelato. This is the first time I’ve used the Caron Cakes yarn, and I’m really not in love with it. In fact, I don’t really even like it that much. I had hoped the color changes would be more subtle. They’re very abrupt, and leave me thinking that if I wanted stripes I’d be better off simply using different shades of yarn of my own choosing. Oh, well.

I do, however, love this stitch pattern, and will do a scarf using it on the standard gauge machine soon.

Cast on an uneven number of stitches, and then transfer in the following pattern: Leave stitches in 2 end needles on both ends. Transfer next, and then every other stitch to the next needle (either direction).

Set up should be like this, I is a needle in work, O is a needle out of work. IIOIO………..OIOII

For this piece I use the Brother 260, bulky machine, cast on L41-R40 and knit with T8 throughout.

K 3 R
Pick up the second down needle-out-of-work float and place in hook of needle away from carriage.
K 3 R

A few things I found helped the process.

1. Prior to knitting the first of 3 rows, pull all needles in work out to hold.
2. Prior to lifting stitches, bring all needles in work to position D, push fabric back toward bed, thus opening all latches, and then pull fabric forward, into hooks. (CAUTION - do not bring needles past D position, or stitches can fall behind hooks, and then, when fabric is pulled forward, they will come off the needles.) This helps to reduce the tendency of the lifted yarn to pop over the gate pegs. Check after K3R for stitches that are hung up on gate pegs.
3. With a bit of practice, you can use the 3-prong transfer tool to lift 2 stitches at once. Insert 2 prongs in the segment away from the carriage, and 1 prong in the segment toward the carriage. You may find you have to use a single transfer tool on the last few stitches.