Mattress Stitching & Servicing a Dubied Machine

The Peak of my day at placement is i learnt how to service a dubied machine and overcame a independent task that i was struggling with.

I sewed in some more (sewing ends- sewing in the ends of yarn not within the knitting) ends today however due to the nature of the yarn laddering, I had to burn the ends of the yarn and conceal it. I also sewed the shoulder panels to some Cap sleeves using the mattress stitch. It was rather complicated to master the task as i had to figure out how it was sewn from a existing fully finish garment.

I have to say that once i understood the technique, i wanted to carry on with the task. However the Dubied 12gg Machine needed servicing. Lucky me!!!

This is a Dubied knitting machine

The pitt of my day was the bad backache, i came home with today and yesterday.

We began the process of servicing the dubied at 4:00PM, i left placement at 6Pm with the front bed high butts remaining to be cleaned.


I will say that servicing a dubied machine is very time consuming but i approached the task with enthusiasm and was pleased that i managed to clean the entire back bed high butts, low butts and also the front low butts.

An example of needles on a dubied

I cannot wait to go to the studio to finish mattress stitching each cap sleeve 7 times.

I am expecting next week to be very busy, long hours and all in the aide of meeting a huge target deadline. to some this may seem like a plain tasks but i am very passionate about knitwear and keen to absorb the full experience. It is key as this is my career goal.

I am keen to learn how a label operate, everything knit related, manufacturing a collection, time management.

 Alice thus far, is teaching me quite a bit.