I only have one thing to add to these excellent tips. By knitting the sock inside out, you force the floats to take the longest path around the outside of the sock and make it easier to keep them loose enough. Just wondering: is it all the knitting that makes one wise (in that case there’s definitely hope for me) or does one need to be wise in the first place to be that good a knitter? The solution is luckily a very easy one: just turn your knitting inside-out so the floats are on the outside circumference while knitting! We were just talking about how sometimes people want to be victimized by their knitting (or whatever new thing they are learning). Stop trying to be perfect from the start. Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Further to that, a pattern like the one I’m working makes nice floats harder- sort of, because the starting and stopping places for the floats are stacking on top of each other. I love the mittens by the way . Great tips, though! Such a timely post – I am knitting my first colorwork mittens now and I’m feeling much better about them now than I was last night! After knitting so much last year, I've had a feeling that a slow down would hit me at some point. The leading cause of crappy looking colourwork is puckering – and that’s caused by tight floats. I’ve been doing it for 40 years and you’ve been doing it for 1 hour!”. Wasn’t it Maggie Casey who said that? It does take awhile. You’ll suck less.” line too… but could never put it in my signature line… people where I work don’t understand that kind of humor – it would offend! “Any way you could help me with my “SSK?” Damn decrease looks like a hangman. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. The chrysanthemum pattern on Knitty paired with some lovely Icelandic sheep wool is making me stay up too late while making a second attempt at two color stranded work. Found inside – Page 7Fair Isle, however, is knitted in the round, so the dot matrix printer analogy starts to fall apart. ... If you turn a piece of Fair Isle knitting inside out, you'll see all of those strands, which are also called floats. After you are done knitting, thread your tapestry needle and stitch all the ends along and inside the seam edges. Knitting inside out is way easier than it sounds and is a great way to manage tension on smaller items like mittens, hats, and socks. I love you. =Tamar. I have been quite afraid of stranded colorwork. Thanks for the pep talk. Good to remind myself the same goes for me and new knitting techniques. sigh. Now I have special tips to overcome my phobia and positively ought to practice. The colors, which match my winter coat perfectly; the intricate cuteness, which is charming and whimsical. Wish me luck!!! I am a continental knitter and I did NOT do this for the first swatch (because I’d done colorwork before and thought I was doing fine), then I followed Janine’s expert instructions for the next swatch. 4. I tend to suffer from the same delusion. 1. I wrote about these cupcake mittens and going on a yarn diet all in the same post. In the photo below, I have flipped the finished brim inside out and begun knitting in the opposite direction for the top of the hat. Honestly, I had felt so alone. No. Charts for Color Knitting (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace) The book is actually called 'Alice Starmore's Charts for color knitting - New and Expanded Edition' - where 'Dover knitting, crochet, tatting Lace' comes from is anyone's guess. Thank you! Turn your work inside-out. Oh, I just thought of something else that comes into play when knitting the 2 handed fair-isle technique. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. 6. Found insideSome might think this beanie is inside-out. In classic colorwork knitting, floats refer to the strands of yarn that run behind your work allowing you to change colors midrow. This beanie's “floats” are on the outside. And Carolyn, I think you sound fun- and I am not trying to sound stalkerish either . My first 2 attempts at colorwork sucked, so I have never tried again. Thank you for this, I shall definitely have a go when I’ve finished my SIP. Check out my first… Continue reading My First Video Knitting Tutorial! Cheers, Barbie O. re. It is a skill I never even tried, because I assumed I would be crap at it, because I have clumsy arthritic fingers. I am crazy about Fair Isle and colorwork. I mean, you’ve been trying this new skill for 10 minutes. Makes me wish I could be a writer even more. Found inside – Page 25Change to MC and work around in St st until for 27"/68.5cm above last row of colorwork (center of scarf). Turn piece inside out and weave in ends. Unravel provisional cast-on ... AMERICAN SWEDISH INSTITUTE COLLECTION Rnds 3–34: Knit. “Keep trying and you’ll suck less” Have you tried Portuguese Knitting? Your pictures aren’t really crappy, nor is your advice or knitting. your mitten . After three Mobius socks and some borked ribbing I thought socks were beyond me. When I knit fair isle, if the float is more than 1 stitch, I use one of the fingers on my right hand (I’m a Continental knitter, so the right hand remains on the right needle) to elongate the float (by pushing the yarn down or sticking the finger between the float and the fabric) as I knit my first stitch with the floated yarn. It may work. I ask my other (older) students about how they first learned how to drive and how they might have thought every turn, stop, or parking job they did was crappy, but with time they improved. These are really great tips and they really go a long way to making colourwork less intimidating. Any way you could help me with my “SSK?” Damn decrease looks like a hangman. Make sense? Why can’t I just pick it up and be great at it?’ Hollywood has a lot to answer for. Inevitably it’s always the adults that have the most problems with their progress. 2. Thanks again for your positive outlook and encouragement. To be honest it’s slower work with more chances for it to show through on the right side, but, no floats. If you spread the stitches out nicely while you make the float and make it even a little longer than you think you need, you’ll probably be a lot happier. Thank you. I have not tried colorwork yet because I have so little knitting time and want to produce more than one product per year! I’ve been working on colourwork mitts since august and I’m getting much better. Found inside – Page 85of MC Monique and garment inside out , weave side and sleeve seams from " bump to bump " with loose tension and matching stripes . Turn pullover to right side . Weave seams tog again with zigzag stitches , catching edge on either side ... Have you woven in your ends? If I may add to your list, carrying your yarn consistently — keeping the color you wish to be dominant on the bottom and the background color on the top as you work — also helps the finished look. Sure.. you suck. 7. This prevents long hanging floats, which are easier to snag when you’re putting the garment on. Then stretch it sideways. You should have it absolutely mastered by now. Carole. Reminders that doing new things means not being excellent until after a lot of practice is the sort of thing that’s better in an email quoting a third party than said directly by one’s own mother, right? I’m sure in this case practice means perfect!!! Even the most brilliant among us have to learn something. We emailed back and forth, and it turned out that what was happening was that she was working a colourwork mitten (these ones, if you want to know) and that she’d ripped out her work about sixteen times before finishing even a single mitten, all because she was really unhappy with how it looked. I think I may have to stop reading you!! Thank you, thank you! When carrying both yarns in the left hand, you may need to use your thumb to hold the floating yarn (blue) out of the way. Thanks for the tips. Oh, God. Thank you! Thank you. ( Log Out /  Catching the yarn around the back every 3 stitches or so, i mean. I didn’t try colorwork again for YEARS!!! Dude, that was a timely, timely lesson. I’ve knit a couple of pairs of socks that way and it really makes all of the difference in the world. Thanks. So true, age and practice have combined to make me a lot more patient with my knitting, and anyways, ripping it out means I get to spend more time knitting and less time cleaning :0), Thanks for the note of sanity. To a beginner knitter, colorwork can seem like a challenging task. Andrea Mowry's Weekender is a great choice for an oversized, boxy sweater with a modern feel. Here's a trick I use for every round of stranded colorwork that I knit on my socks: I flip the sock inside out, then knit these rounds. However, I learned to do color work using both hands, so that was great, but it was weird that the smaller the gauge the nicer the tension. The lovely people at Philosopher’s Wool also have an online video tutorial on their 2-handed Fair Isle method, and catching all your floats. The XL should measure 22 inches when finished and that should fit my head nicely. However I’m just about to start again: I’m still scared but I’m determined to master sock knitting and what’s more I’m going to enjoy it! I have high hopes for it relaxing after blocking in a few spots. :o). (I love my mother. thanks for the reminder about persevering through a new skill! @ Cooknitwine, it’s not even so much the number of stitches (three bulky stitches can cover a lot more territory than eight laceweight ones) as it is distance, to wit, an inch [or so. Perfect timing (yet again) on the lesson post. I am printing this and adding to my knitting binder. This hat will have a different look because of the yarn, but that’s okay because I also love this type of wool. I’ve actually learned that by turning the work inside out and carrying the floats on the outside of the work helps to loosen them up a bit, at least for me. , Thank you so much for the last paragraph, it can also apply to a teaching practicum! I’ve caught up! And if you knit them inside out, they will potentially pucker less as the floats will be looser What’s the point then? It also creates fabrics that are warmer and more durable than single-color knitting. My floats and knitting were good but I had forgotten that I tend to be a very tight knitter and have to learn to knit much looser for colorwork. You’ll likely suck less tomorrow. Yet I am mentally prepairing myself for doing my first piece of colorwork which will likely be a pillow front….easy, square, and not that important…instead of a piece of clothing that I will freak out about because I am giving it to a loved one who will hate it because I don’t know what I am doing yet. Lovely beer mittens. What about wrapping floats? Then gently squeeze out the water, roll in a towel, then stomp on the towel to get most of the water out. Knit the exact same instructions with bigger needles and thicker yarn to make adult-sized mittens to keep your hands warm.Stranded colorwork is made with only knit stitches and … A watch cap is pretty simple to make, and can be quite boring once the casing on is done. When knitting colorwork socks (aka fair isle or stranded), a common problem is keeping tension on the floating yarn from being too tight, especially when going from one needle to the other. I’m a super tight knitter and it took me at least 4 or 5 colorwork projects to even come close to having normal floats (they are still a little tight). Fair Isle Sweaters Simplified should be available in most Canadian libraries. In my case it was impossible to knit this sweater on a good condition using only one size. When knitting stranded colorwork inside out it's much easier to keep the tension as the floating strands are stretched out on the outside of the work. It can be blocked to rethink it’s position more easily than other, less malleable fibres, and responds way more to subtle suggestions. We’re always going deeper in what we’re able to feel & refining what we know, always figuring things out just a little more each time. My dear sweet mother (she’s been gone for many years and I still hear her good advice calling to me) used to tell me when she was teaching me things and I would get frustrated…”you know I’d be mighty annoyed if you WERE as good as I am at doing this (sewing, baking, whatever it was). And then do another. I think this’ll encourage the newbies to hop on the stranded-colour train and help those of us who have been on awhile and are wondering if we should get off. So thanks for that – apparently even she views you as an authority on knitting. This is exactly what I need to know that I’ll do colourwork sooner than later. The truth is, that if you’re brand new to a skill, you probably suck. For some reason I always have to review notes on how to create the braid and usually I begin doing it incorrectly!
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