Join to work in the round, being careful not to twist. Stranded, intarsia, and reversible twocolor double knitting. Stranded or fair isle knitting patterns consist of repeated multicolor motifs. Knitting with two colors is a slim book that does the impossible and more. Equipped with the basics of stranded colorwork knitting. The pink version of my new nordic easter egg knitting pattern uses two shades of dale baby ull yarn. Mittens in a blink, quick and easy ladies mittens with a nice fit, knit in quick and cozy super bulky wool yarn. The knitsonik stranded colourwork sourcebook shows you how to translate everyday things into stranded colourwork. There are a number of ways to trap, and we deal with it in our books, knitting with twocolors, and armenian kitting. One of the reasons i love knitting is that it gives me a chance to enjoy a different type of book that is both functional and practical. Although there are other more allencompassing books out there, i appreciate leaning over ms. Stranded knitting catching long floats posted on january, 2016 by knit purl demonstrated in twohanded knitting for catching yarn held in right hand background color and left hand mainpattern color. This is a short clip from our full video, the original philosophers twohanded fair isle and other stories which offers many more instructional techniques. For those of you with broadband cable or dsl internet connections, the streaming video of ann teaching the two handed fair isle technique is now available.
I finished it in 1987 and the book was published in 1988. Stranded colorwork knitting, recognizable by allover patterning or bands of color motifs, is prominent in many knitting traditions around the world and continues to inspire countless more iterations of creative colorplay today. Jul 28, 2015 the essential guide to color knitting techniques. Stranded, intarsia, and reversible two color double knitting. A native of the pacific northwest, she shares a wee little house there with her husband, two children, some scottish terriers, and more yarn than is strictly necessary. This lovely book is part knitting pattern book, part sock knitting instruction manual and part history book. This video is a slow walkthrough of a simplified version of knitting fair isle, which is perfect for beginners who really want to make fair isle patterns as soon as possible. Stranded knitting is a type of knitting where multiple usually two colors are used in a single row or round to create a pattern. Stranded knitting on a desserted island cat bordhi. She shares interesting details about historic socks that she has learned from perusing various museum archives and historical society materials.
Multicolor yarns, plain and textured stripes, entrelac and double knitting. I had the great good fortune of being stranded knitting with lucy neatby on the desserted plenty of chocolate in the cupboard tancook island, off the nova scotian coast near halifax, where lucy has a cottage on a hill above the sea. Of those outlined above, you will see all are considered colorwork knitting, but only one is actual fair isle. The purplishblue version uses offwhite baby ull for the background and lupine mulberry meadow, a new, variegated superwash merino mulberry silk blend, for the motif. Fair islestranded knitting tutorial the spruce crafts. Fair isle style, a contemporary collection of 20 designs from 18 popular designers, and the colorwork stitch dictionary 150 scandinavian motifs. Oct 29, 20 this colorwork style, as some of you may already know, is known as stranded knitting. Some islands are deserted, meaning nothing much is there. In just 64 pages you learn how to knit effectively, efficiently, and effortlessly with two colors. You carry both colors only on those rows that have the dots that is, rows 1 and 5 of the 8row pattern repeat. Stranded knitting positioning the yarns knit purl hunter. Feb 14, 2010 stranded knitting is made easy and quick with one yarn held in each hand.
Stranded knitting is made easy and quick with one yarn held in each hand. This is a short clip from our full video, the original philosophers two handed fair isle and other stories which offers many more instructional techniques. The secret behind knitting the beautiful designs in stranded colorwork is in the stranding. One of the results of my efforts was the header for this blog. Fair isle knitting, also known as stranded colorwork knitting, is a technique for working two or more colors of yarn in the same row. Feb 26, 2017 this video is a slow walkthrough of a simplified version of knitting fair isle, which is perfect for beginners who really want to make fair isle patterns as soon as possible. Theres plenty here to delight most knitters stranded knitting, double knits, intarsia and a wealth of charts to get you started. Michele bernstein teaches the basics of stranded knitting with two colors in the round. Aug 18, 20 two handed stranded colorwork tutorial i have taught more classes on two handed stranded colorwork than on any other kind of knitting. Leapmans shoulder, as it were, to observe how she plays with color. However, when knitting other types of colorpattern, i frequently find long carries, and employ trapping to catch the carried color in the middle of the span. The finishing, button loops, button bands and pewter buttons all come together to make it, well, a blue ribbon winner at the 2007 minnesota state fair. Im especially tickled because its the biggest project ive done in my new studio, it fulfills a reward for the kickstarter campaign that helped build the studio, and it helps prepare a vip client for the exact sweater she wants to design when she gets here next month.
Designing stranded motifs is actually rather easy the. Add style and flare to your wardrobe or create gifts your friends and family will cherish for years with these creative colorwork knitting patterns below. This is an historic book because it marks the very first time that instructions for stranded knitting with steeks appeared in print. Icelandic sweaters are knit on size 10 needles with chunky yarn. The other side is the reverse color scheme, with the background dark and the flower light. Using two strands of yarn at a time enables the knitter to create designs, or motifs, in the knitted fabric. This technique is also referred to as true fair isle, from the island located between scotland and norway where the intricate fair isle style of knitting with multiple colors originated.
I was asked to write it in 1985 by a us publisher and it took me two years to complete. Positioning options are demonstrated for twohanded, onehanded continental and onehanded westernstyle throwing. To work from a chart it will be necessary to copy the chart to a separate page, or to weight the pages to keep the book open. Our directory links to free knitting patterns only. This technique is aimed at english american style knitters and is a snap to learn. Knitting with two colors meg swansen and amy detjen, cully swansen on. Fair isle knitting for beginners easy method to knit. Youll be able to recognize it, see multiple examples, and understand how the term stranded knitting is related to fair isle knitting. This was an excellent overview of the major colorwork techniques.
Fair isle or stranded knitting is a fun and relatively easy way to add color to your projects by working with two different colors of yarn repeatedly in the same row, keeping both strands connected to the work at all times. Mary jane grew up in seattle, where theres a large scandinavian community, as well as a vibrant community of knitters. This is such an excellent example of a steeked cardigan sweater. The colorwork chart eases you in with two colors in each round and then steps things up with three colors in each round. And every bit of stranded knitting of boils down to a simple rhythmone color in your right hand, the second color in the other. It is also used for fair isle knitting where, although there are many colours in a project, there are only ever two colours used in one round of knitting. It also creates fabrics that are warmer and more durable than singlecolor knitting. But sometimes patterns that were available for free become paywalled later. Follow the instructions in the swatching for circular knitting section of our swatching 101 article to learn more. It was a quick, easy, stranded knit in dale garns new cotinga, a heavenly blend of 70% merino 30% alpaca. Reviewed in the united states on february 17, 2020. Youll need three differentcolored 50g balls of cotinga, or your favorite, soft, compressible worsted weight yarn.
Try knitting a stranded swatch with this simple pattern, which creates little polka dots of color. The position of the yarns in the hand determines which color is dominant in the design. Shes the author of two new books featuring colorwork. The colors that are not worked are carried along the back until they are used again. Her first book, rugged knits, is empowering numerous knitters to fill their closets with their own practical, wearable handmade sweaters and accessories. This knitting book celebrates such everyday things as bricks, biscuit tins and fruitcake, and show you how to turn them into things you can wear and admire. Carrying two colors for the knitter whose primary style of knitting is left handed or european both colors can be carried on the left hand. Since i have a tendency to use stranded colorwork in my designs, i thought id write about an element of stranded colorwork that often gets overlooked. These patterns are particularly wellsuited for practicing stranded colorwork as theyre smaller projects, worked in the round, and feature motifs that dont require working with more than two strands or colors of yarn in the same round. The volume begins with some basics, there are primarily three types of knitting books. As i mentioned in my preface post, most stranded colorwork also referred to by some as fair isle involves. This colorwork style, as some of you may already know, is known as stranded knitting.
Andrea is a pattern designer who has now authored two knitting books, both of which were published with interweave press. This allows you to carry the yarn you arent knitting with across the back of the work as you go. The way to nudge yourself to try stranded knitting is to look at beautiful fair isle things. As i mentioned in my preface post, most stranded colorwork also referred to by some as fair isle involves working rows with two, and no more than two, colors at a time. This is the most traditional and favoured method of managing yarn for twocolour stranded knitting.
Jan 06, 2016 the position of the yarns in the hand determines which color is dominant in the design. Mary jane mucklestone is a wonderful knitter and designer who has been greatly influenced by scandinavian knitting, which is twocolor stranded knitting. My heart has now put down roots on tancook and nothing, not even the gale force winds that stranded us. Twohanded stranded colorwork tutorial i have taught more classes on twohanded stranded colorwork than on any other kind of knitting. Reversible twocolour double knitting ann kingstone. Stranded colorwork knit stitch patterns archives studio knit. The technique can be used to form knitted tubes, selflining hats and mittens, doublesided blankets and scarves, or to impress knitting friends by working two socks at the same time on one set of needles. The twohanded fair isle technique philosophers wool. Knitting perfectly neat stranded colorwork is a skill that requires a bit of practice. It is fun to knit and easy once you get the hang of it. Stranded knitting catching long floats knit purl hunter.
Mary scott huff, a nationally recognized knitting designer and teacher, is the author of the new stranded colorwork. You carry both colors only on those rows that have the dots that is, rows 1 and 5 of the 8. Tips for stranded colorwork knitting the spruce crafts. They make you want to grab some yarn and knitting needles and get knitting. Though at first sight it appears incredibly complicated, you can soon learn to knit stunning stranded colourwork with the help of this beautiful book.
For this technique, you change two or more colors frequently throughout a row to create a pattern. Jun 06, 2017 stranded knitting is a type of knitting where multiple usually two colors are used in a single row or round to create a pattern. See more ideas about knitting, knitting patterns and fair isle knitting. I had the great good fortune of being stranded knitting with lucy neatby on the desserted plenty of chocolate in the cupboard tancook island, off the nova scotian coast near halifax, where lucy has a cottage on a hill.
This is the perfect small project for working on your technique as its relatively fast to make. Stranded colorwork knit stitch patterns by studio knit. The aim of this book as stated by the authors was to provide an extension to the techniques section from megs book, sweaters from camp, and to empower any knitter with all the techniques to design and knit your own stranded colorwork sweater. Using colourwork in knitting enables you to paint pictures with yarn imagine the possibilities.
Mary jane mucklestone is a wonderful knitter and designer who has been greatly influenced by scandinavian knitting, which is two color stranded knitting. After youve mastered the basic techniques for stranded color knitting, the real fun can begin. I became a stranded addict, and learned a thing or two along the way, a few principles that i want to share with you in this post. Learn the basics of knitting including knitting with two colors, elizabeths percentage system eps for sweater design, yoke style sweaters, dropshoulder sweaters, and knitting garter stitch, lace, arans, guernseys, and fair isles. Multicolor yarns, plain and textured stripes, entrelac and double knitting, stranding and intarsia, mosaic and shadow knitting, 150 color patterns radcliffe, margaret on. Reversible two colour double knitting double knitting is a traditional technique that produces two layers in one piece of knitting. Reversible twocolour double knitting double knitting is a traditional technique that produces two layers in one piece of knitting. Fair isle or stranded knitting is a fun and relatively easy way to add color to your projects by working with two different colors of yarn repeatedly in the same row.
The author of oneskein wonders taps into the expertise of knitting designers across the country to present an allnew compendium of 101 enchanting projects, organized according to yarn weight, for knitters of all skill levels, featuring an array of hats, scarves, bags, shawls, and many other fashion and home accessories. For those of you with broadband cable or dsl internet connections, the streaming video of ann teaching the twohanded fair isle technique is now available. To swatch for a stranded colorwork motif, we recommend the speed swatching method for circular knitting. Oct 07, 2011 stranded knitting on a desserted island posted october 7, 2011 some islands are deserted, meaning nothing much is there. Fair isle knitting for beginners easy method to knit with 2. One of the many reasons we love this technique is that it creates a visually intricate fabri. My stepbystep illustrated tutorials and friendly text make.
Positioning options are demonstrated for two handed, onehanded continental and onehanded westernstyle throwing. Her first book, 200 fair isle motifs, was an instant classic and has been translated into many languages. Theyre all now instantly downloadable and theyre all for personaluse only. Create colorful textures with written instructions, knitting charts, and video tutorials.
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