You know that episode of arthur where is grandma teaches him hoe to knit and then it’s like the salem witch trials only it’s the knitter trials and then he gets a badge with a k on it, he wakes up like NOOOOOOO because he was going to be burned at the stake.
Knitting Help?
Can you knitters explain something to me that I just can’t wrap my head around? So, I understand colour changes to a certain point. For example, I understand how to switch colours if say I’m making a scarf and I do 10 rows of black, 10 rows of white, 10 rows of black etc. That makes sense. BUT, when people do like 5 stitches of black, 2 stitches of white, 5 stitches of black etc in a single row, I just don’t understand that. Do you cut the end of the white yarn everytime you change it in the row or just drop it and pick it up later? And if you pick it up, wouldn’t that leave a long string of white across the black stitches because you didn’t cut it off? I hope this makes sense. -_-
What you’re describing is calledcolorwork.Colorwork is when you create a pattern using different colors of yarn.
There are many types of colorwork, but two are the most commonly used. Those types are called Fair Isle, and Intarsia.
When doing Intarsia, you cut the yarn to the length you need before you start knitting. If I were to knit something, say, Argyle, I would cut the length of yarn I would need for one diamond. At first, I would knit four stitches of black. On the next stitch, I would drape the end of my white yarn over the working black yarn. Then I would knit another stitch of black, pinning the white yarn to the back of your work. Next comes your first white stitch, and so on. You need to use a separate piece for each block of color, even the spaces between your diamonds.You can use as many colors as you would like while doing Intarsia.
Conversely, Fair Isle is traditionally only worked with two colors per row. It works with more, but this creates a weirdly thick fabric, and your yarn gets tangled more easily. Fair Isle is just as you described, there are strands of color behind your stitches, called floats, so the work is not reversible. You just switch as you please, and holes aren’t usually a problem. So, were I to knit argyle, I would simply use two balls of yarn and follow my pattern as I’m knitting. As opposed to Intarsia, it is easy to knit Fair Isle in the round.
You can find tons of colorwork patterns on the web, and once you get the hang of it, there’s tons of items you can create.
Oh man today I had an idea
WHAT IF I KNIT HATS THAT ARE COLORED LIKE CHARACTERS AND THEN SOLD THEM ON ETSY
like for example, a Phineas hat would be like
yeah
I’m not sure if this is legitimately a good idea or if I just want to knit a bunch of colorful hats
THAT IS A FUCKING WONDERFUL IDEA DO IT DO IT DO IT.
I’ve found a pattern I want to use for the lovely wool Holly sent me, I just don’t know how many balls it will take, and I only have 100 grams of it. How much dk yarn will a hat take? Hmm, i guess I will find out at the weekend!
About 100 grams. Maybe less.
