this was the first tutorial that showed how to introduce a new color at the beginning of a work, which was super helpful for me. Most videos start at the middle of a swatch and switch colors with yarn already in the project. Thank you!
VeryPink, you are consistently the last video I watch on a subject, after trying out several others, unsuccessfully. After your clear instruction I need no other. You're a marvelous teacher. thank you.
Your video's are the best. I actually was able to teach myself how to knit just by watching your video's and now I'm a knitting addict! Thank you. I can't wait to start on this hat.
I'm still really new to knitting and I've learned a lot by purchasing patterns with accompanying tutorials, so I just want to thank you for this great video! I was a bit intimidated by colorwork but this tutorial made me realize it wasn't so bad!
"Catching" the yarn on the back of the work over the long floats means that you're twisting the two working yarns together, which yes - causes a twisted mess with your working yarns. It just is what it is, I'm afraid! I usually untwist my working yarns after each round, to keep it from getting out of control. Hope that helps!
I so love your tutorials and tips and everything. I'm learning how to knit all by myself and I can not begin to tell you how much your videos had helped me! Wish you all the best!
Thank you so much for your many, many helpful videos and patterns. Just bought this pattern yesterday and thanks to you I am not afraid of color work! You have helped me demystify knitting at several points where I've been frustrated. Thank you for taking the time to do this!
Yes - same process. You just want to be sure that you "catch" the float on the back of the work if the float is especially long, whether you have long floats in one or both colors. Good luck!
If you are working fair isle on any flat piece in stockinette, then you have to purl using fair isle on the wrong-side rows. When you are working in-the-round (knitting in tube, how this hat is worked) every row is knit, no purling.
You can weave in the ends whenever you like - either as you go (when you're finished with that color), or once the whole project is finished. Just be sure to weave the end into the same color in the work, so it doesn't show through on the front.
Thank you so much for your tutorial, I have been wanting to learn Fair isle and have done some but never understood the paper pattern with the graph so turned the page quickly. Isn't that silly. I watched your great work, you are very patient and slow enough to be to take it in. You are up there with the best of the many tutorials because you explain everything . L
Whoever taught you to knit, must have been a great knitter because they passed it onto you. Thank you so much, you are such a pleasure to have in my lounge. Stay packed because you will be here more often.
The scarf on the mannequin is called the Clapotis. I've added links to both that pattern, as well as the pattern to the sweater I'm wearing. You'll find them in the video description field, just below the video.
Hi Staci, first of all: LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your tutorials and podcast! You're a great teacher! Thank you so much! I'm just working my first Fair Isle hat and after trying several techniques (working with 2 colors at a time in the left hand with a knitting thimble, combining continental and English style,...), I ended up working every round twice. I knit across 1 round with one color and just slip the stitches of the other. The next round, it's just vice versa; I knit the stitches in the contrasting color and slip the stitches I just worked. That may sound weird but for me it's still faster than having to handle 2 colors at a time somehow.
I'm just starting my very first project (a scarf of course! ;) and you made this look so easy that I'm putting a few 'fair isle' snowflakes into it. Thank you!
@cathy47h Hi Cathy - you can weave in the contrasting yarn just like the main color yarn. Watch my video "Knitting Help - Weaving in Ends" (sorry, UA-cam won't let me give you a direct link, but you can search for it on my channel page. This video will show you how to weave in ends that don't show through on the front of the work. :)
All of the details about this project (including needles and yarn) are available on my website, and in the pattern. Just follow the link in the video description field (just below the video) for more info.
You really have to use your own judgement here, but I can tell you that I would try my hardest to "catch" the floats on the back of the work as much as possible so that I wouldn't have to break the yarn. Fewer ends to weave in at the end makes me a happy lady. :)
Thank you for explaining this so well. Many other video's of tried learning from just fly through the pattern or don't explain as well how to work the stitches. :)
I just found out something that makes me sad. I just bought an Alice Starmore book. It's her Charts for Color Knitting. I love her work. Unfortunately I never learned to knit English style or maybe it's called Continemtal Style. I'm nearly 70 years old, and I have always knit the "throw yarn around needle" I think it's called. Well, I'm working one of her charts and I'm only using 2 colours...well, let me tell you, this is really awkward. I've even forgotten how to hold the second colour in my left hand, which I uswd to know...decades ago. But, I'll carry on. I'm always encouraged by your videos!
Awesome video! I'm glad I have stumbled upon some of your tutorials while searching for help with free online patterns. But I think I'm going to buy a pattern just to support your work :-) Keep these great tutorials coming!
That is a beautiful hat and you are really good at explaining everything. One thing, though, for a hat floats are not to bad for a baby but floats are not safe in a sweater or any other baby item of clothing.
Also, I don't know if lots of people know about this, but I noticed that stitch patterns look just like video game sprites. So if you're having trouble finding a knit pattern for a kid or someone who just really loves video games too, you can search on google for the name of the character you want with the word Sprites and you might find their tiny characters. Use a paint program to zoom in, add a grid (with the View dropdown) and there you have your pattern. Avoid .jpg tho. They're too fuzzy.
I have started a different knitting project with an intricate design in two colors. it is pretty easy (all knit), but its my first fair isle knit. i was worried about pulling too tight on the trailers, and now its too loose-the new stitches are very loose & not pretty. I can tug on the trailers to make the stitches tighter, but now the loops are big....is this ok/is there a way to fix it? do i have to tear out & start over?
There are often tension issues when you're new to knitting fair isle, but I wouldn't get too concerned about it, as long as your floats are loose on the back of your work. My best advice to you is to knit fair isle in wool. Even if you have tension issues, wool is very forgiving, and when you wash and block your finished item, many of these issues will disappear! It's like magic.
Do you weave in the ends of the contrasting color when finished with the design? I'm about to work my first fair isle pattern. You make it look so easy. Thanks for a great video.
If my contrasting color is showing through in places, does that mean the floats are too loose, or?? It's not a problem with all of my stitches..just a couple here and there.
WormBabyZ - it's probably just your yarn...I'm crossing my fingers for you that blocking will take care of that. Sometimes lighter colored yarns aren't "lofty" enough to block out the floats of darker colors.
@soostark they look like 16 inches to me. It may sound long, but its really not. They *may* be 12 inches, but those are a little hard to find. I've done a baby hat on 16's before and it was short enough.
I've followed your advice on securing the yarns so that the float isn't too long, which works just fine but I've found that the yarns just get all tangled and twisted leading to the ball of yarn I'm working with. How do you deal with that when dealing with securing your floats?
Yes, part of knitting fair isle is untwisting the two balls of yarn every now and then, especially if you're securing a lot of floats. Just part of the knitting! :)
Mam.can you explain .that how can one decide,how much stiches one has to cast on for hat.I want to make a cap for my 4 years old grandson.I want to knitt the same pattern shown in your blough
When you are knitting with 3 colours and there is a significant break in one the use of one colour would you break the yarn off and add it in again later? Or just keep picking it up as long as you need?
Hi Staci: I bought the pattern and love the video. I have a beginner question. I am making the baby hat. The patterns says to do one round of the chart (which is rows 1-5) and then K 23 with a decrease. Does it mean that each time I knit one round of the color chart ( 5 repeats) that I then knit a row of the K23? How Many times do I repeat the chart? Thank you so much.
Bonnie - you want to completely finish the color chart before you begin decreasing. There are no decreases while you're working the color chart. You want to work all 13 rounds of the color chart, then knit one round, then begin the decreases. If you have more questions or need clarification, please email me directly at staci@verypink.com. UA-cam doesn't always notify me of replies, so if you reply here, I might not see it.
I love your videos! I bought the pullover sweater and made it fir my grandson., he's 4 now! He is getting a sis tear . I got an adorable sweater dress with a bunny on it from Bernat ( 530229)for her. I went to do the flat charting and got stuck. The pattern is in brackets and says it repeats. Do I keep knitting what I see on the pattern over until the end? It's not in a round and is 105 stitches with 8 stitch repeat. That's what I don't understand that last sentence! Can you help?
When you catch the longer floats by putting one strand over the other does that cause your yarn to become twisted up? I'm having that problem. The pattern I'm working has some incredibly long floats and each time I flop one strand of yarn over the other it becomes even more of a twisted mess, haha. Any way to avoid that? Untwisting is very time consuming. Thanks!
This vid is awesome! I am trying to make a different hat but i'm getting weird holes :( I love your vids they are so helpful especially because i'm teaching myself.
When we r replicating this pattern on a sweater then do we purl the stitches on the wrong side or continue following the colour chart irrespective of whichever side we are on. Thanks a lot! :)
How do you knit pattern repeats on a stranded colorwork chart that does not show a red box? I am working on a pattern that has a 6 stitch repeat with seven rounds but there is no redbox that shows the repeat .I don't understand what that means. Any help would be appreciated
Please contact the pattern designer for help with your question. They will understand their pattern better than I can, and good designers get back to you quickly with answers.
I have a question. What do I do with the end of the second yarn when I'm done the pattern? Will it be secure enough if I just weave it in as normal? Thanks!
Ok....I'm doing a pair of fingerless glove from Jimmy Beans Wool, I am changing the Utah color every 2 rows, within that 2nd row, I use the last color every other stitch....my question is....you didn't really explain when you start that new yarn, it's nit attached to anything....how do you secure it at the beginning? I'm having to do this every couple of rows and I'm quite nervous to have my stitches come out....can you help me out...I'll post the link for the pattern I'm doing. Thanks, Jacquie
Jacquie Hayes - if you are reattaching the same color of yarn every couple of rows (I believe that is what you are saying) that is unnecessary - you can just leave that color attached and "carry" it up on the rows you're not using it. It will save you weaving in a lot of ends! This video should help: ua-cam.com/video/fgB9iaMWvX0/v-deo.html
Hi Staci- I understand the instructions for the most part but am confused about the "pulling through". Can you confirm if what I'm seeing matches what I should be doing? It looks like after you work the CC float, you briefly flop that yarn to the front of the needle before putting back behind to continue knitting with the MC. When you use the MC, I can't tell if the same applies. At some points in the video it looks like you're bringing the beige yarn to the front, but at other points it looks like it stays behind. What is the purpose of "pulling through"-does it secure the float better? What should I be doing with the yarn at the end of the color change/floats? Should it be so that the new yarn strand does not cross over the first yarn strand? (And it case it helps, I'm a thrower, but not sure if that makes any difference). Thanks!!
I'm not sure what you're referring to, Sam Goldstein - I use the term "pull through" when I'm talking about completing a knit stitch. When working fair isle, I do "flop" one of the working yarns over the other to twist them together a bit, to keep the floats from getting too long on the back of the work.
At 2:52 it looks like you're positioning the yarn in front of the needle, almost like a purl but not exactly. That's what I meant to ask about. Is this something you do for both colors or just the CC? And is that where you twist the yarns, or is it behind the needle as you're about to knit?
Sam Goldstein - I see what you're saying. At 2:52 I pulled the CC working yarn forward between the needles, only to get it out of the way, so I could show the float I just made on camera.
+Anh Duong - all of the info you need to knit this cap, including color chart and cast-on numbers for the written sizes, is in the pattern: verypink.com/2011/01/13/learn-to-knit-fair-isle-baby-or-adult-cap/
I'm knitting a hat using a fair isle pattern that uses 2 colors on 1 round and on the 2nd round only uses the main color... Should I float the CC all the way around the 2nd round of just MC sts or should I carry the CC up to round 3 where it is used again? & I've never actually carried a color up the work I wasn't sure if that was something that is done in fair isle knitting... any advice you can give would be so greatly appreciated! I love your videos, you have been so helpful in my knitting journey! thank you soo much!! (:
If you have a round (or rounds) where the second color isn't used, you can just leave that working yarn at the beginning of the round, no need to carry it around all of the stitches. Then it is just carried straight up past the rounds it isn't used.
Well, that depends. If you are a left-handed knitter who knits the same direction I do, from the left needle to the right, then you read the chart as I explain. If you are a "mirror knitter", who knits from the right needle to the left, only then would you read the chart from L to R.
this was the first tutorial that showed how to introduce a new color at the beginning of a work, which was super helpful for me. Most videos start at the middle of a swatch and switch colors with yarn already in the project. Thank you!
VeryPink, you are consistently the last video I watch on a subject, after trying out several others, unsuccessfully. After your clear instruction I need no other. You're a marvelous teacher. thank you.
Arno Lowi - thank you, and you're welcome. :)
This series is the only series I could find that clearly and simply showed me how to fair isle, thank you so much.
I could not have begun my faire isle project without this video. You are a Godsend, thank you so much for such a clear video.
Your video's are the best. I actually was able to teach myself how to knit just by watching your video's and now I'm a knitting addict! Thank you. I can't wait to start on this hat.
I don't know what I would do without your tutorials! You explain so well! Thank you!
I'm still really new to knitting and I've learned a lot by purchasing patterns with accompanying tutorials, so I just want to thank you for this great video! I was a bit intimidated by colorwork but this tutorial made me realize it wasn't so bad!
"Catching" the yarn on the back of the work over the long floats means that you're twisting the two working yarns together, which yes - causes a twisted mess with your working yarns. It just is what it is, I'm afraid! I usually untwist my working yarns after each round, to keep it from getting out of control. Hope that helps!
I so love your tutorials and tips and everything. I'm learning how to knit all by myself and I can not begin to tell you how much your videos had helped me! Wish you all the best!
Thank you so much for your many, many helpful videos and patterns. Just bought this pattern yesterday and thanks to you I am not afraid of color work! You have helped me demystify knitting at several points where I've been frustrated. Thank you for taking the time to do this!
After watching your excellent tutorial, I think I'm ready to try color work knitting! Thank you so much!
Yes - same process. You just want to be sure that you "catch" the float on the back of the work if the float is especially long, whether you have long floats in one or both colors. Good luck!
If you are working fair isle on any flat piece in stockinette, then you have to purl using fair isle on the wrong-side rows. When you are working in-the-round (knitting in tube, how this hat is worked) every row is knit, no purling.
This is a wonderfully clear tutorial. Thank you. I now feel brave enough to start my fair isle project 🙂
You can weave in the ends whenever you like - either as you go (when you're finished with that color), or once the whole project is finished. Just be sure to weave the end into the same color in the work, so it doesn't show through on the front.
wow thankyou this was more useful than an online class that I bought, you are very clear when explaining, off to your blog to peruse
Thank you so much for your tutorial, I have been wanting to learn Fair isle and have done some but never understood the paper pattern with the graph so turned the page quickly. Isn't that silly. I watched your great work, you are very patient and slow enough to be to take it in. You are up there with the best of the many tutorials because you explain everything .
L
Whoever taught you to knit, must have been a great knitter because they passed it onto you. Thank you so much, you are such a pleasure to have in my lounge. Stay packed because you will be here more often.
My great-great aunt taught me how to knit when I was about five years old. She and I were really close. Thank you. :)
The scarf on the mannequin is called the Clapotis. I've added links to both that pattern, as well as the pattern to the sweater I'm wearing. You'll find them in the video description field, just below the video.
@faemprs Awesome. :) I'm so glad my videos are helping you. Thank you for taking the time to write such a nice comment.
Hi Staci, first of all: LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your tutorials and podcast! You're a great teacher! Thank you so much!
I'm just working my first Fair Isle hat and after trying several techniques (working with 2 colors at a time in the left hand with a knitting thimble, combining continental and English style,...), I ended up working every round twice.
I knit across 1 round with one color and just slip the stitches of the other. The next round, it's just vice versa; I knit the stitches in the contrasting color and slip the stitches I just worked. That may sound weird but for me it's still faster than having to handle 2 colors at a time somehow.
Thank you, I managed to grasp the basics of far isle knitting from this video and now I'm open to so much more knitting fun :D
Thank you so much, I am just starting to dive into the world of stranded knitting, this has helped a lot!
I'm just starting my very first project (a scarf of course! ;) and you made this look so easy that I'm putting a few 'fair isle' snowflakes into it. Thank you!
@cathy47h Hi Cathy - you can weave in the contrasting yarn just like the main color yarn. Watch my video "Knitting Help - Weaving in Ends" (sorry, UA-cam won't let me give you a direct link, but you can search for it on my channel page. This video will show you how to weave in ends that don't show through on the front of the work. :)
All of the details about this project (including needles and yarn) are available on my website, and in the pattern. Just follow the link in the video description field (just below the video) for more info.
You really have to use your own judgement here, but I can tell you that I would try my hardest to "catch" the floats on the back of the work as much as possible so that I wouldn't have to break the yarn. Fewer ends to weave in at the end makes me a happy lady. :)
Thank you for explaining this so well. Many other video's of tried learning from just fly through the pattern or don't explain as well how to work the stitches. :)
I just found out something that makes me sad. I just bought an Alice Starmore book. It's her Charts for Color Knitting. I love her work. Unfortunately I never learned to knit English style or maybe it's called Continemtal Style. I'm nearly 70 years old, and I have always knit the "throw yarn around needle" I think it's called. Well, I'm working one of her charts and I'm only using 2 colours...well, let me tell you, this is really awkward. I've even forgotten how to hold the second colour in my left hand, which I uswd to know...decades ago. But, I'll carry on. I'm always encouraged by your videos!
I’m a new knitter. Love your videos. Hope you do mittens at some point.
Awesome video! I'm glad I have stumbled upon some of your tutorials while searching for help with free online patterns. But I think I'm going to buy a pattern just to support your work :-) Keep these great tutorials coming!
This was so helpful! You are great at explaining. Thank you so much : )
thanks for the guidance on carrying the floats. I am always having trouble
That is a beautiful hat and you are really good at explaining everything. One thing, though, for a hat floats are not to bad for a baby but floats are not safe in a sweater or any other baby item of clothing.
Thank you so much!!! I've just gotten back into knitting and can't wait to try this.
You are such a great teacher!
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Also, I don't know if lots of people know about this, but I noticed that stitch patterns look just like video game sprites. So if you're having trouble finding a knit pattern for a kid or someone who just really loves video games too, you can search on google for the name of the character you want with the word Sprites and you might find their tiny characters. Use a paint program to zoom in, add a grid (with the View dropdown) and there you have your pattern. Avoid .jpg tho. They're too fuzzy.
Very helpful, thank you! I am making a hat that has 8 white stitches then 1 colored stitch so my floats were out of control!
Awesome!!!!! I feel far less intimidated after watching this. Cheers!
How are there other videos explaining fair isle that have more views than this? This is great.
I have started a different knitting project with an intricate design in two colors. it is pretty easy (all knit), but its my first fair isle knit. i was worried about pulling too tight on the trailers, and now its too loose-the new stitches are very loose & not pretty. I can tug on the trailers to make the stitches tighter, but now the loops are big....is this ok/is there a way to fix it? do i have to tear out & start over?
There are often tension issues when you're new to knitting fair isle, but I wouldn't get too concerned about it, as long as your floats are loose on the back of your work. My best advice to you is to knit fair isle in wool. Even if you have tension issues, wool is very forgiving, and when you wash and block your finished item, many of these issues will disappear! It's like magic.
Do you weave in the ends of the contrasting color when finished with the design? I'm about to work my first fair isle pattern. You make it look so easy. Thanks for a great video.
If my contrasting color is showing through in places, does that mean the floats are too loose, or?? It's not a problem with all of my stitches..just a couple here and there.
WormBabyZ - it's probably just your yarn...I'm crossing my fingers for you that blocking will take care of that. Sometimes lighter colored yarns aren't "lofty" enough to block out the floats of darker colors.
Thank you so much for your tips and clear instructions!
@soostark they look like 16 inches to me. It may sound long, but its really not. They *may* be 12 inches, but those are a little hard to find. I've done a baby hat on 16's before and it was short enough.
I've followed your advice on securing the yarns so that the float isn't too long, which works just fine but I've found that the yarns just get all tangled and twisted leading to the ball of yarn I'm working with. How do you deal with that when dealing with securing your floats?
Yes, part of knitting fair isle is untwisting the two balls of yarn every now and then, especially if you're securing a lot of floats. Just part of the knitting! :)
Mam.can you explain .that how can one decide,how much stiches one has to cast on for hat.I want to make a cap for my 4 years old grandson.I want to knitt the same pattern shown in your blough
hi there
can you tell me what size length the cable is on the needles you are using, i dont seem to be able to find any that small
many thanks
This video helped me tremendously. Thank you so much. Patty Durkee
When you are knitting with 3 colours and there is a significant break in one the use of one colour would you break the yarn off and add it in again later? Or just keep picking it up as long as you need?
Hi Staci: I bought the pattern and love the video. I have a beginner question. I am making the baby hat. The patterns says to do one round of the chart (which is rows 1-5) and then K 23 with a decrease. Does it mean that each time I knit one round of the color chart ( 5 repeats) that I then knit a row of the K23? How Many times do I repeat the chart? Thank you so much.
Bonnie - you want to completely finish the color chart before you begin decreasing. There are no decreases while you're working the color chart. You want to work all 13 rounds of the color chart, then knit one round, then begin the decreases. If you have more questions or need clarification, please email me directly at staci@verypink.com. UA-cam doesn't always notify me of replies, so if you reply here, I might not see it.
@@verypinkknits Thank you so very much!
Are you able to use fair isle and knit more than 2 colors on one row?
I love your videos! I bought the pullover sweater and made it fir my grandson., he's 4 now! He is getting a sis tear . I got an adorable sweater dress with a bunny on it from Bernat ( 530229)for her. I went to do the flat charting and got stuck. The pattern is in brackets and says it repeats. Do I keep knitting what I see on the pattern over until the end? It's not in a round and is 105 stitches with 8 stitch repeat. That's what I don't understand that last sentence! Can you help?
When you catch the longer floats by putting one strand over the other does that cause your yarn to become twisted up? I'm having that problem. The pattern I'm working has some incredibly long floats and each time I flop one strand of yarn over the other it becomes even more of a twisted mess, haha. Any way to avoid that? Untwisting is very time consuming.
Thanks!
This vid is awesome! I am trying to make a different hat but i'm getting weird holes :( I love your vids they are so helpful especially because i'm teaching myself.
When we r replicating this pattern on a sweater then do we purl the stitches on the wrong side or continue following the colour chart irrespective of whichever side we are on. Thanks a lot! :)
How do you knit pattern repeats on a stranded colorwork chart that does not show a red box? I am working on a pattern that has a 6 stitch repeat with seven rounds but there is no redbox that shows the repeat .I don't understand what that means. Any help would be appreciated
Please contact the pattern designer for help with your question. They will understand their pattern better than I can, and good designers get back to you quickly with answers.
I have a question. What do I do with the end of the second yarn when I'm done the pattern? Will it be secure enough if I just weave it in as normal? Thanks!
Yes, weaving it in as normal is fine.
@@verypinkknits Thank you!
Ok....I'm doing a pair of fingerless glove from Jimmy Beans Wool, I am changing the Utah color every 2 rows, within that 2nd row, I use the last color every other stitch....my question is....you didn't really explain when you start that new yarn, it's nit attached to anything....how do you secure it at the beginning? I'm having to do this every couple of rows and I'm quite nervous to have my stitches come out....can you help me out...I'll post the link for the pattern I'm doing. Thanks, Jacquie
Jacquie Hayes - if you are reattaching the same color of yarn every couple of rows (I believe that is what you are saying) that is unnecessary - you can just leave that color attached and "carry" it up on the rows you're not using it. It will save you weaving in a lot of ends! This video should help: ua-cam.com/video/fgB9iaMWvX0/v-deo.html
What is the name of the warp pattern that is behind you in this video? I have the perfect yarn for it.
Hi Staci- I understand the instructions for the most part but am confused about the "pulling through". Can you confirm if what I'm seeing matches what I should be doing? It looks like after you work the CC float, you briefly flop that yarn to the front of the needle before putting back behind to continue knitting with the MC. When you use the MC, I can't tell if the same applies. At some points in the video it looks like you're bringing the beige yarn to the front, but at other points it looks like it stays behind. What is the purpose of "pulling through"-does it secure the float better? What should I be doing with the yarn at the end of the color change/floats? Should it be so that the new yarn strand does not cross over the first yarn strand? (And it case it helps, I'm a thrower, but not sure if that makes any difference). Thanks!!
I'm not sure what you're referring to, Sam Goldstein - I use the term "pull through" when I'm talking about completing a knit stitch. When working fair isle, I do "flop" one of the working yarns over the other to twist them together a bit, to keep the floats from getting too long on the back of the work.
At 2:52 it looks like you're positioning the yarn in front of the needle, almost like a purl but not exactly. That's what I meant to ask about. Is this something you do for both colors or just the CC? And is that where you twist the yarns, or is it behind the needle as you're about to knit?
Sam Goldstein - I see what you're saying. At 2:52 I pulled the CC working yarn forward between the needles, only to get it out of the way, so I could show the float I just made on camera.
Ok, thank you! I figured I was probably overanalyzing things, but I didn't want to overlook some minute detail and mess things up :)
This was very helpful and I am glad i found it
you did not mention the size of the needles how long how many casts on for baby hat for adult hat I opened the link and none
All of the information, including the pattern, is available here: verypink.com/2011/01/13/learn-to-knit-fair-isle-baby-or-adult-cap/
how many stitches you need for a baby hat like that? n for adult also? tks in advance.
+Anh Duong - all of the info you need to knit this cap, including color chart and cast-on numbers for the written sizes, is in the pattern: verypink.com/2011/01/13/learn-to-knit-fair-isle-baby-or-adult-cap/
I'm knitting a hat using a fair isle pattern that uses 2 colors on 1 round and on the 2nd round only uses the main color... Should I float the CC all the way around the 2nd round of just MC sts or should I carry the CC up to round 3 where it is used again? & I've never actually carried a color up the work I wasn't sure if that was something that is done in fair isle knitting... any advice you can give would be so greatly appreciated! I love your videos, you have been so helpful in my knitting journey! thank you soo much!! (:
If you have a round (or rounds) where the second color isn't used, you can just leave that working yarn at the beginning of the round, no need to carry it around all of the stitches. Then it is just carried straight up past the rounds it isn't used.
Perfect! Thanks so much for the help, I love all your videos. You've definitely helped me grow pretty quickly as a knitter! :)
This is for right handers only though. If you are a left handed knitter, you read the chart left to right not right to left.
Well, that depends. If you are a left-handed knitter who knits the same direction I do, from the left needle to the right, then you read the chart as I explain. If you are a "mirror knitter", who knits from the right needle to the left, only then would you read the chart from L to R.
Can you do a basic hat for a newborn baby on circular needles.I only have 6mm circular needles.If you do it so much thanks to you.😄😄😄😄😄
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Vivian Tabler That’s my issue as well. I haven’t found a tutorial that explains it yet. Also, some stitches seem to disappear.
What brand of needles are you using? Thank you!
In this video I'm using Addi 16" circular needles.
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Short and sweet thank you
Thank you! This helps so much!!!
Great video, very clear.
So helpful! Thank you!
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