How to Knit Slip-Stitch Colorwork

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[@mariehansen2534]

You make it so easy, I am getting very good at ripping back. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@creampeonies2417]

cant i use a fair isle chart for slip stitch colorwork? if yes, how would i go about it? thank you in advance

[@allisonkorleski73]

No. The beauty of slip stitch is that you only knit one color per round (if knitting in the round) or every 2 rows (if knitting flat). You drop the yarn you are not using at the beginning of the round/first row and pick it up again on the next round (row). In Fair Isle, you carry both yarns as you knit the round (row). In that case, you carry the unused yarn at the back, forming a "float." Hope this helps!

[@erikabutterfly]

If you're working in the round you could try it. Fair Isle only has two colors per round with no more than five stitches of one color in a row. Basically you have to work each round twice. For example if your fair isle pattern is yellow and green you will start with yellow, knitting all the yellow stitches of round 1 and slipping the stitches that will be green with the yarn in back. Just like with stranded colorwork you need to be careful not to let the floats get too tight. Then you drop the yellow yarn and pick up the green, working round one again. This time you knit the stitches that the chart says should be green and you slip the stitches with the yarn in back that the chart says are yellow. Wgen you've done that you've completed round one of the chart. I hope this helps! Let me know if there was something you didn't understand!