YoungFolk Knits Podcast: The Colorwork Episode | Catching Floats | My Alpenglow Sweater
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2022
- The colorwork Episode
#alpenglow #drkalpenglow #rhinebecksweater
Let’s chat all about colorwork!
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Quince and Co Chickadee www.woolandcompany.com/yarn/f...
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Spincycle dyed in the wool spincycleyarns.com
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Blizzard Jessica McDonald www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
Beginner mosaic knitting patterns:
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Intarsia knitting fox: www.ravelry.com/projects/Kaci...
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Loved this episode - I laughed out loud about having the correct stitch count at the end of a color work row-so relatable 😂
I’m literally always shocked. Haha. Every single time
I have no actual interest to try colorwork but I’m watching this video anyway because you make anything relaxing and stress-free and I’m HERE 👏 FOR 👏 THAT 👏
I can so relate to the "I can't believe I did it right " phenomenon. It's like a long shot win!
Loved this episode as usual. Loved the part about getting to the end of the row with the correct stitch…ALL THE TIME! 😂😂
Omg those clementine socks you’re designing are SO cute 🥹
Thank you, Ahna!!!
Your grasp of the knitting world is awesome! Great episode. I switched my dominant as I watched, tsk, tsk me. Great episode.
SO helpful, especially the ball management tips, thank you!! I‘ve just knit my first colorwork hat. For me, that was a good place to start. I am equally astounded as you when I come to the end of a lace row and have the correct stitch count😅. It makes me so happy, that I rush headlong into the next row 😊.
Yes, This episode was different but I enjoyed it very much. I know it is very late here in Australia and so I will be watching the video again. Have a great crafting week. 👋🏻🐨🦘
Thank you so much! You have a great week, too!
Great episode...so much information.
Your sweater and the colors look so good on you
Thank you.
I love the Knit Companion app to follow my charts and patterns!
Very informative episode ; your colorwork information helped booster my confidence. I feel now more in control of my knitting when working colorwork. Thanks
I am pretty new to colorwork, and I started with Jessica McDonald's Blizzard sweater that you showed! I am about to finish my 2nd one, and I'm also working on her Snowy Shawl! Her patterns and videos were so helpful and now I feel like a pro and all I want to knit is colorwork 🤣
Hi Kaci, I am loving your channel. Thanks so much! My absolute MUST for charted knitting is a magnetized pattern holder (knit picks and Cocoknits both sell them). It holds your chart, and a magnetized strip moves along keeping the current row underlined.
Thanks for all the great content! BTW, I am also currently knitting the Alpenglow.
Thank you! I have been catching my floats wrong. I recently made a few hats with Jamieson and Smith and didn’t catch a single float even on the 7 stitch spaces, it is fine and actually looks better then when I used to catch them. But I was doing it completely wrong🤣 .
The Rock It tee is fingering weight/mohair stripes, same with Joji's Lace & Face boxy. I love them both!
Great colors and tips!
This video is absolutely super useful!!! Thank you so much for sharing🤎😍🙏🏼🤎and I love your socks!!
Thank you Martina 😍 you are so kind
I do the exact same thing when I'm nearing the end of a colorwork row. I'll be mentally counting ahead to see if I have the right stitches, and then it always feels like a victory when it works out perfectly!
Yes!! Every. Time. Hahaha I’m shocked every time 🤣
Love your socks!!
Great episode
STACY! Hello! 🤩Thank you for watching 💕
@@YoungfolkKnits
I’m currently working on an Alaska hat, which I think is the perfect beginner color work project. I too am amazed when I end on the right stitch and do a little celebration in my head. :)
I can never believe it If the row works out haha
I thought I was the only one who got excited at the end of a row when it works 😂
Every time! Haha
Thank you so much for making this episode really informative and helpful. I have sports weight a plenty in my stash think Alpenglow could be my next project. Best wishes Frances. X
I can’t wait to have a minute this weekend to kick back and watch this!!!
What a great video. Thank you ☺️ I am going to have to be very brave when I next knit colourwork and NOT catch my floats so often - eek!
Thank you for watching!!
I love your shows Kaci. you have a beautiful aesthetic. Love your socks, i definitely want to make them, cheers!
Thank you!!!
So many great tips and I just LOVE your Alpenglo 😍
Thank you! Nikki!!
My favorite new Podcaster!
Aww 🥹 thank you!!
Just about to start my first one. Fingers crossed. Thanks for the tips x
Kaci as always, such a joy to watch your podcast. I listened and learned while working on some mosaic knitting! I love your affinity with tumblers - they are "a thing" for sure. I fully support any tool that helps us stay hydrated. Honestly... those clementine socks you're designing have me short-circuiting! I am not a sock knitter or 3 stranded colourwork person, but would put all that aside for these stunners. :)
Thank you Leanne!! I appreciate that so much!! Are you making a shift cowl 😍
Your great video got me that much closer to trying color work! Thank you ❤
Thank you 😊
I find the free version of KnitCompanion super helpful in reading charts for color work. It’s so easy to highlight a row to keep track of where you are in the pattern. Thank you for this special episode. ❤
Great episode! Thanks for making the thought of colorwork not so scary.
Thank you so much for watching!!!
I use a lot of stitch markers between colourwork repeats- then don't need to wait till the end to find if I've made a mistake. I have been known to duplicate stitch over a mistake too. Love your Alpenglow so far.
That’s very smart!
Great podcast! Thank you!
Thank you!
Nice and cute as always.. Hello from Germany. Nana :) love your colorchoice
Thank you!!
Thank you for today. Just love your episodes. You are an inspiration! Knitting on my Soho top and enjoying. Take care !
I love a cowl for a beginning colour work project, some of the best tension I’ve ever had has been in a cowl. It’s not too big that you have to worry about crowding your stitches on a needle but it’s not so small that you start knitting tightly.
That is so true! I think a cowl is a great first colorwork project!
I’m brand new at knitting (been crocheting for a few years now) and “color work” sounds so intimidating but you actually made me feel like it’s not as bad as I initially thought. Thank you for that! I have big aspirations for knitting but have been finding myself intimidated by a lot of it. Wrapping my head around all these new concepts and taking care of 3 kiddos under 5 is a bit much. Haha.
Howdy! I'm new here and so thrilled that I started with this episode! Your perspective on catching floats inspired me to pick up the colorwork cardigan I'm making for my fiance (my first colorwork project!) and now I am CRUISING! Thanks for the inspiration and looking forward to catching up with you more often :)
Hi I really enjoyed this video. Bethany sent me. Just subscribed. 😊
Yayyyyy this was so helpful, thank you! Your color combination is SO dreamy too.
Thank you!!
Lovely
Thank you!
Thank you so much. This was a great podcast.
Thank you for watching!
Awesome Episode as always Kaci! so many great tips and your Alpenglow is sooo pretty! 🥰
Thank you friend!
Another great episode Kaci. Thank you so much for sharing your tips and tricks on colour work.
Thank you for watching!
Great episode! I especially loved your tips about choosing colors. Can’t wait to see your finished Alpen Glow!
Thank you!!!
Sister, I am a cup FREAK! I love tumblers, coffee cups, travel mugs, Hydroflask water bottles…. It is for sure a weakness! I even have a Dolly Parton tumbler!
Dolly is the best!!!
The perfect video! Some great tips for things I wouldn’t have even considered when choosing my first color-work pattern. So excited to see the progress on your rhinebeck sweater. And omg those socks are EVERYTHING. Although I thought they were little pumpkins at first. 😳😅 but then I saw the flowers and clementines made waaay more sense. Can you tell I have pumpkin spice on the brain despite the heat outside?!
Thank you so much!!!
so interesting ! thanks for this video ! I personally have never tried color work and I really want to try any time soon so thank you for the tips !
Thank you for watching!!!
New subscriber , recommended by Kim on The knitting posse. A very informative podcast, I have made a couple hats but I want to try a sweater , which I have only made one super bulky for my granddaughter. Very nervous to make the leap😊😊. Enjoyed your podcast very much . I love to learn about knitting . I wish I would have started earlier on my journey bit I have been a quilter mostly , a couple of hooked rugs , wool appliqué , cross stitch, so ax you can see I love fiber in all forms . There is nor enough time to fill my wish list . I look forward to you next podcast and I will check out your previous episodes.
I wish I was a better quilter! Quilts are so beautiful 🤩
Love all your kinds of episodes, and yes to the stitch count! Not just for anything complicated either - I was picking up stitches while watching and had to recount three times when I had the right count 😂
Oh my goodness recounting is the worst 🤣
I love Jessica McDonald's videos and patterns. I am a continental knitter watched a video, I believe is Kristin Lehrer? Not 100% sure but she showed how to pick both colors so you don't have to hold the yarn in both hands. So much easier for those of us who are continental knitters. I also don't catch my floats.
My first colorwork was Nordic Nights by Jennifer Steingass. I love her designs. I do love colorwork but I get stressed about messing up the pattern lol.
I have seen that done before! That’s talent haha!
I have two comments. I could not knit from a chart until a friend suggested that I take colored pencils and color each stitch in with a specific color. For some reason my brain cannot remember those symbols but I can remember them when they are colors. It always takes a while at the beginning especially on a complicated chart to spend the time to colorcode it but it is so worthwhile for me. Maybe that can help someone else who struggles with charts. Second if you are Knitting with more than three colors or even with three colors and one of them isn’t going to be used very much wind a bobbin. There are specific bobbins for knitters‘s to hold smaller amounts of yarn and they can just hang in the back of your project when you’re not using them and you won’t have so many balls to keep track of. I remember my mother making me color work sweaters when I was little and seeing all of her baboons hanging off the back of the Knitting and it works for me too. I hope one of these tips will help someone else.
Those are both great ideas!
You made me smile about having the correct stitch at the end of the row! I absolutely hate it when I have to search for whatever the mistake is back through the row and discover I have to deknit (I call it) almost to the beginning of the row! I get so aggravated with myself!
Exactly!!! I hate that!
Great tips!
Thank you!!
Interesting to hear your tips! I just finished my first ever colourwork projects this week 😃
That’s so exciting!!!
I love your colors! Just found your podcast from Bethany with Well Loved Knits. Stay well! Kimberly ps- love Swig better than Yeti too and they have really cute Halloween bottles that just came out. :)
Thank you so so much for this video! Perfect timing because my next project will be the alpenglow sweater and it is only my second colorwork project (first one was a baby hat!) Loved your tutorial on catching floats and explaining about the dominant and non dominant colors vs main color and contrast color.
ThNk you so much for watching!! I hope you love your Alpenglow
Friend I am the same way we have so many tumblers but we live in the south it’s Hot and we want our sweet tea to stay cold!! Lol
Yes!!!!!
Hi Kaci! I love your podcast!! I love that you’re mixing it up and doing some different formats. This was a great discussion on colorwork - awesome tips and advice. Thank you! I’ve got the Alpenglow in my queue waiting on squishy mail to arrive - so excited. I’m a fellow Arkansan transplanted to Texas a long time ago and I just love hearing your accent from home! You asked in a previous video for book recommendations. I would recommend reading “A Gentleman in Moscow” if you haven’t already read it. It’s a beautiful story. My mom and I are reading the Thursday Murder Club series at your recommendation and absolutely love it! Thanks so much for all you share!! You’re so inspiring 🐝 🐓 🧶
Hello Lei! So nice to hear from you! I’m so glad you are enjoying the book. I will definitely add a gentleman in Moscow to my list!
I definitely learned the hard way NOT to make a form-fitted colourwork sweater 😅 I’ve been having a time dealing with tight upper arms and bust, and hopefully blocking will make my sweater fit a bit better. Hopefully my video about this sweater will be out next week 🤞🏼 I also totally agree with your comment about getting to the end of a row and having the correct amount of stitches - it definitely feels like winning the lottery 😂
Kaci! Your color choices for the Alpenglow are STUNNING. I'd been toying with the idea of casting on as well but couldn't find a color combo that I liked enough to justify the time and effort. Can't wait to see what yours looks like when you're finished.
Thank you so much!!
Please do a cables episode 😍 I am so glad you did this episode! I have always been intimidated by colorwork but I think I will dive in now!
That’s a great idea!! I love cables!
This episode is making my fingers itch to cast on a colourwork yoke sweater! I have a Jennifer Steingass pattern just waiting! Your alpenglow is working up quite nicely.
I love Jennifer steingass!
This episode was great Kaci 😊 My goal this year was to learn and make a colour work project I have not done that yet 🤦🏼♀️ I am knitting on a shawl at the moment and getting to the end of the row and having the correct stitch count is so satisfying 😊
Yes!!! I’m always in shock 🤣
One more comment. I always catch my floats after three or four stitches at the longest because it is easier to keep an even tension with a shorter float the longer the float the harder it is to gauge how loose or tight it’s going to be and for someone just beginning color work that can be important. I have had some pretty lawn floats at the top of a hat as the design gets more spaced out but then it’s not as much of an issue at the top of a hat either.
Good point!
I have just started to do colourwork, I started with socks and I love it definitely want to make a shifty sweater next
Yes! Mosaic knitting is so fun!
Ooooo your Alpen Glow is stunning! I haven't kit any of Andrea's patterns yet, but I have many in my queue for when I'm able to see Spincycle yarns in person. I hadn't really noticed that sweater too much since hers is navy so it didn't catch my attention...now I'm itching to knit a very earthy one...🤔
That would be gorgeous!
Those mandarin socks are adorable 💖
Thank you 😊
Thank You, so much for the tips. My very first knitting project was the Humblebei?sp shawl that you and your friend hosted. I was fearless at that point. Although, I did not post a pic, I finished Feb28th and it turned out beautiful, even after ripping it out multiple times, hahaha. The reason I tell you this is because, I was so grateful for your enthusiasm and your, you can do it, positivity. Thank you for that.
I do have a question, if that is ok. Somehow, I have been deflated. I can’t seem to let go of any minor mistakes as they truly frustrate me. Do you have any tips on how to be or when to be able to spot mistakes so that ripping back is not so major. There are so many patterns that do not give a stitch count at the crucial points it seems like - no blame at all :). I am so afraid of any project that is not just the regular knit and purl flat - like the half and half wrap (how long should it take me to knit one of these anyway, hahaha). Ok, this sounds like whining, but truly, if you have any tips for beginners or things you wish you would have known when you started knitting, that would be amazing. Thanks for your podcasts and the variety that you give. I always look forward to watching. Hugs x a million from Alaska.
Hello from Mounds Illinois!
Hello!
What is that cord you use to put your stitches in hold? Love your podcasts. I’m having a young folk podcast marathon while knitting my vanilla socks.
I absolutely loved this episode, and appreciate so much your in-depth explanation and experiences knitting stranded colour work. And your colour choices for your Alpenglow are to die for! I immediately thought of a Soldotna, and wondered if you think that the same yarns and colours you are using might also work for a Soldotna? including a Spincycle yarn might be so cool!Thank you xx
That would be so cool! I think the colors would be awesome! I don’t really know how the suri would work in the fabric 🤔 but it might be great! If you do it let me know!!!
@@YoungfolkKnits Thank you, Kaci! I love the idea of using suri in the colour work, but have never done it. I will try a swatch!
Omg you’re so funny (but I absolutely am amazed when I’m at the right stitch count at the end of a row!!!) is it crazy that is was thinking “she should suggest Jessica Mc Donald’s patterns”… lol
I can never believe it! Haha I’m always so shocked! Every. Time. 🤣 and yes Jessica McDonald is soooo good!
Hi Kaci! Always enjoy your podcasts! I want to learn how to do colorwork, so this one was particularly helpful. I'm curious about the music in your videos. Is it original? I really enjoy it.
Thank you! Mostly it is songs I love that I have downloaded!
I 'm sometimes not sure about my yarn choice. what is not itchy, what is the best yarn for top,sweater,hats,socks ... sometimes the yarn they say is too expensive ... colorwork needs many yarncakes... how do I look for something that will match ? tips?
you doing a good job , like watching your podcast. xxx from belgium lots of love
I’m not sure if you enjoy using Ravelry but if so I recommend looking at project pages and seeing the different yarn that has been used! Usually there is a wide range of priced yarn and different fibers!
I loved this episode, Kaci. I have never ventured into knitting sweaters yet! Do you still have the first sweater you ever knit?
You know what! I will have to look!
Always a good time with you. Good tips! But, you didn’t answer my question. I’ll repeat it here: Can you knit my color work for me and we will just tell people I did it?
Anything for you 💕
What type of cord was that at the end of the video you used to try on your sweater?
I knit a color work sweater that had like 15 stitch long floats, I caught none of them because I knit color work so loosely & I never had an issue even then 😂 I’m sure that’s a nono but just like you I have muscle memory to knit super loose with colorworkc
Yes girl! We’re riding the no catch float bus! 🚌
what advise do you have for someone who is just starting out with a podcast?
YES same feeling at the end of a complicate row! I’m also shocked every time I make socks……I show them off and say I can’t believe I made these….. did I see this correctly? When you demonstrated catching floats did you knit the switch wrapping he yarn clockwise? If so, it doesn’t impact the stitch mount? Thanks for this episode.
Yes!!! Haha
So on catching the float I bring the yarn I’m catching forward over the top of the needle then I wrap my yarn I’m knitting with as normal to knit but before I knit the stitch I pull the yarn I’m catching back and then knit as normal. it has made it where I will catch it on the next stitch when I knit and my yarns are not tangled then.
I semi-understand the reasoning for catching floats but even when you do you can still snag the shorter strands, especially on rings.
I say no catching floats 💃
I have a question about round yoke sweaters. How do you know it’s long enough and ready to split for sleeves? Where does it need to hit you?
This is a tough one! I’m still having trouble getting my yokes just the way I like them
What I’m doing is steam blocking it as I go and trying it in continuously. When I feel it’s where I want it so that it’s comfortably meeting under my arms (but not too long) I will separate.
@@YoungfolkKnits thanks for the tips. Love your podcast. 😁
Always knit wrong side out! Put it in the inside of your work and pull it the same as your other knitting!
I think you may have said that incorrectly? Dominant color should always be on your right hand.
There is a great article in the description! The contrast color is what I chose to use as my dominant color. And it’s usually held in the left hand. The main color can be held in the RH. It may have been confusing what I meant by dominant color tho.
Thank You, so much for the tips. My very first knitting project was the Humblebei?sp shawl that you and your friend hosted. I was fearless at that point. Although, I did not post a pic, I finished Feb28th and it turned out beautiful, even after ripping it out multiple times, hahaha. The reason I tell you this is because, I was so grateful for your enthusiasm and your, you can do it, positivity. Thank you for that.
I do have a question, if that is ok. Somehow, I have been deflated. I can’t seem to let go of any minor mistakes as they truly frustrate me. Do you have any tips on how to be or when to be able to spot mistakes so that ripping back is not so major. There are so many patterns that do not give a stitch count at the crucial points it seems like - no blame at all :). I am so afraid of any project that is not just the regular knit and purl flat - like the half and half wrap (how long should it take me to knit one of these anyway, hahaha). Ok, this sounds like whining, but truly, if you have any tips for beginners or things you wish you would have known when you started knitting, that would be amazing. Thanks for your podcasts and the variety that you give. I always look forward to watching. Hugs x a million from Alaska.
Hi! Maybe I can help a little bit. My philosophy with insignificant mistakes is that they're part of making things with my own hands - they won't be perfect, these mistakes make my projects unique. Of course this will not work for everyone, and sometimes the mistakes are really noticable. Then sometimes we can make them less visible - pull the yarn a little in the adjecent stitches, weave a double stitch over them or maybe a flower, really, anything that comes into your head. If you need to rip back, that's okay. It's part of the process, though it can be so frustrating! So I try to avoid ripping back as much as I can - I recommend looking back carefully every couple of rows, so that you don't have to rip back too much if you spot a mistake. What can help you with ripping back more complicated patterns may be a lifeline. Basically you place a string in the stitches every couple of rows, so when you want to rip back, you don't have to worry about having to pick up the stitches correctly, they're just waiting for you. I hope that's helpful, have a lovely day :)