Ladderback Jacquard, Invisible Stranding Knitting Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- I'm Johanna Kunin, a knitwear designer in Portland, Oregon (IG: @softpower_knits ). Thank you for watching this tutorial! Please put any questions in the comments below, and I'll do my best to answer them for you :) And subscribe to my channel if you'd like to see more videos like this in the future.
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This tutorial is an accompaniment to the pattern Polyrhythm, which I designed for Pom Pom Quarterly Issue 39, which is the sweater pictured throughout the video. This technique can be used for any colorwork pattern with long floats though! Order Pom Pom 39 here or get it at your LYS: bit.ly/3cVjNwF
Additional Resources
I first learned about this technique from Susan Rainey's pattern "It's Not About the Hat". I have adapted the technique a bit from her original version, but highly recommend checking hers out for an even more in-depth look at this game-changing colorwork technique. You can find it here: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
The backwards (AKA mirror knitting) ladderback jacquard tutorial will be up soon. Subscribe or check back soon for that video!
Photo Credits
Sweater design: Polyrhythm by Johanna Kunin from Pom Pom Quarterly Issue 39, The Rhythm Issue
Yarn: Berroco Yarn Ultra Wool
Model (charcoal and white sweater): Loulou Aiken
Model (mustard and cream sweater) and Photoshoot Styling: Lydia Morrow
Photography: Theodora van Duin
HMU: Kala Williams
Location: Habiib (Glasgow, UK)
Chapters
00:00 Why invisible stranding / ladderback jacquard?
03:28 Adding Invisible Stranding Stitches
08:04 Working Invisible Stranding Stitches
09:06 Changing Colors
09:51 Slipping Invisible Stranding Stitches
11:14 Removing Invisible Stranding Stitches - Навчання та стиль
Out of all the Ladderback Jacquard videos I've watched, yours was by far the most in depth and understandable of ALL! I appreciate it so much!!
Yay, thank you! I'm so glad it was helpful!
I JUST TRIED THIS TONIGHT AND IT'S SO FUN OMG
I have the attention span of a gnat and this clip suits me. Thank you.
This is the best Ladderback video I've seen. I also like the way you hold the yarn.
This method was casually mentioned as a change someone on Ravelry had made to a pattern I was considering making.
Thank you so much for sharing, your video was very helpful and even though I had no clue what ladderback jacquard was before watching, it has make me think I can incorporate it into my future work 😊
this is so brilliant! I love everything about your technique, I am going to try this right away. I'm new to stranded knitting and I have watched several different technique videos but this one is absolutely the most helpful, especially since I knit continental, so seeing how you do this with both yarns in the left hand made me so happy!
And you've explained the technique so clearly. I'm really looking forward to trying this. THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
Thank you so much! So glad it helped!
@@softpowerknits4504 It absolutely did! I ended up trying out a bunch of different float-catching techniques for my first stranded sweater, and this was the one that worked the best for me, with no puckering at all. I used it quite a bit, and it was perfect. thanks again.
This is freaking incredible! What a great video
Thank you!! So glad it was helpful.
thank you!... that was very helpful and clear.
You're most welcome! I'm so glad to hear it!
Thank you!
Great!
Great video and instructions! LOVE the sweaters yer showing there too. I'm guessing this is easily translatable to knitting in the round as well? Because you are carrying both yarns with you, it's just a cleaner way of catching the floats? Also curious how it could work with more... complex color-changing patterns, lol. (i.e. that aren't squares, checkerboards, and include more than 2 colors).
Yes, you can absolutely use this technique in the round and with any 2-color pattern that has long stretches of a single color. No matter what your colorwork pattern is, you will have to make decisions as you go about where/how often you need to place invisible stranding stitches. I haven't tried it with more than two colors, so I can't speak to that :)
I want to use this method when I do the RBG SWEATER!
I love this so much on multiple levels
Thank you so much for this demonstration and your very clear instructions! This is a new technique to me, so I had a question. I noticed that you worked the stitches that form the back fabric as twisted stitches rather than regular stitches. Is there a reason for twisting them?
Hey Allison! Great question. I haven't tried this technique without twisting the stitches, but I believe it is possible. I'd love to know how it goes if you try it out! I think the advantage of twisting the stitches is that it provides a bit more stretch and elasticity to that separate piece of fabric you are creating in the back, which is nice since a long float has so much less stretch than the knitted fabric in front.
And thank you! I'm so glad it was helpful! :)
So if the ladderback stitch on the next row is not going to align with the previous one, do we knit together (to remove) the previous one, and do the "make 1" in the new place for the new ladderback stitch? (I don't know how to make this question more clear - how do you change the positions of your ladderback stitches when it's not all equal squares you're making?)
I think I understand what you are asking...and yes! When you're working with a colorwork pattern that is less regular than a checkerboard, you will need to figure out where you want/need to place invisible stranding stitches. This may mean that the back doesn't look quite as uniform as in my example, but that doesn't matter. It won't be visible on the front as long as you do it correctly :)
Namaste 👌👌
Did you ever make the video of knitting this backward?
Unfortunately not! I filmed it at the same time as this one, and the footage was lost before I was able to edit it together Someday I hope to finally remake it though!