Yours was the easiest tutorial on helix knitting. I watched many!!!! There was always one part I didn’t understand or couldn’t see clearly. You used bulky yarn, moved your skeins & simplified the process. Thank you!
This was so clear and concise. The bird's eye view and marble table top really added to making this experience relaxing, and educational. I can't wait to make a Twin Peaks black and white Chevron scarf using this, thank you!
I just learned of this knitting technique through a Martha Stewart Living email today. The manner in which that article is written was really confusing stating cast on with your main color followed by "cast on" your second color. That's impossible to do so I came to UA-cam to see what I could find here in tutorials. Yours and Sockmatician's are the best I found each addressing and showing different aspects of the technique. Thank you for this tutorial!
I’ve been trying to make a sweater out of my scrap yarn for MONTHS, 8 different colors, and it has been a hot mess! I think this is exactly the solution I needed!
Thank you for the tutorial. Love the way it is so understandable. Could joy do a tutorial. For a sweater where we want to wind halves and knit helix wise so the colors blend better. It is the transiting part I can’t figure out. Thanks for considering this
Thank you so much for an excellent tutorial. I am a young 63, been knitting since I was 5 and this is the first time I have heard of Helix Knitting??? Can't wait now to try it!
Thanks for writing in, Sally! While we're not familiar with the slipping stitch technique, when it comes to Helix Knitting, there are several variations on the theme. Slipping 3 stitches might help alleviate a bit of tension in your color work but shouldn't change the end result. We like this technique (that doesn't slip stitches) because the working yarn is directly below the color you've just used (check out the video at 3:50 to see what we mean!) Regardless, it's a fun technique for experimenting!
Hi! I was gonna ask the same thing. The technique is a bit mind-bending so seeing that it can be down with and without slipping last 3 stitches of a color doesn't help to understand :)
Hi, everyone! Could you mention the name/kind of the wool used and the knitting needles too. Because knitting as exemple it makes a vir diference in knitting. Here um Brazil we I have to use a similar wool. I say, it's my curiosity about wool and needles. Thanks a lot for your attention. Bye see you.
Hello Marlene! Thanks for writing in! The yarn used in this video is our Super Soft Merino, in colors Heirloom White, Oatmeal Gray, Lotus Flower, and Peachy Pink! And the needles used are Addi Turbo US 13 (9 mm), 16-inch Circular Needles. You can view this project and materials by clicking here: www.purlsoho.com/create/2019/11/08/helix-tube-scarf/ - and thanks for writing in! Happy knitting!
Hi, everyone! I'm feeling very well and glad too about your answer. Thank you a lot and until the next. Bye see ya Marlene P.S. Sorry my wrong English, but anyway, someone understand and answered me .
Very pretty! I’m just wondering if people complain about it being a tube as aa scarf? I would like to knit this for a thirteen year old girl . Would I use the same measurements. I would like to use 4 skeins. Do you have a color suggestion? Thank Diane
Knitting tubes for scarves makes any scarf a double layer - which means double warmth! Some people may prefer thinner scarves but we enjoy both. The size of this scarf would definitely work for a teenager. As a helpful guide, we like to think scarves should be as long as the person is tall. But the full length of this scarf could be a size she grows into! Hope that helps and happy knitting!
Short rows definitely throw some technical planning into the mix. This knitting is consistent for single-row color work and doubling back for a short row breaks up the pattern of single color rows, unless that's part of the look you like! Thanks for writing in and let us know if you experiment!
I have a similar question. Whether or not you are doing helical knitting, how do you alternate skeins and knit short rows in a sweater? I can’t find this answer anywhere.
Thanks for writing, Lisa! While we love the technique of Helix Knitting for working single-row patterns of color, it's tricky to incorporate this method with more complicated shaping techniques. One tip would be to create what June Hemmons Hiatt calls "Short Row Triangles" to create wedges of color within the rows of knitting, working one color back and forth for the short row, building up a triangle block of color. While that may not suit your design needs for single-row repeats, it's a fun exploration of color! Another technique would be try to work with bobbins for the individual short rows, but that would lend itself to a lot of end weaving! Happy knitting!
Hi Rona! You can work your yarn overs in the same way as you would normally. Just keep in mind that you'll be knitting into them with the following color!
@@PurlSoho thank you so much for answering!! My problem is, if your new yarn is 3 stitches before where you’d pick up the new yarn and there is a yarn over in that space how would you do that? Btw, I’m working with one color but doing helical so as not to have a difference in the hand dyed yarn.
@@Mr45678912346 That's a very good question! If the yarn over is located on the first stitch of the new yarn, you'll actually still be able to work the yarn over as normal. If the yarn over is located on the final stitch of the old yarn, you can still work it as normal, but the stitch will feel uncomfortably loose until it gets secured on the next round.
@@PurlSoho you guys are awesome! I have about 12 rounds until I get to the yarn over. I’ll try to snap a pic of it so you can see better. If I can’t make it work I’ll continue for a couple of rounds with one skein, cut the other and add the second skein in a few stitches past the yarn over.
Hi Jacqueline! When you get to a color change and you're ready to bind off, simply pick up the next color in your order, and work your chosen bind off. The helix will close itself off, and you'll just wind in your ends! Good luck and let us know if you have any questions!
Hi Maria, we're sorry to hear that you're having difficulty understanding helix knitting! I'd recommend reaching out to customerservice@purlsoho.com so we can answer any questions you have about this technique.
@@PurlSoho Thank you! It is so kind of you to answer me. I shall do so soon when I can put dedicated time aside and make certain customer service has time for me! Love everything you post on all sites! Warm thanks & regards, Maria
Yours was the easiest tutorial on helix knitting. I watched many!!!! There was always one part I didn’t understand or couldn’t see clearly. You used bulky yarn, moved your skeins & simplified the process. Thank you!
This was so clear and concise. The bird's eye view and marble table top really added to making this experience relaxing, and educational. I can't wait to make a Twin Peaks black and white Chevron scarf using this, thank you!
I use this technique as a way to alternate skeins while knitting so I don't have to carry the yarn
I just learned of this knitting technique through a Martha Stewart Living email today. The manner in which that article is written was really confusing stating cast on with your main color followed by "cast on" your second color. That's impossible to do so I came to UA-cam to see what I could find here in tutorials. Yours and Sockmatician's are the best I found each addressing and showing different aspects of the technique. Thank you for this tutorial!
Thank you, Linnea! We are certainly glad to be of help!
Helix, I love it. how clever. Depending on the color sequence you can make a beautiful patterned scarf.
I’ve been trying to make a sweater out of my scrap yarn for MONTHS, 8 different colors, and it has been a hot mess! I think this is exactly the solution I needed!
Happy knitting, Monica!
Thank you for the tutorial. Love the way it is so understandable. Could joy do a tutorial. For a sweater where we want to wind halves and knit helix wise so the colors blend better. It is the transiting part I can’t figure out. Thanks for considering this
Thanks for writing in Betty, would you mind giving some more detail with what you mean by the transition? Thanks in advance!
Awesome! I love it and looks so much fun to knit! Thank you for the tutorial! ❤️😍😍😍
Thank you for this video. Does anyone know what kind of yarn she is using for the demonstration? Thank you.
Laura is using four colors of our Super Soft Merino, which can be viewed here:
www.purlsoho.com/super-soft-merino.html
Thanks for writing!
Thank you so much for an excellent tutorial. I am a young 63, been knitting since I was 5 and this is the first time I have heard of Helix Knitting??? Can't wait now to try it!
Fantastic! We hope you love it as much as we love it!
Helix! I love it! Any number stitches evenly divisible by the number of colors I want to use then? 100 sts and 5 colors is 20 sts per color yes?
You've got it! Thanks for writing in Marcia!
Why does some video suggest slip 3 stitches before changing colour???
Thanks for writing in, Sally! While we're not familiar with the slipping stitch technique, when it comes to Helix Knitting, there are several variations on the theme. Slipping 3 stitches might help alleviate a bit of tension in your color work but shouldn't change the end result. We like this technique (that doesn't slip stitches) because the working yarn is directly below the color you've just used (check out the video at 3:50 to see what we mean!) Regardless, it's a fun technique for experimenting!
Hi! I was gonna ask the same thing. The technique is a bit mind-bending so seeing that it can be down with and without slipping last 3 stitches of a color doesn't help to understand :)
Hi, everyone!
Could you mention the name/kind of the wool used and the knitting needles too. Because knitting as exemple it makes a vir diference in knitting. Here um Brazil we I have to use a similar wool. I say, it's my curiosity about wool and needles. Thanks a lot for your attention. Bye see you.
Correction in Word ( vir / big). Thanks again.
Hello Marlene! Thanks for writing in! The yarn used in this video is our Super Soft Merino, in colors Heirloom White, Oatmeal Gray, Lotus Flower, and Peachy Pink! And the needles used are Addi Turbo US 13 (9 mm), 16-inch Circular Needles. You can view this project and materials by clicking here: www.purlsoho.com/create/2019/11/08/helix-tube-scarf/ - and thanks for writing in! Happy knitting!
Hi, everyone!
I'm feeling very well and glad too about your answer.
Thank you a lot and until the next.
Bye see ya
Marlene
P.S. Sorry my wrong English, but anyway, someone understand and answered me .
Great instructions!
Very pretty! I’m just wondering if people complain about it being a tube as aa scarf?
I would like to knit this for a thirteen year old girl . Would I use the same measurements.
I would like to use 4 skeins. Do you have a color suggestion? Thank Diane
Knitting tubes for scarves makes any scarf a double layer - which means double warmth! Some people may prefer thinner scarves but we enjoy both. The size of this scarf would definitely work for a teenager. As a helpful guide, we like to think scarves should be as long as the person is tall. But the full length of this scarf could be a size she grows into! Hope that helps and happy knitting!
Hi! Thank you for this tutorial., can this be used while doing short rows? If so how? Thanks
I've tried with short rows and it was a disaster
Short rows definitely throw some technical planning into the mix. This knitting is consistent for single-row color work and doubling back for a short row breaks up the pattern of single color rows, unless that's part of the look you like! Thanks for writing in and let us know if you experiment!
I have a similar question. Whether or not you are doing helical knitting, how do you alternate skeins and knit short rows in a sweater? I can’t find this answer anywhere.
Thanks for writing, Lisa! While we love the technique of Helix Knitting for working single-row patterns of color, it's tricky to incorporate this method with more complicated shaping techniques. One tip would be to create what June Hemmons Hiatt calls "Short Row Triangles" to create wedges of color within the rows of knitting, working one color back and forth for the short row, building up a triangle block of color. While that may not suit your design needs for single-row repeats, it's a fun exploration of color! Another technique would be try to work with bobbins for the individual short rows, but that would lend itself to a lot of end weaving! Happy knitting!
Impressive. Thank you
Double brim hat pattern
How would you handle yarn overs in hellical knitting?
Hi Rona! You can work your yarn overs in the same way as you would normally. Just keep in mind that you'll be knitting into them with the following color!
@@PurlSoho thank you so much for answering!! My problem is, if your new yarn is 3 stitches before where you’d pick up the new yarn and there is a yarn over in that space how would you do that? Btw, I’m working with one color but doing helical so as not to have a difference in the hand dyed yarn.
@@Mr45678912346 That's a very good question! If the yarn over is located on the first stitch of the new yarn, you'll actually still be able to work the yarn over as normal. If the yarn over is located on the final stitch of the old yarn, you can still work it as normal, but the stitch will feel uncomfortably loose until it gets secured on the next round.
@@PurlSoho you guys are awesome! I have about 12 rounds until I get to the yarn over. I’ll try to snap a pic of it so you can see better. If I can’t make it work I’ll continue for a couple of rounds with one skein, cut the other and add the second skein in a few stitches past the yarn over.
V. Nice idea.
Looks fun.
How do you cast off?
Hi Jacqueline! When you get to a color change and you're ready to bind off, simply pick up the next color in your order, and work your chosen bind off. The helix will close itself off, and you'll just wind in your ends! Good luck and let us know if you have any questions!
Sorry. I added that incorrectly. Yikes! Bu5 I love this video
I’m upset with myself because this is so pretty and I don’t understand it. 😢
Hi Maria, we're sorry to hear that you're having difficulty understanding helix knitting! I'd recommend reaching out to customerservice@purlsoho.com so we can answer any questions you have about this technique.
@@PurlSoho Thank you! It is so kind of you to answer me. I shall do so soon when I can put dedicated time aside and make certain customer service has time for me! Love everything you post on all sites!
Warm thanks & regards,
Maria