Colorwork FAQ?

[marusarel]

Lurker turned first-time poster, ahoy!

So, I've been looking around, but have yet to find any basic colorwork instructions that I can a) understand and b) that are free (I'm poor). But, I have wanted to learn how to knit with more than one color for some time, and have a number of projects I'd like to make, and am bored with one-color knitting....help? Any basic links would do...I'd be pleased for one method, but options are always lovely. ^_^ Thanks guys!

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[hazelwho]

I like knittinghelp.com - the videos are very clear, but succinct. She has one on fair isle and another on intarsia. Hope this helps.

PS, ♥ your icon

[marusarel]

Gah, thank you! I'll take a look. :)

XD Thank you~ ^_^ I like yours too, that's cute. I might steal it, if you don't mind, actually...:)

[hazelwho]

Good luck!

Sure, it's a publicly available icon. Just be sure to credit furriboots.

woven fair isle technique

[wrabbit]

This is how I learned to fair isle :)

Written instructions and photographs: http://deepspaceknit.blogspot.ca/2007/11/tutorial-woven-fair-isle.html

Video: http://www.philosopherswool.com/Pages/Twohandedvideo.htm

It creates a woven fabric without any floating loose threads in the back, which can pull the fabric when you have long gaps between color changes. Note that the dominant color is knit with the right hand. I am normally an established left-handed/continental knitter, but I love knitting two handed this way.

Re: woven fair isle technique

[marusarel]

Gah, you win. ^_^ Thank you! This is actually quite helpful as well, sweet~ ^^

[wyomingnot]

double knitting! Less fancy, possibly, but somehow more magic. And yet easy-peasy.

Here's the tutorial I used just last week to learn.

and here are some free double knitting patterns on Ravelry.

:)

[marusarel]

Gah! Tutorials AND patterns! You spoil me. ^_^ Thank you!

[zeta_tauri]

I do one that apparently doesn't exist anywhere else, where the pattern is the knit stitch on both sides, and is basically like looking at printed fabric (it's "mirrored" on the back).

This is one of the best examples I have photographed: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/notusingtheZword/police-line

If it's something like what you're looking to do, I can very quickly throw together a tutorial.

[marusarel]

Gah! If you have the time and patience, I would very much like that! Thank you for the offer. :)

[zeta_tauri]

Here you go!

http://zeta-tauri.dreamwidth.org/20812.html

I didn't have a way of taking decent video, so hopefully lots and lots of photographs will do.

[marusarel]

Gah! :DDD Thank you! You win everything. ^_^ And pictures are quite lovely, thank you. I've learned beautifully with them before, so I'm sure I can find a way.

[firecat]

I love slip-stitch knitting, and find it one of the easier forms of colorwork.
There's a how-to article about it here:
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer03/FEATslipstitch.html

[marusarel]

Oooh, thank you! ^_^