Quick question:

[theliterator]

First hi! New to the group, etc.

Quick question: I'm doubleknitting a thing, and I can't make the image I want work. I can't figure out where to run the yarn while I'm switching my knits and purls to make it not have uhm... ugliness like strands crossing the pattern, which I was hoping to avoid via the double knitting.

The method I'm using is the whole "knit one color/side, purl the other."

Any middle of the night help would be awesome.

Comments

[ysobel]

Are you doing alternate stitches (k1 in color A, p1 in B, k1 A, p1 B), or are you doing it by rows (k1 A, slip 1, k1 A, sl1, etc; go back to start of row, sl1, p1 B, sl1, p1 B)?

If the first, bring both yarns to the front when you're ready to purl with B, and bring both yarns to the back when you're ready to knit with A. (I just hold both yarns in the same hand, between different fingers, so I can move them together but then do individual stitches.)

If the second, make sure that on the A row you slip with yarn in front, and on the B row with yarn in back.

(Basically, in both cases, the yarn that's not being used should be on the inside of the stitch. The yarn that is being used will go there automatically because of the sort of stitch you're doing.)

ETA hi! also, I wanted to pick a yarnier icon :D

[msmcknittington]

Basically, you want to be sure your two yarns are running between the two pieces and not on the outside. It's really hard to explain with words. You move the yarns together into position to work the next stitch, but you only knit that stitch using one of them.

Have you tried watching the video on Knitting Help? There are more on YouTube if that one doesn't help you.