Meg Swansen's jogless stranded motifs in the round

Has anyone tried this method? I’ve watched the video several times and it hasn’t clicked for me, so I am going to “just do it”.

There is a nice free hat pattern (as shown in the video) which I should probably practice on, but I am stubbornly going to try it out on a stranded project I’ve just started.

The download to the Aspen Leaf Hat is at the bottom of the page.

P.S. This isn’t her well-known method for jogless stripes but another method for jogless large motifs.

I’ve tried this on a swatch in the round but I have to admit that I don’t routinely use it. It works nicely but I usually have to keep referring back to the instructions. Most of the time the pattern is either to busy to notice the jog or so open with such long floats that the jog isn’t apparent.
Certainly worth learning. Thanks for the video. It’s such a pleasure to see Meg Swanson knit.

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She does knit beautifully, doesn’t she, accessing each colour with such an efficient motion. And you can really see why this style is called “picking”. In my case (not very efficient “thrower”), my left-handed efforts could be called “groping awkwardly and pressing it through with my fingertip”!

I managed to get the no-jog concept to work on the first row of my motifs – hurrah – but did not go any further.

I definitely didn’t grasp the principal behind it :slight_smile:

I am making a jumper with bands of Nowegian patterns, and some of them are quite busy or open, so that is good to know it won’t be needed throughout.

I will post a photo tomorrow if I make some progess!

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I’m a thrower too which is not the most efficient way to knit but I knit to relax so that works. My efforts to purl with the yarn in my left hand make people grab their small children and run in the opposite direction. Not pretty.
Looking forward to the sweater with the Norwegian disigns!

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