Need more help w/ stranding for letters on stocking

#1

Hi everyone! I’m knitting a wool stocking that I plan to felt, and I’m using this pattern. But I’ve adapted it so that instead of making stripes, I’ll be following a chart that I made that says my baby’s name (I’ve attached my chart here). The stocking will be red, with a white band with her name in red.

I have never done intarsia or fair isle knitting, so I’m not sure which would be best for this chart. What do you all think? I get the impression that intarsia is better for large sections of a color, so since this is lettering, it seems like fair isle might be better. But can I still felt it if I do fair isle?

#2

You would want to use stranding (Fair Isle is a type of standing) and I have seen patterns for stranding and Fair Isle that’s felted.

That’s a cute idea btw! What a great thing for you baby!

#3

Are you knitting in the round? If so you need to use Fair Isle. Just be careful to strand it LOOSELY since it will be felted especially.

#4

Yes, I’m knitting in the round.

I have more questions now. I’ve started out by knitting 10 rounds of red. Next, I need to do 2 rows of pure white, and then I’ll start with the red letters on the white background.

Should I keep my current strand of red going, or should I cut it and start another strand of red when it comes to the lettering?

The letters are only on one half (the front of the stocking). So I don’t want to carry the red strand all the way around for the rest of the round where it’s all white. But if I just let it hang at the end of the lettering (on my first row of lettering), then when I knit back around to it, my red strand is going to be at the wrong end. KWIM?