Ok…so I have decided to spread my beginner wings and try a chart pattern with different colours…eek!
So this will be my first chart project and fair isle project so I am a tad scared.
I do have a small question though.
The pattern for the scarf I will be making is this…
So when I get to the row where I add in the second colour (row 3 I think…) Do I cast on the colour for that stitch in the previous row to get that coloured stitch where it is suppose to be…or when I come to that first grey dot do I cast on then??
Am I making sense?
I have knitted stripped scarves and I know that if there is suppose to be 20 rows of one colour that you cast on the new colour after row 19. Does that same logic apply to following a pattern like this?
I am working on my own version of this scarf and the way I am adding each color is by tying it in one stitch before I use it and then tying it off one stich after it’s done.
Ok…so do I tie on the new colour when the dot appears on the chart? If I do that then the actual coloured stitch won’t appear until the next row though, right??
Im confused lol
And I notice you are a fellow HP fan Oooh the list of HP items I need to make is endless!!!
I’m no expert, but I don’t think it needs to be added the row before… just tie it on when you get to that colour on the chart, add the stitch, and tie back off
I think that pattern is like the old argyle sock patterns that I used to work, you are going to have to use bobbins to hold the different colors. You can strand the yarn up to 3 sts but those spots where the MC is 5 sts wide you really need a bobbin at each repeat. Maybe one of the experts can explain it better.
ooppps, sorry for the confusion. Now that I look at the pattern again you could work it in Mosaic method. There should be a video somewhere that explains how to do that. Basically, you knit across with your main color but slip the sts that are going to be the contrast color . then work back the same way ,slipping the same stitches. When you get back to the right side drop the main color and pick up the contrast color . then slip the MC sts and work back and forth with the cc the sts you slipped before. I hope this helps
When you work a chart like this, using stranded (Fairisle) knitting, you don’t have to cast on or tie on anything. When you get to row 3, just start using the contrasting color when you get to it. The first stitch may be a bit loose, but you can snug that up later.
So you’ll work the number of stitches called for in the background color, then knit the CC color stitches, and switch back when the chart calls for it.
Keep your knitting stretched out on the right needle to keep your ‘floats’ loose. This will prevent puckering.
Try not to twist the yarns, keep one on ‘top’ and one on the bottom so the back will look like this:
[COLOR=Red]____________________________
[COLOR=Black]If they accidentally get twisted, don’t worry–it just keeps the strands coming from the balls from getting tangled.
Check out Amy’s video on stranded knitting–that’ll give you a better idea of what you’re supposed to do.
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[color=#300090]
[SIZE=“1”]ETA: I cross posted with Ingrid because it took me a while to track down the links to videos and edit my post. [/SIZE] :oops:
Not sure I did the “proper” (meaning best) method, but when I work in a new color I just work the knit stitch with the color and carry the unused color along the back. I didn’t join with a knot, I just left a tail to work in later. Amy’s (KH) video on [U]duplicate stitch join[/U] is a better way to do it.
Fair Isle is a specific method of stranding wraps the non-working color with the working color so that the floats on the wrong side of the work will be short to avoid snagging (such as for a sweater or other garment). Since you are working a scarf, their is no need to use [U]Fair Isle[/U] unless you want to learn it. Stranding will work for your pattern.
I am guessing that you are working this in the round using either DPNs. or a circular needle (or two circ’s.) If so, then the floats would be inside the scarf and not pose any snag problem.
In the video by Amy (here on KH) she calls it Fair Isle but it is just stranding as she points out in the notes for the video on the advanced techniques page (See top link).
Give it a go before you decide whether to do the pattern or not. I think you’ll find it isn’t as hard as you might think. I’ve done a Fair Isle project so can offer some help to you.
I’m working out a chart for a scarf to read “Steelers 27 - Cardninals 23” and a few other select phrases.
So I am going to try and wrap my brain around the info and those videos…lol.
So I work in the MC and when I get to a colour change I tie the new colour to the MC and do however many stitches…Then When I am ready to go back to the MC I just grab the string and pick it back up?? Won’t that make for strings going everywhere on the back of the work???
The video os great but she seems to be well into the colour changes during the video…Im lost on how to get started on colour changes and switch colours and what not…
Yes, you will have strands across the back, hence the ‘stranded knitting.’
Most stranded knitting pieces are worked in the round so the back side doesn’t show, and so the chart can always be read from right to left. Much easier with multicolor knitting since you’re always looking at the right side of the pattern.
For a scarf, you could double the number of cast on stitches and then knit the scarf as a long tube and stitch up the ends. It will look soooo much nicer and it will be much easier to make.
LOL