Knitting Help - Helix Knitting (Jogless One-Round Stripes)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video I demonstrate a technique for working one-round stripes (think striped hat) with clean color changes.
THE MATH:
Take your total number of stitches, and divide that number by the number of colors you want to use in your stripes. In my sample, I have 72 stitches and 3 colors. 72 divided by 3 = 24, so I have 24 stitches between each of my markers. If the number of stripes you want to use don't divide evenly into your stitch count (ex, 80 stitches and three colors), that's okay. It isn't vital that the stitches between the markers are the exact same number of stitches - getting close is fine. In the example I just gave, I would put 28/26/26 stitches in my segments.
The yarn in my "bad" example is leftover from my Om Shawl:
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The yarn in my "good" sample is Berroco Vintage Worsted.
The needles I use are all Knitter's Pride 16" circulars from interchangeable sets.
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Why does this work? It really doesn't make any sense to me at all lol!
Someone just recommended this technique not for striping but for alternating hand dyed skeins of yarn in garments. I think it's a brilliant application of the technique. It saves you from having to twist the yarns and you don't get a seam.
Thank you for that - I'd have never thunk of it - brilliant is the word! :-)
This is why I want to do helical knitting! So intriguing
Thank you so much for your clear instructions. I have watched dozens of TH-cam videos on this technique, and yours is the easiest 👏🏻Working on a baby hat right now and it’s turning out excellent. I love that you don’t slip 3 stitches. You just drop the color and start with the next color. Genius 🥳
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lol yes! I loved clippy. Sorry I’m 2 years late
I LOVE helix knitting! So glad you did a video on it. Remember that pattern you did for round dishcloths? I used one as the top of a hat and picked up the edge stitches to helix knit around it. My grandson loved it. One thing I would mention is the colors twisting up. I line up the colors in order and when I get to the next color I’d move it to the back of the line. ❤️
As always, your tutorials are the best and always where I look first when I need to learn a new technique. Thank you!
Thanks so much!
Can you please give some tips on what to do (I’m knitting socks) when it’s time to decrease and slip stitches for the color change at the same time?
Was anyone else shocked when she called that "white" yarn pink? Hahaha.. super helpful video. Thanks 😊
Chirpy it is pale pink yarn.
It did look like awhite yarn until she moved the skein and then I saw pale pink
I didn’t as it is pink and not white.
Thank you for letting us know the first few rounds will look wonky. That's about the time I'd tear it all out and try again.
Would this method work with only two colors or do we need at least 3?
It works with two colors, too.
Does it work with stitch types? like if I wanted to do a "garter stitch" hat in the round?
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I love this - thank you, Staci! I couldn't have grasped this concept from written instructions, and my one-row stripes always had a terrible jog. This was a great tutorial on a good solution .
Best helix knitting tutorial on the 'net. Thanks Staci! 🇬🇧
Thank you for this tutorial. I had never heard of helix knitting. I had to try this right away and it is fun with good results. I just grabbed 3 balls of yarn and i rather like the colors even w/o planning a scheme..
The amazing teacher ever 💖💖✨
I love helix knitting, great way to use scraps yarn.
Not near as complicated as someone explained it to me. With their explanation I was like what in the world? This cleared it all up so next up for me is a hat or pair of helix mitts! Thank you, Staci, you’re always great at educating us. ❤
Could this technique be used to create a jogless one color garter stitch in the round?
I haven't tried it, but in thinking through it, I don't think it will work. To work garter stitch in the round, you have to alternate knit and purl rounds. I don't think the color trade-offs will look as seamless as they do in stockinette.
Thank you for this tutorial on Helix Knitting. I have been holding onto a pattern by Purl Soho of a one-round stripped hat (Rochefort Chapeau) forever. It only uses two colors, but I'm now going to give it a try.
Can you helix knit with 2 colors? I wanted to use black and a multi color yarn called Polo Stripe from Red Heart. So the colors will change as as the multi color yarn changes. What would you suggest?
Btw i like your hold technique. I've been trying different techniques because I've gotten into color work and i remembered yours but couldn't figure it out. Now i see you hold the yarn going the opposite direction on your index finger. Ill have to try that! Ty!
I contacted you about this a year ago when I discovered helix knitting. I'm so glad that you made a video! I've ordered a set of Addi Flex needles because the pattern was easy until I tried to decrease. Combining helix and DPNs was too much for my uncoordinated hands (and brain) to take. My son has been waiting for me to finish that hat for a year!
Thanks. Thanks a lot. Inspired by you I tried it and successfully done it. Thanks again.
How would you go back to a single color? You just go passed all the changes?
Thanks for you videos!!! Love
I like it how the balls or skeins or yarn are messy and just there on the table. 😆 I actually discovered this technique by accident when I was knitting a hat using 4 colors and I lost count of my stitces and kept on knitting and knitting then noticed that the jog is missing at the starting row. Very good instructional videos. I've been watching all of these and gaining new techniques and styles propely. Than you!
I love this technique! Is there any reason NOT to divide the number of total stitches by ONE LESS than the number of colors (e.g., for 4 colors, divide total number of stitches by 3)? You would end up changing color at the beginning of the round, but all sections would be the same length (or almost the same, if not evenly divisible). It's what you're doing for 2 colors. I've only done it the way you showed and wondered if I was missing something (or maybe I'm just a math nerd). Thanks!
Thank you, good video! you explained it really well. I sure will use this technique.
Brilliant! Who comes up with this stuff?
I love this technique. I'm having issues with the tension of the last stitch of the colour below. Have you got any tips on how to keep the stitch the right size? Mine alternate between being far too tight to too loose. I can't seam to get it even to the other stitches.
Wow! Gobsmacked! I didn't see that coming! Thanks Stacie! I thought of socks right away too!
Love it, but any knowledge on how to incorporate short rows in this style of knitting? like in jumper knitting on both sides.....
Stash busting socks!!!
That's a great idea! Or stash-busting hats!
Do you have a simple hat pattern that would be great for this?
I just did a stash busting pair socks and they look amazing! I knit them confidently after watching this video. Go on make some too!
If you wanted to have stripes that were 2 rounds deep would you just use 2 balls of each colour and treat them as though they were separate colours? EG if you wanted 2 rounds red and 2 rounds blue, could you divide the round into 4 sections add a 2nd ball of red at the 1st marker, add the 2 blue balls at markers 2 and 3 and then continue as per the video?
Hey - In your video you show how to knit with three colors, but your video also shows knitwear with 2 colors. Are it still parts in number of colors ?
Would helix knitting be recommended with only 2 colors of yarn?
Yah for VERY PINK KNITS!!!! THANKS FOR THIS :-)
Another excellent clear and concise video. Thank you.
Genius! Thank you for a wonderful tutorial!
Wow!!! Thanks for this video! Very clever
Very cool and totally new technique for me. Thanks for that.
I love your channel. You make everything seem so easy. I figured this out on my own a few years ago- just laziness really. I’m glad to see it being shared around.
How would you handle yarn overs in hellical knitting?
I think it is important to mention that when you switch colors, at least the first few rows, you need to pay attention to the tension of the last stitch in the color to which you are changing. Some people think you need to pull it tighter, but it's actually the opposite. You want to make sure the stitch in the row below matches the size of the other stitches. If you do this on the first few rows, I believe it will solve the issue of having the first few rows looking wonky.
What you said is probably true, but I think the "wonkiness" of the first few rows is just the nature of working with multiple colors in the spiral. Keeping good tension is always important, but the rows always look straighter after you've worked a little bit in the fabric.
Awesome! Very helpful 👍 can't wait to try it!
I've been wanting a visit on this and am so glad to see it! Fabulous job Staci.
Thank you, Staci!
This looks very interesting... I must give it a try! 😉
Great tutorial, as always. 💜 ~Melanie
Is it possible to use two row stripes using the helix technique?
I know I’m 2 years late but isn’t the whole math portion unnecessary? It seems like it would work just fine if the sections aren’t the same length. As long as the colors stop before they catch up to the next one it will all work out. That means for three colors it’s just knit a ways on round 1, pm, change color, knit a ways farther, pm, change color, knit until you hit the start of the next color. No counting or math needed. Or if you have a lace/cable section you can keep that whole as it’s own section regardless of the total stitch count and then just divvy up the rest by eye.
Hi Stacey. I have two questions for you, please. The first question is, can helix stripes be applied to crocheting? I am making an amigurumi ball and I'm using up six colors of remnants. My second question is, can you work in the helix pattern while increasing stitches in knitting or crocheting? I also knit and can knit the ball if this won't apply to crochet. Thanks so much.
So cool! BUT what if I have to do a 4 MC stripes + 1 CC color stripe pattern? I see you only talk about an "alternating colour each row" effect.. can you please help?
Thank you so much Staci for this video I've always wanted to knit single stripes and now I can !!
I love this too! I was going to give up until I just watched your tutorial. I couldn’t enjoy knitting when having to slip the 3 stitches UGH😮 Thank you so much. Your tutorials are always concise. I should have looked for your video first.
Thank you for doing a video on this! I was frustrated with this very problem a month ago and couldn't get my stripes to look right doing the normal jogless correction. I'm excited to try helix knitting. I do have one question. If you want to have the top of the hat be a solid color to match the brim, how do you finish off the stripe parts and begin the solid part? Thanks! You're amazing!❤
Just switch to your solid color at the beginning of the round, and on the second round of the top of the hat, work this color-jog correction technique: th-cam.com/video/jrVP129BnRg/w-d-xo.html (This link is to the traditional color-jog correction technique, when the stripes are 2 or more rounds.)
VeryPink Knits Thankyou!
Thank you for sharing all your knowledge!!
Is it possible to do it with magic loop too?
Helix knitting is new to me. It looks so interesting. Thanks for the tutorial, Staci!
Does anyone know what to do if you’ve done a helical section and then want to go back to single colour for the last section? Do you just keep knitting with that single colour once you get back round to it or would that look uneven?
I love this technique - I plan on using it for all my stripes in the round, just for the lack of ends alone!
my problem is not the jog. I learned how to fix that. My problem is that when I change color at the end of the row, that place where I change colors whether it is after one row or every two or three rows, is always a loose mess. How do I keep the tension even with the color change row. And the looseness is there even when I do not change color at the end of the row.
Thank you for this video! Clear and easy to understand. When you get to the decreases, do you work them as usual continuing with the helix knitting?
Yes - the stitches between the markers will be fewer as you decrease, but continue the helix technique as you have been.
Wow, incredible. Thanks
Thank you so much for this. Is there a special way to bind off when working in this method with multiple skeins?
This is knitting magic! Thank you for this video.
But in the yellow and white sample it shows two rounds of quite? Or is that just eyes playing tricks?
They are close in color, but they are different colors.
Thanks Stacie, will have to try this out! Cool
What do you do with all these samples? Do you unravel it and use the yarn for something else? Just curious!☺️
would love to win these needles!
I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I've come up with two mistakes it appears. One is at the place with the color changes it looks like a purl stitch; and secondly I'm doing magic loop with this in the place where the color changes keeps moving over to the right is that normal? Like it started halfway between the rabbit ears of the magic loop and then next thing I know the color changes 1/4 of the way in from one rabbit ear instead of halfway in.
Thank you for making this video it’s going to really help ❤
Thanks for such a good tutorial!
Staci I saw the needles you were using for knitting in round. I’m having issues knitting sleeves. Are these shorter needles or what do you recommend for knitting sleeves without magic loop or 2 circs?
That is just too cool!
Great tutorial, thank you.
Very clever - love it!
Like magic.
I can’t even begin to get my head round how or why this works, so I’m not going to try, I’m just going to do it - thanks!
OMG! Where have you been my whole knitting life? What a wonderful solution?
This kind of hurts my brain a little but it’s SO AWESOME! Thank you so much for making this video! I kinda want to re-knit my stripey hat now 😜
Fantastic! Desperate to learn something new - but easy - all my big blankets, etc. too hot to knit. Thought - ok - do some charity hats...found this and it's new to me and fun - the math so easy. Really appreciate your great work!!! Think I'll do one with 3 colors - then one with 4 - getting rid of yarn - bags of it to donate in trunk of car - resolving to stop keeping so many leftovers - I heard you say you don't do this - and boy did it feel great to purge about 3/4 of my yarn. This helix thing is so cool! Thanks!
How do you structure the colours of you want each alternate row to be the same? I want to use up all my scraps for a hat but have a navy blue every other row to keep it concise
Please, i want to ask you about knit pro nova needles, is it good quality or the plated color changes by the time?!
Do you have instructions for changing colors knitting flat
You are amazing ty again I'm starting my 1st sweater
I thought I figured out some new math with this, where instead of n colors = n change points, you would do n-1 change points, so 3 colors, 72 stitches would change every 36, so you'd get to do a half-run in each color, with fewer color swaps. 4 colors would then be done every 24, and you'd always have length-24 runs, nice and even. Well, it works for the switches, I think, but it also means 2 colors would start on top of each other at the same point, opposite the 3rd, instead of spaced evenly every 120°, and I don't think you can move the switch points once they're set(?). This also might screw up whatever you do at the top, too, e.g. you wouldn't have nice, evenly-spaced end points if you switched back to a solid color. I'm a new knitter, though, and haven't tried helix knitting yet, so maybe this is all nonsense :)
I'm intrigued, this works for me when I think it through....if someone puts needles to yarn and gives this a try, let us know!
Hi Staci! I learned how to do magic loop for hats and have really gotten the hang of it, and now I want to move on to color work. How would I change colors using magic loop, or is it not possible with magic loop and only with regular circular knitting? I don't know how to use DPNs, so I'm trying to just focus on magic loop.
You can do colorwork with magic loop, but it can cause tension issues. It is better to use short circulars. For instance, if you're knitting a hat, it is far easier to use 16" circulars instead of magic loop.
If, say, I’m kitting with two strands on a toe up sock, how do I bind off with the two strands? Or say I want to start knitting the cuff with just 1 strand, how do I “stop” the other colour? Just knit over it?
Yes, just pick one of the colors for the BO, and use that color to BO all the way around. (Don't overthink it, you'll just stop using the other color.)
I get big jog at first new color in this helix knitting. 😢 Is there anyway to prevent that? (& when stop helix, and go to solid color for top of hat, same jog those two places. How to fix related to Helix please?)
I haven't worked that situation exactly before, but my assumption is that you can work a standard color-change jog correction, if you're switching to a solid colors (or two or more rows in the next color): th-cam.com/video/jrVP129BnRg/w-d-xo.html
Brilliant!
Thank you for this tutorial, it's very clear and makes this technique seem very simple. I don't suppose it can be used for wider stripes? I recently completed a sweater with random stripes, all different widths, and I ended up with a lots of jogs at the end of the round.
I have a question about flat knitting, my edges just seem to be loose no matter how hard I tighten them. They just seem messy. I’ve been looking through your videos to see if you have something on it but I can’t seem to find anything /:
Here is my video on edge tension: th-cam.com/video/4rhvK9tU6Bs/w-d-xo.html
I love your videos! I save all of them.
I recently made some hats for newborns using helix knitting. They turned out so cute!
I’m interested in trying this technique but I’m not good at double pointed needles. For the decreasing top of hat. I’m better at magic loop my question is can this be done with magic loop?
Yes it can. Pretty much anything that can be done with magic loop can be done on DP's.
How did you know I’d been catching the yarn at the meeting of each Color?
This is so spooky! Hugs WAH
Your tutorials made my knitting so much better and myself more confident in knitting. Thank you so much!
You are the best! Thank you xxx
this reminds me of basket weaving that I saw done in a 3-rod wale... it chases the next level around...
Wonderfully clear, succinct, complete instructions. Thank you!
Some videos has slipping 3 stitches before change over..?..
I've never seen such a thing...you'll have to contact those folks for a reason why they're doing that.
So..... I am a beginner knitter, practicing on slouchy hats and having a ball. I ran into this jog-thing when I decided to do several rows of knit stitch (circular needles), then one row of purl, then more rows of knit stitch, etc. etc. JOGs! I tried a bunch of different ideas to fix it, but being new, I don't have much of an arsenal yet. This helix/jogless idea comes the closest, but I am using only one color. Got any ideas (short of cutting my yarn for each jog) for me?
Also, I wanted to thank you for your many great videos-- I've learned a ton, with your clear and concise help.
Correcting the jog in garter stitch is a bit different than correcting the jog in stripes...I have my own methods for how I deal with it, but I haven't yet figured out real standards that I can put into video for people to really count on. But it will happen! Tons of knitters have asked me for that video, lemme figure it out, video on the way!
Thank you!
Wow! This is awesome. Thank you so much 🙋
One question though - what if I need to increase or decrease stitches? 🤔
You work the increases and decreases as you normally would, it doesn't change how you work this technique.
VeryPink Knits Thank you!
Great video! I'm working on a hat now and it is just magical. One question: If I wanted to switch to one color at the decreases where/how would I make that transition? I want to use the same color as the ribbing.
I haven't done this, you might have to experiment a bit...my thought is that you'd just start at the beginning of the round with the solid color.
Amazing! I'm wondering how this would work in knitting striped socks if you want to have solid color heels and toes. Probably drop the color(s) you don't want then restart helix pattern after heel?
Sock toes and heels are usually knit in rows, not rounds. So you would interrupt the helix knitting rounds, complete the toe/heel, then pick up with rounds and helix knitting again.