How to knit colorwork
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2024
- This tutorial shows you how to knit colorwork. It is an in-depth tutorial perfect for anyone who has no experience knitting colorwork and would like to learn how.
This tutorial covers the following areas:
- How to read a colorwork chart
- How to easily keep track of where you are in the chart
- How to hold your yarn for knitting with two colors
- Joining a new color
- Color dominance
- What a float is and how to manage their tension
- Increase rows and why a chart might have “no stitch” sections
- How to work a m1L increase
All of the techniques are demonstrated using my Blizzard sweater. This sweater has been designed specifically for knitters who want to knit a colorwork yoke sweater, but have no colorwork experience. There are a number of features that make Blizzard perfect for a colorwork beginner including:
- Repeats are kept short and easily memorized
- Increases are worked in the main color rounds so you don’t have to remember increases and colorwork
- Floats are kept short so their tension is more easily managed.
The pattern for Blizzard is available on both Ravelry and my website at the links below:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
www.jessicamcdonalddesigns.co...
There is also a children’s version of this design called Skift. You can find that pattern on Ravelry and my website at the links below:
www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
www.jessicamcdonalddesigns.co...
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No going to lie, the kid interludes kinda made this tutorial; it switched the tone from being clinically taught to knit to the feeling of getting taught by the neighborhood knitting group and it brought back a lot of fond memories. Keep up the good content! 😁
Tell Jimmi that He made your video real. when do we ever have the perfect environment to knit. A true knitter can focus when the world is burning down around our ears. that being said ... You really took the fear of colorwork and dismissed it. I like how you gave the little tips to make it easy. 2 hands... Really genus. Thanks Joe
I'm glad you liked Jimmy's participation! Hopefully you now have the confidence to try knitting colorwork!
Thanks for the helpful video.
Five tips.
1.Photocopy your pattern so that it isn't a strong black and white as this is easier on the eyes.
2. Mark all the rows you are using with a specific colour next to your pattern, this will help keep you organized in more complicated fairisle.
3. Draw lines to create a five row grid on your pattern, this makes stitch counting soooooo much easier and helps you trace back any mistakes.
4. I use a coloured marker to draw across the completed row. This is easy on the eye to follow and prevents lost placement if your top marker slips.
5. If you have longer pattern repeats, place a stitch marker between them. It helps you check for any mistakes and can save hours of stitch counting and undoing as any pattern mistakes can be quickly spotted and corrected.
I adore colour work and hope these tips add to your fun.
Thank you for an excellent tutorial. The background noise of your children was not a distraction at all for me. This is not a professional movie we are paying for, you are providing a service pro bono, and I greatly appreciate it.
7:35 “he’s eating peanut butter” I love that 😂
00:49 When you’re explaining how to read a chart, it’s so clear and makes so much sense! Thank you!
So beautiful! I was avoiding colorwork because it seemed too difficult, but this video made it much less intimidating. Thanks :)
9.09am 29th April 2023. Thank you so much! You are a fantastic teacher. I have never done colour stitching before and really wanted to learn. Everything you showed was so clear especially with the added tips and explanations that are really useful and important. You not only know how to knit well, you also understand how people's brains work . Genius. Many thanks from Springwood, NSW, Australia.
Kaci of Young Folks Knit recommended your tutorial on color work and although I have done colorwork before, your video has given me added confidence. I thoroughly enjoyed your kids in the background as it reminded me of when my children were young. As a young mother it must be very difficult to find the time to do this but I am so glad you did! I can’t wait to make Skift for my grandchildren!
I have always looked at color work and just told myself it was something I could never do. It just looks hard. You are a great instructor and I know I can do this! thank you for making it nonintimidating, and thanks for all the great little tips. 😊 PS I love hearing your children in the background!
I am nowhere near ready to do this but I was curious. You're a really really great teacher!
This colorwork is really nice & clear.
It looks so easy but I guess you are an expert knitter.
You say white & brown but I see white & grey..
It is a nice job !!
Thank you so much
I appreciate the detailed color dominance information, and I appreciate the free parent dominance techniques we got too
I'm getting ready to try colorwork and this tutorial was so helpful! Explanations were clear and visuals were extremely helpful. Thanks for your time!!
I'm part way through Blizzard as my first colourwork! I'm really enjoying it, and very grateful for this tutorial.
I always love your tutorials, and this one is great! Thank you!
Gorgeous and great tutorial! I definitely want to learn colorwork.
Thank you! I want to try this. I’m a newby when it comes to colorwork-this is very helpful and I will purchase your pattern when I’m ready for a new project-thanks again!
I'm about to start doing colourwork and this was very helpful!! Thank you!
This was the perfect tutorial for me as I launch into colorwork. The video was a good pace and the explanations clear and concise. Plus the pattern is lovely. So glad I found your channel, Jessica, and am looking forward to watching more of your videos!
Great tutorial! Love the pattern and that it's good for beginners! Thanks!
Thank you so much. It is relaxing the way that you explain it.
Great video! I have purchased Blizzard and can’t wait to get my yarn and start.
i love your tutorial. I've never done colourwork, but feel like I could now attempt it. I'm also impressed with your picking and throwing skills. I'm a thrower but am also tempted to try a swatch and see how I go. Thanks Jessica.
Trank you. That was a very nice and clear tutorial. I just waited for Blizzard to put both patterns in my basket. I am planning to start with Skift and move on to Blizzard afterwards.
Very beautifully demonstrated. Thank you .
great tutorial! Very clear, and super helpful!
Thank you for the great tutorial. The sweater will be a beautiful addition to my wardrobe!
Very helpful. Thank you Jessica.
I use a post-it note to keep track of which row I’m on, just like you use your pen
This is a great video! So helpful in explaining color work. I've never knit color work before and now I think I may be able to do it. Very easy to follow. Thanks again!
Thank you, very clear and informative! Ready to get started on your newest Fletching sweater.
I really enjoy your explanation of colorwork and am starting the Blizzard sweater this month..thank you!
Your work is wonderful and you are good teacher,May God continue to increase your knowledge 👌
I've never done colorwork before, but this video makes me want to try this out as it makes colorwork less intimidating.
I’m new to your channel and absolutely love it! Thanks for sharing this tutorial. I ‘m a newbie knitter and this tutorial really inspires me to give color works a try😊
Thank you so much for this video I feel less intimidated to try colour work now ☺️
I am currently knitting this pattern so far looking great. Thank you for this wonderful video it is so helpful. xx
Great tutorial! Thank you!!
What a great video! Thanks!
I loved hearing your interaction with your son. All of us have interruptions in knitting and there’s no sense pretending we don’t.
This is a wonderful tutorial! Thank you very much 💗🧶
Thank you for this great tutorial. I haven’t done any color work since I was in my late teens and stopped knitting for many many years due to life’s complications. I’m now going to do a knit along with my older sister who lives in another state and is a more accomplished knitter. It was feeling a bit daunting to start in with a four color stitch until I found your video!!! All of your tips are excellent and understandable. Now I will have to practice continental knitting before I begin so that I don’t screw it up royally 😊. Love the fly and Jimmy in the video ❤❤❤
Your explanation Is great. Thank you
This is such a great video. I’m inspired!
Fantastic demo! Well I guess I finally need to learn continental LOL! This was explained well and clearly filmed! Thanks!
excellent tutorial - thanks so much!
Thank you for this great instruction. Give Jimmy a high five for bringing such a big smile to our faces while we watch.
Beautiful!
I am a first time listener to your video. loved this video as you were very clear with your instructions. I ordered your pattern and I am looking forward to making this blizzard pattern. I have only made one color work pattern so definitely looking forward to adding this one to my wardrobe. ❤
I always appreciate a colorwork pattern that doesn't require "catching floats." :) I have a pair of Selbu mittens that I started last year that I am working on finishing up and have given up trying to do continental and thrower's style (I'm just throwing both while maintaining color dominance order) because my tensions are just not quite the same when I do two techniques, and I could never remember how to catch the dominant yarn (catching the non-dominant yarn is easy). I'll just have to start a plain hat or something and work 100% continental to practice.
Color dominance only applies to the "parallel floats" technique. If you apply rotating floats, or twisting floats (sometimes even colorwork in twined knitting) then dominance does not exist. I think this is a common misconception when speaking on the topic of color dominance. Also people ask often about how to keep the yarns from twisting. This question is assuming that the colors are changed by rotating or twisting them at each color change. If you apply parallel floats method (as in this tutorial) then your yarns will not be twisting or rotating around each other...... each color remains parallel to the other color, therefore no twisting yarns.
thanks very helpful. I guess it is time for me to start my first colourwork soon... :D your video is giving me much courage.
Thanks for this, Ive done colorwork before (I just jumped in and did it!) and it was NOT perfect! 😂🤦🏾♀️ I will use your tips next time and Im sure I’ll have a better experience!
Thank you so much!
Thanks for sharing this tutorial I follow you
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Bonjour
Magnifique, merci pour ce tuto ... ça fait longtemps que je voudrais me lancer mais j'hésite ... vais essayer.
Belle journée ❤️
Thank you!
Im so happy to have found you, just whant I needed to continue my knitting journey. BTW, I tried to swat that fly off my computer screen lol little buggers
Very easy to follow you (I have trouble with other TH-cam demonstrators). Thank you!!! Very inspiring! And I love the fly and the baby. Real!!!!😊
Makes me want to start another sweater for myself.... :P
Thanks, very clear and luckily I also knit continental. My challenge is with more then 2 yarns per row.
I'm going to make a tutorial for knitting with 3 colors at once when I'm to that point in my next colorwork sweater.
Hi, i use a short plastic see through ruler to indicate which row I'm on. Happy knitting xxx❤
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Great video!
Thank you!
Thanks!
Thank you for making this video! Your explanation is spot on. This has made a huge difference for me.
Well explained
I loved the video! Very instructive, you make me feel I could actually do color work. I also enjoyed the kid noises, haha! Keepin’ it real. 😂😂😂
The kids are always around! 😄
Great!
This was really helpful & am hoping to start Blizzard soon. Would you be able to show us how you join the German twisted cast-on so seamlessly for this sweater?
I'll need to make a tutorial for that! When I join in the round for magic loop, I knit that first stitch with both the working yarn and the tail from the beginning of the cast on. Then I pull them snuggly together for a seamless join.
Loved this video and also loved Jimmy interrupting and eating peanut butter! Ha! Keeping it real! Thanks for showing us how to hold both colors at the same time.
I love this sweater! I am going to make this soon. I would like some opinions. I have a sweaters quantity of plutolopi in black and cream. I know most people hold plutolopi double but I'm wondering if I could do it single strand and use it on this pattern. I have no idea how it would behave. I just wanted to expand my knitting horizons and knit with this unique yarn.
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Very beautiful!! How do you deal with jogs? Do you just ignore them or do you have a method that you prefer to make them less visible? Thank you!
You make working with two colors at once look deceptively easy. I can knit solely English style and have tried to learn Continental style to no avail, so I know I wouldn't be able to do this. Thank you for a very clear tutorial, though.
You can hold both colors in one hand, too. This is only one way to do colorwork. If it helps, you could get a Norwegian yarn thimble to hold both colors at the same time on one finger
Your work is amazing.
It would be very kind if you tell how to work short rows at the back part.
The How to Knit Your First Sweater tutorial has a section explaining the short rows. You can find the specific chapter in the description section so you can watch what you need.
Спасибо за схему,я вас нашла в инстаграме и здесь волшебно.Даже мне без знания языка ,очень понятно
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Loved the video, wonderful inspiration!!! Blizzard is on my radar! However, I have never knitted a sweater…..how difficult is the actual sweater to knit? Thank you for your time!
It's not too hard! If you know the basics of knitting and purling, you can do it. Blizzard is very clearly written so it will be a good choice for a first sweater.
great video! How many stitches did you cast on? I am thinking of finally trying colourwork!
Thanks so much for this video. While your instructions are very clear, I have a question as a person new to color work, and also new to reading patterns. At your first increase row in the color work, I can see on the pattern that it needs to be increased to 8 stitches (2 more than the previous 6). My feeble brain translated that to mean 2 extra stitches after each of the 6 stitches (i.e., one on either side of that original 6 stitch grouping). Sorry if this question sounds dumb. I just can't see that an increase is made every three stitches looking at the pattern.
Hello, I am still new to knitting stranded colorwork. I am wondering if whenever you have time can you make a video tutorial or maybe can answer it here in the comments, how do you knit repeats in a colorwork chart?
Thank you.
For the first row are you counting 6 stiches repeatedly? What happens it you go around to 1st stich in the round and you in the middle of a repeat?
Helo!!! I love this tutorial! Where can I find the chart? Plisss! 😁
Beautiful! What pattern is this..
I made colour chart jumper for my size and as there is no stretch it turn out to be too small. Should I go up to another size? I started a colour beanie and also found that it doesn’t fit my head after six rows should I increase another twenty stitches to make it fit
I've never knitted a sweater before. Questions: Can this pattern be a man's sweater? What are the "short rows" you mentioned at the back of the neck?
Cool jimmy made my day🤣
Hi Jessica I started the Blizzard sweater and finished the short rows and will be starting the color work today. I noticed in my short rows that I must have done some yarn overs instead (3 of them) so I have some small holes. Do you think those will even out at some point or do you have any suggestions as to how to fix it short of ripping back?
If you have some small holes, it is likely because you did not pull the yarn tightly enough when creating your double stitch. They may block out. If you are really concerned, you may want to rip back through that section and re-work it.
bought the pattern but omg this is so much harder than i thought... is there a full video tut for it anywhere? paywalled is fine
If you add in the How to Knit Your First Sweater tutorial (also here on this channel), you will have help with the sweater construction process. Then use this tutorial for the colorwork portion. The two tutorials together will have all the information you need.
Hi thank you so much for a clear and constructive lesson in how to do colour work for the first time. My question is as a English knitter do I have to learn how to knit continental first or do English knitter hold there wool differently. Sorry to be a pain but I am English 😂 Blizzard will be my first attempt at a colour work jumper
I'm an English knitter and what I do is hold the dominant yarn in my left hand, but instead of "picking" it Continental style, I "throw" it with my left hand. That works for me.
This is the first time I watched your video. It was good very well explained. Do you think it's possible for me to get the entire pattern from the beginning about how to make this sweater? Thank you so much.
You can find the pattern for Blizzard on my website. It will give you the instructions for the entire sweater.
www.jessicamcdonalddesigns.com/patterns/p/blizzard
What knitting needles do you use? Like brand wise
Hi, I'm new here and trying my first color pattern project ever! If I am reading my pattern correctly, it sounds like I need to do my short rows while alternating colors, but I'm not sure if that is possible? This will mess up the colors, right? Thank you
I have a queation. How do you know when to do increases?
Thank you so much for all your helpful videos! Your designs are beautiful and I'm working on Woodsmoke right now.
I also would humbly request (from one busy mom to another...but also as a complete newbie knitter) editing out the inevitable parenting moments if possible. The "Jimmy" corrections were as distracting as the "Mommy" comments.