Stranded knitting

Fair Isle knitting is a simple technique in which you switch between two colors per row to make fun, detailed designs in your knitting projects.

Ten tips that will help you improve your stranded knitting technique and make projects made in Fair Isle and other colour patterns better.

Do you struggle with tight floats in stranded colorwork knitting? In this blog post I demonstrate an easy trick to keeping your floats loose: knitting colorwork inside out. And no, that doesn't mean having to purl in colorwork! Read the post to understand how needle tip position affects circular knitting, the difference between working right side out and inside out, and how working in the round inside out can help with tight floats. #knitting #knit #stranded #colorwork #tutorial…

How to start knitting stranded colourwork It is no secret that I love to knit stranded colourwork, and in this blogpost I’m giving you some tips and tricks for how ...

With the Fair Isle Advent MKALendar you'll create a stocking cap or a cowl in 25 days... or take the emergency exit to turn the cap into a head-hugging beanie. All sorts of fingering-weight leftovers, scraps, half-a skeins, unicorn tails, or advent calendar minis are ideal.

Your knitting puckers up when you knit stranded colorwork? The piece becomes too tight? Or are your stitches too loose and messy? I've been there as well. Here I share with you how I get my yarn tension just right and more advice that helped me get a beautiful and even knit fabric. So click here to read more!

Great ideas on how to knit more evenly when using two or more colors. Learn from our tips to get the most out of this gorgeous knitting technique.

Visiting a local yarn shop and surrounding oneself with gorgeous yarns is balm for the soul. Come along for a local yarn shop virtual tour and get a sneak peak at my new stranded knitting project.