Glitten Video 5

Knitting and weaving in the yarn from both the left and right hands in fair Isle knitting

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Howto & Style

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• Knit
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• colors
• in
• hands.
• No
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• ends
• to
• weave.
• fair
• Isle

[ZoeUnaVideo]

p.s. Thank you for the tutorial - even though I didn't get any stretch in my project I am most grateful to you for putting up this video. I have now learned how to knit using both hands and using a weave when need be.

[MarleneD1216]

@ZoeUnaVideo I haven't used it for anything that needed to be stretchy & I'll bet if I did I would get the same result you did. I would guess stranded color work would be a better method to get some stretch for a sock; even then that would be limited to the length of the float so I suppose each float should be a little looser but not so loose you get your toes stuck in them when putting on a sock. (swatch)

Thanks for viewing and commenting! I'm glad it helped you learn to knit with 2 colors.

[MarleneD1216]

@ZoeUnaVideo I haven't used it for anything that needed to be stretchy & I'll bet if I did I would get the same result you did. I would guess stranded color work would be a better method to get some stretch for a sock; even then that would be limited to the length of the float so I suppose each float should be a little looser but not so loose you get your toes stuck in them when putting on a sock. (swatch)

Thanks for viewing and commenting! I'm glad it helped you learn to knit with 2 colors!

[xninxx]

what is that blue string? it looks like dental floss

[MarleneD1216]

LOL, yes it is dental tape. It's my lifeline because I'll eventually mess up somewhere and have to rip back to the floss. Then all I have to do is pick up those stitches from the floss.

[bathooon]

I loved your explanation of the Pretend stitch.. thanx alot

[MarleneD1216]

Thanks, but I can't take really take the credit since I learned it that way from a video at philosopherswool dot com. Glad it was helpful of course!

[ZoeUnaVideo]

Thanks for your response. I did it with just the floats first and it didn't look right to me seeing the float travel from one dpn to the other - so I tried this method, weaving in every other stitch. I will now attempt it with leaving loose(ish) floats, but weaving in the 5 stitch of the same color (so the float won't be too long) and before switching to next dpn. Wish me luck, cause I really want to get this pattern done.

[ZoeUnaVideo]

I used this method making a sock. After the ribbing I used the two colors with the weaving technique and found the sock had absolutely no stretch at the woven part.

[chickenkarma]

this is a great tutorial!

I knew how to weave the yarn through but not without having to untangle the yarn every so often. this method is so awesome :D

[outdoordrea]

Even though you didn't "invent" the pretend stitch or the weaving stitch, your explanation and video are very helpful to see them in action. I'm doing my first-ever fair isle project (felted cat basket) now thanks to your instructions.