The Joy of Embroidering on Knits: Playful Embellishment Techniques
The year was 2009. I was living in Chicago, about to gift a handmade Christmas stocking to this guy I was dating. I was nervous;…
“Colorwork is one of the most exciting, challenging, and fun techniques in knitting.” —Kathleen Cubley, Exploring Color Knitting: 7 FREE Patterns using Intarsia, Stranded Knitting, and Fair Isle Knitting Technique
Colorwork is often one of the first techniques that draws people to knitting, with the ability to create pictures, panels, stripes, and patterns in two or more colors. Explore the many different articles we’ve gathered on the topic of knitting colorwork to learn the essential colorwork techniques: stranded, mosaic (a.k.a. slip-stitch colorwork), and intarisa.
We’ll recommend patterns for beginner colorwork projects, colorwork gifts, and colorwork socks. We’ll also tackle more advanced colorwork techniques like steeking, color dominance, and jog-less colorwork in the round. Want a deeper dive into the world of colorwork? Kyle Kunnecke has a series of courses on stranded knitting. Kyle teaches all the basics, including sections on color theory and color dominance. You’ll also love his Modern Colorwork Cowl course!
Discover the many tips, techniques, and tutorials we have here, then stop by the Interweave shop for even more knitting resources including videos, kits, books, ebooks, and magazines!
The year was 2009. I was living in Chicago, about to gift a handmade Christmas stocking to this guy I was dating. I was nervous;…
Peach Fuzz, Pantone’s 2024 Color of the Year, is soft, warm, and velvety. Like other colors with lower saturation, it can be easily overwhelmed in…
There are some phrases commonly used in knitting instructions that experienced knitters take for granted. But for less-experienced knitters, these instructions can be totally baffling!…
Editor’s note: Every once in a while a technique or trick comes along in knitting that makes us ask, “Why didn’t someone tell me about…
For those of you who love getting lost in the beauty and creativity of stranded colorwork, we rounded up some of our all-time favorite colorwork…
One of my favorite questions to ask knitting instructors is: what’s your favorite tip to tell students? When I asked a few of our Yarn…
Stranded knitting is a classic way to add color to your knitting, allowing you to create intricate patterning, motifs that repeat across the knitted fabric,…
If you’ve spent any time knitting in a group, you know that we all approach wrapping yarn around the needle a little differently. For the…
Learning to knit stranded colorwork is a process that requires patience and practice. Initially, working with two yarns in the same row can be quite…
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