Colorwork
Colorwork
“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!
Double knitting has long been considered one of the higher peaks of advanced knitting and why not? Even to experienced knitters, it seems like magic. Double knitting allows you to do complex colorwork using charts that would be impractical in any other colorwork technique, and at the same time, creates a flexible fabric, similar to stockinette. And there's no wrong side: the opposite side mirrors the facing side in opposite colors. But at its simplest, it's no more complicated than 11 ribbing.
Above: Fir-Cone Sachet by Alasdair Post-Quinn
Over a decade of teaching this "esoteric" technique, I've striven to find…
