How To Knit: Trapping Floats | Brooklyn Tweed

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Trapping your floats in stranded colorwork is useful if you have areas with long color repeats - your colorwork will look neater and you won't need to worry about snagging an unsecured float. We'll show you how in this Brooklyn Tweed knitting tutorial!
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@lailaal.6531 2 года назад

This is hands down the best explanation of how to trapping floats on RU-vid! Thank you

@BrooklynTweed_Official 2 года назад

Thank you - glad it was helpful! (Nice neat floats are SO satisfying!) Happy knitting!

@MrNele99 2 года назад

Def the best video for explaining how to trap floats. And thanks for not insisting that one must hold the yarns in different hands!

@BrooklynTweed_Official 2 года назад

Thanks so much! One hand, two hands, it all works!

@danishsierra Год назад

OMG! I’ve been knitting for almost 50 years and just learnt something new and useful! Many thanks!

@BrooklynTweed_Official Год назад

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!

@TheHappyHen Год назад

This is the BEST, most straight-forward video I have seen for the trap! I am so new to colorwork and this makes it SO EASY! ❤🎉😊 THANK YOU!!!

@BrooklynTweed_Official Год назад

You are so welcome!

@janelldemello9052 2 года назад

I love seeing somebody hold their needles the way I do.

@BrooklynTweed_Official 2 года назад

Thanks for watching, Janell! It's so interesting to watch other folks knit and see how everyone has their own personal style :)

@janelldemello9052 2 года назад

I am wondering if you mark out on your chart where you are going to do your catches. Seems to me that would be helpful. The back looks so perfect.

@BrooklynTweed_Official 2 года назад

@@janelldemello9052 Great question! Some colorwork charts do that very thing (like our Voe pullover & Voe Hat by Gudrun Johnston), or you could mark them yourself for ones that don't.

@janedaniel7288 Месяц назад

So it's trapping your floats not catching them as I thought. Very, very clear instruction. Thank you. xxJane 🐑🌼

@BrooklynTweed_Official Месяц назад

You're so welcome! Happy knitting!

@emilydawson9292 2 месяца назад

I have been quite trepidations about trying colourwork on account of the floats. Thank you so much for providing such a clear (and one handed) approach to catching floats!

@BrooklynTweed_Official 2 месяца назад

You are so welcome! Happy knitting!

@caseylewis9444 2 года назад

Thank you for the video and being so awesome at explaining it!! This was like my 10th video of trying to learn and I got it watching one time through because of you. You rock!

@BrooklynTweed_Official 2 года назад

Hi Casey! That's awesome, I'm so glad we could help! Rock on with your nice neat floats!

@mariananavarro4175 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much for this little tutorial it really helped me understand how trapping floats works. fantastic

@BrooklynTweed_Official 3 месяца назад

Great to hear! Thanks so much for watching!

@kathleenbacon3720 4 года назад

Thanks! I’m actually working on a stranded headband right now. I hold one color in each hand, so I was happy to see you added that option at the end. I’ve been physically moving one ball of yarn over the other for my traps, this is easier. 👍🏻

@eboni1346 Год назад

You've saved my project ❤️ thank you for the video!

@BrooklynTweed_Official Год назад

Glad we could help!

@anneshirleyduncan Год назад

Thank you so much. I've never seen this explained so simply.

@BrooklynTweed_Official Год назад

You're very welcome! Happy knitting!

@barbarawood3209 Год назад

This is so helpful! My go-to video when I do a colorwork item.

@BrooklynTweed_Official Год назад

Glad it was helpful! Nice neat floats are SO satisfying!

@lonytakerschbaum5559 4 года назад

Love your tutorial....very helpful and a different way than I've done it before. I will try this next time. Thanks!

@BrooklynTweed_Official 3 года назад

Glad you found it helpful! Happy knitting!

@cecej1069 2 года назад

Excellent demonstration, thank you!

@BrooklynTweed_Official 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

@TheStitchWitchPodcast 8 месяцев назад

thank you so much for this; I actually feel able to do the thing that actually got me to start knitting-- color work!!

@BrooklynTweed_Official 8 месяцев назад

You can do it!

@SuzKnits 2 года назад

Thanks , you explained how to catch floats really well.

@BrooklynTweed_Official Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@janmeyer5933 2 года назад

Spot On, exactly what I needed!

@BrooklynTweed_Official 2 года назад

We're so glad! (Aren't nice neat floats just SO satisfying?)

@brittneywick 7 месяцев назад

THANK YOU! Wonderful tutorial.

@BrooklynTweed_Official 7 месяцев назад

You are so welcome! Happy knitting!

@isabelgrosu9668 Год назад

this is so well explained, thank you so much !

@BrooklynTweed_Official Год назад

Glad it was helpful! Happy knitting!

@dbowden9971 4 года назад

Perfect. Thank you.

@BrooklynTweed_Official 3 года назад

Happy knitting!

@nancystanley3239 4 года назад

Very nicely done. I’ve never done this before. I’m going to give this hat pattern a try.

@BrooklynTweed_Official 3 года назад

Thank you! We'd love to see your project!

@hanhvuong8898 3 года назад

Very nice !Thank you so much.

@BrooklynTweed_Official 3 года назад

Our pleasure!

@shelleymetzger7513 Год назад

Thank you for this video! I’m starting my first color work piece and I was unsure of how this worked, now it doesn’t seem so daunting

@BrooklynTweed_Official Год назад

You are so welcome!

@lc-xq1yz 5 месяцев назад

Best stranded videos on the internet!!! One question: are you swapping the color dominance for each of these sections? I always get confused about the dominance when changing color floats and don’t want my DC to accidentally become the main color, thus receding. Thank you so much!

@BrooklynTweed_Official 5 месяцев назад

Great question! It can be less obvious with big sections of color, but generally you'll want to keep one color dominant throughout. More complicated colorwork patterns, where you're using several colors and it's easier to forget which one is supposed to be dominant where, often have a color dominance chart next to the stitch pattern chart that shows which color should be dominant on each row. Happy knitting!

@lc-xq1yz 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!

@stargirl661 2 года назад

thank you for this video!!

@BrooklynTweed_Official 2 года назад

Thank YOU for watching! Happy knitting!

@ashleymendoza5152 9 месяцев назад

this is an amazing video. Is there a video of you showing how to trap floats on the wrong side of the floats?

@BrooklynTweed_Official 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! Not yet, but that's a great idea for a future video!

@captainswing4487 Год назад

Got it.

@MarshaNovak 4 года назад

Very clear and love seeing you hold both yarns in your right hand- have been discouraged from color work because you are "supposed to" hold one yarn in each hand and I just can't get comfortable picking.

@drea3556 4 года назад

Who said you need to use both hands I am a Continental knitter who uses both in my left. I always say do you!

@kathleenbacon3720 4 года назад

Look up Norwegian Knit revisited by Arne and Carlos. I use that for my left hand knitting.

@BrooklynTweed_Official 3 года назад

Everyone knits differently - do what works for you!

@debmorton3310 3 года назад

Same here. I don’t understand why some people think their way of knitting is the only way. I’ve been knitting for over 50 years and have made hundreds of hats and blankets for charity. If it gets the job done and it works for you, do it!

@tshawnjohnson 3 года назад

Thank you! I would love to see an example of trapping floats when you are working on the back side with the floated yarn pulled forward and the knitted yarn pulled back. I can do it from the front, I'm just not sure why I'm having trouble on the other side...

@BrooklynTweed_Official 3 года назад

It can be a bit tricky on the back! Remember that the yarn you want to trap is coming from under your working yarn and that you're laying it over the needle in the opposite direction of the stitch you're about to work. Happy knitting!

@abgates56 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for the great explanation and clear video. This helped me so much. Question: when knitting Magic Loop, if I want to catch the floating yarn at the end of each needle should I do the wrap of the floating yarn in the last stitch on the needle, or the second-to-the-last stitch then secure it completely with the last stitch? Thanks!

@BrooklynTweed_Official 8 месяцев назад

Either way is great - remember to switch up the spot where you're trapping floats from round to round so that it doesn't show through on the front. Happy knitting!

@cancyblackwell Год назад

But how do you switch sides with something that isn't in the round when doing floats? (e.g., whenever you're done with the right side, the yarn is always at the bottom...so how do you make it go back up to the top to keep working on the right side?)

@BrooklynTweed_Official Год назад

Hi Cancy! If you're working stranded colorwork flat, you'll need to purl back across the wrong side in pattern to get back to the right side (so you'd trap your floats in front as you're purling). Happy knitting!

@suehedin 4 года назад

Excellent tutorial! I would like to know more about the edges of the piece you are working on.

@BrooklynTweed_Official 3 года назад

Thanks so much! We alternated colors up the edges to help keep our swatch tidy :)

@marleemargulies4295 2 года назад

Excellent video. I’ve been trying to master this technique, and your video and description really helped! What are you doing at the beginnings of each row that make it look so neat?

@BrooklynTweed_Official 2 года назад

Hi Marlee! Glad this was helpful! Jared is keeping the edges of his swatch neat and tidy here by alternating the two colors that he's working with in a checkerboard pattern (also, we always steam our swatches before filming so they look extra nice!) Happy knitting!

@anepictree 7 месяцев назад

great eplanation demo, thanks - is it the same technique for knitting in the round?

@BrooklynTweed_Official 6 месяцев назад

Yes, it is! Happy knitting!

@anepictree 6 месяцев назад

thanks 😊

@brittanyszymankiewicz7324 Год назад

I’m about to start my first colourwork project and was having such a hard time understanding how to do it, and how to prevent twisting (I hear that’s a common issue?) but this has been a perfect explanation, thank you!! Am I understanding it correctly that it’s a two stitch process to trap it completely?

@BrooklynTweed_Official Год назад

Hi Brittany! So glad you found this helpful! Yes, you've got it - the second stitch locks the float in.

@brittanyszymankiewicz7324 Год назад

@@BrooklynTweed_Official awesome thank you so much!! Going to watch your video on colour dominance now to make sure my project looks top notch. Any tips for how to hold the second colour in left hand? It feels like my hand has forgotten how to work 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

@BrooklynTweed_Official Год назад

@@brittanyszymankiewicz7324 It may feel awkward for a little bit until you get used to it, totally normal! 😁

@user-hf4ir8bj4i 7 месяцев назад

What would be the result if I trapped every stitch with floating? Will there be any problems with its elasticity?

@BrooklynTweed_Official 7 месяцев назад

Hello! Yes, you would get a very stiff fabric and likely would have the float color showing through on the front of the work.

@NS-vw8pm 2 года назад

Just watched your color dominance clip and in that video I saw that for your float, you carried your dominant color which was in in you right hand over the top but here for longer floats dominant color should be trapped under, correct? Sorry to ask for further clarity, but your work is just as lovely from behind and I’m trying to attain that precise float look from the back ( as well as maintain even tension, lol).

@BrooklynTweed_Official 2 года назад

Thanks so much for watching! Yes, your dominant color should always be carried under your background color, whether holding one color in each hand or both in one hand (at the end of the color dominance video, Jared demonstrates his method of holding both colors in one hand, keeping the dominant color to the left/below the background color). That will give you those lovely tidy floats on the back!

@3harvard 2 года назад

I knit like you do, with both strands in my right hand. How does this affect color dominance and moving both colors back and forth?

@BrooklynTweed_Official 2 года назад

Hi Theresa! Great question - Jared demonstrates this in our How To Knit: Color Dominance 101 video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xy_NKDRSuwQ.html However you prefer to hold your yarn, the key thing is to keep your dominant color traveling under your background color. Happy knitting!

@tsaial 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for this video! I am just starting my first colorwork project. I had a question, do you mind explaining why you always come from under the working yarn? Is it possible to alternate so that the twist in the strands “undoes” itself so you don’t end up with all those twists? Total beginner here, really appreciate your video!

@BrooklynTweed_Official 9 месяцев назад

You're very welcome! Great question - there are actually two reasons you want to bring your float yarn up from under your working yarn when trapping your floats. The first is so that the float yarn sits "behind" the working yarn, so it gets trapped when you knit your next stitch with the working yarn, but doesn't come through to the front of your work. The second, which has more to do with why you don't want to alternate yarn position, has to do with color dominance - check out our tutorial here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xy_NKDRSuwQ.html Happy knitting!

@tsaial 9 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for the explanation! I just bought The Nordic Knitting Primer and read about color dominance today. And then I noticed Brooklyn Tweed is listed as a yarn supplier in Portland, OR. Will definitely be checking it out in the future for projects!

@alise4377 7 месяцев назад

What if there's a whole row with just one color, so I carry the other color all the way through the row?

@BrooklynTweed_Official 7 месяцев назад

Hello! If you're knitting flat and need the second color on the following row, then yes, you would need to carry it across so you have it on the far side to knit back with. If you're knitting in the round, then you can simply knit one round with the first color and then pick the second color back up to knit the following round. Happy knitting!

@alise4377 7 месяцев назад

@@BrooklynTweed_Official thank you so much

@susanmarek6027 Год назад

Love the video, but I'd like to know what the sweater pattern is worn in video?

@BrooklynTweed_Official Год назад

Thanks for watching! Jared is wearing his Timberline cardigan: brooklyntweed.com/products/timberline

@susanmarek6027 Год назад

@@BrooklynTweed_Official Thank you! purchased. it's gorgeous💓

@MedineSeferzade Год назад

are there a way to make invisible color change at the back side too?

@BrooklynTweed_Official Год назад

Hmm, so you could have reversible colorwork with no floats? You'd need to do double-knitting (fully reversible) or intarsia (no floats, but you'd have a "wrong" side still). Happy knitting!

@MedineSeferzade Год назад

@@BrooklynTweed_Official which one is better or preferable? simply letting lines at the back side, double knitting or intarsia?

@BrooklynTweed_Official Год назад

@@MedineSeferzade Whichever one you like the best! Some folks like the look of floats worn on the outside!

@csbtrod Год назад

Is the pink the dominant color of this swatch/pattern?

@BrooklynTweed_Official Год назад

Great question! Yes, Jared is using the pink yarn as the dominant color here.

@csbtrod Год назад

@@BrooklynTweed_Official Great! Thanks!

@TheFiown 2 года назад

Isn't it easier on such a pattern as this to do intarsia rather than float the yarn ?

@BrooklynTweed_Official 2 года назад

Hi Stephanie! Great question - for a flat piece like this you could certainly do intarsia. The pattern that we use this colorwork motif in, Andraos, is a hat worked in the round, we just made a flat swatch for the video to make it a bit easier to show the wrong side of the fabric. :)

@NaturalAegyo 11 месяцев назад

With 3 colors?

@BrooklynTweed_Official 11 месяцев назад

You can use this technique to trap multiple floats - lay your non-working yarn(s) over the top of your needle and then knit a stitch with your working yarn to make the trap.

@lc-xq1yz 5 месяцев назад

Clarification: Main color being background color.

@eh3600 Год назад

Did my first color work swatch ever over the weekend, I didn't know catching floats was a thing. Suffice it to say the tension was a mess, so much fabric bunching 😔 I'll take this knowledge into future projects, thank you so much ♡

@BrooklynTweed_Official Год назад

Try going up a needle size in your colorwork sections as well, it can help to keep your tension consistent! Happy knitting!