Jogless Fair Isle 

Brilliant! I love this. My colorwork looks so much better, and you explained the WHY so well. Patty, you are a fabulous teacher - because that's what you are doing. Teaching, not just demonstrating. Understanding why as well as how makes us better knitters. Thank you.

This is amazing! I can’t believe how this works. It’s so clever. Looking forward to putting it into practice and not having the unsightly jog!

Well I tried your jogless system and it works! I think u must be a genius. Ty for this.

I've used so many techniques over the years to try and reduce the jog in fair isle, and none ever gave me a truly neat finish. This one is WONDERFUL - I tested it on a last-minute Christmas ornament today and couldn't be happier!! Thank you so much for sharing with us, the technique is so clever and your instructions/demonstration are perfect

Wow! I've done a lot of stranded knitting for socks, and this would have been an excellent technique to try... so I will for my next project! I have to say, however, fading into those JUMBO needles out of nowhere at 6:42 to show the brioche-like column was comedy gold!

Thank you so much!!! I love to knit Fair Isle but the little irregularity gave me a headache and the none of my book on Fair Isle mentions this issue. From now on Fair Isle kitting will by my pride and joy.

Oh my goodness! This was exactly the tip I needed. I just started learning to knit fair isle in the round, and I’ve been spending a lot of time ripping it out. Your explanations for why and how are clear and engaging. Fantastic video! I’ve just subscribed, and bought your book so I can access more of your knitting wisdom! 😊

You have an excellent teaching ability. Thank you for making your content easy to listen to, understandable, and efficient. THANK YOU!

Learning something new is always cool. Thanks.

Once again, another genius solution from our Patty! Absolutely love it!

Brilliant!! Thank you Patty!!❤

You are an amazing instructor and teacher! I would consider myself an intermediate beginner… I have not tried fair isle, but it is on my list. I am learning as much as I can before I start! Thank you so much for this informative tutorial. You have a new subscriber here !😊

Of course. Thank you! Love your content and so grateful you’re willing to share.

I tried it with more than 2 colors. First attempt was not great; figured out I wasn't lifting up the correct strand from the stitch below in some rounds. I'm happy the way the fabric looks after correcting and am amazed there is no ridge formed at the last stitch in the round. Thank you for the tutorial!

Brilliant as usual Patty ❤

Thank you for another ingenious technique.

Grazie from Italy! Many many thanks. This Is what I was searching for. Magic!

This is genius! Thanks so much for the video tutorial. I've had a project in time-out for easily 15 years because I hated the way the "jogless jog" looked. This has inspired me to bring it out of WIP jail!

Thank you so much, Patty. I am so happy with this technique, I am completing a colorwork sweater that has sat in my knitting basket for two years because I hated the other techniques I tried for obfuscating that horrid jog. Your solution really works for me.

Thank you sooooo much for this video! You are a knitting genius!

Love your videos!

Thanks once again for a terrific share!

Thanks!

Thank you, so easy and brilliant

Great! I am knitting a very colorful yoke with constant color changes. This is just what I needed. ❤

Wow, there's certainly some very smart knitters out there. Thanks for sharing😊

Thank you!!! You are a GENIUS!!! Now it‘s really fun to knit colourwork. I was always dissatisfied by the result of my knitting and I tried several ways, but this one is perfect. 👏👏👏

That was the best thing I ever saw, thanks !!

Awesome, thank you. ❤️🌺

This is amazing! Thank you!!!

This has been very helpful

What a wonderful video, life saver for my hat ☺️ wish I had found this before my mittens 😭

Fabulous!!!

Just learning about fair-isle. Thank you for this wonderful tutorial! I was looking for a link to your book of tricks. Will search for it.

Ms Lyons - you are a genius. Although I am not much of a stranded colourwork knitter [yet?] - my drugs are double knitting and double knitted brioche - I will keep this technique in mind, should I come across a jog somewhere. Also I will share the link with other knit nuts, who might benefit from it 🎉

Thank you for this technique. I have been pulling my hair out trying to achieve jogless rows in the round in double knitting. This works on both sides by using the same technique with purls!

Genious!

Terrific. I've been looking for work-around for fair isle, and this looks like a good trick. A trick that I've used in the past (I do a lot of colorwork) is to P the first and last st of each row. The purl conceals the jog a bit better than knitting, and the result is that it looks "purposeful" as a seam. I do this on the right side and left side of my sweater projects.

I love you! Thank you! ❤

That's an awesome cartigen your wearing , you look amazing!💐

This is fabulous! And perfect timing as I'm knitting the Badger and bloom. Thank you❤ I do have a question; what about, in the round, top down, textured yokes, single colour throughout. Is it necessary to worry about a jog? Hopefully this is not a silly question as Im really not that experienced of a knitter. Much appreciated!

Awesome..!!

Really interesting. I don't entirely understand why your trick doesnt end with a raised row/braid but it's brilliant.

Hi Patty! Thank you so so much for this incredible trick, you’ve saved my fair isle sweaters! I have a quick question though. I am currently working on a fair isle sweater that has a couple of rows of fair isle at the bottom hem and after that there is a portion of just plain knitting in just one colour (without any colourwork that is) up until the yoke. The fair isle colourwork starts again at the yoke. So basically it looks like this: fair isle pattern, no pattern, fair isle pattern again. Do I continue to use your trick during the plain patternless part or do I just knit normally the way one would in the round? And then go back to your trick once I reach the yoke?

Thank you so much for taking the time to record this tutorial. I have two questions: Is it possible to fix the "jogged" column of stitches retroactively by laddering down and re-knitting the column according to your technique? Did I understand this correctly that you are supposed to knit the first stitch of the next round twice - one time with the last stitch of the preceding round and then again once the next round starts? Or do I ommit the first stitch of the next round once I have applied your technique to the previous round?

I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT!

Hello, this technique is amazing! I do have a question. If I have a pattern that has disjoint motifs, like snowflakes as well as continuous motifs, like zig zags, do I need to do this technique on every row, or will it look ok if I just work this in the sections where the motifs are continuous? Thank you!!

Hi Patty😊 Thank you for this tutorial. I just subscribed to your channel.😊 I've clearly missed an important observation. I've watched this video 3 times, and I'm still not clear on something. I understand step 1 and 2 individually. The question(s) I have is this: Is step 1 and 2 alternated though out the entire fair isle knitting or is step one, the set up row, done only once at the beginning first round, followed by step 2 throughout? My apologies, if this has already been asked and answered. I'm really trying to up my knitting game and this will do it once I fully comprehend it. Thank you😊

What I do is at the end of each round I knit the last stitch using the colour of the stitch above, i.e. whatever colour the last stitch the following round is. It seems to work fine, at least when knitting top down.

This video is really great. Thank you very much for that, I feel like I've already scoured the entire internet looking for exactly this tip. I just have one small question: the last stitch and the first stitch are always way too loose. Can you help me with this problem? I have already increased the tension in this area to the maximum but the stitches still hang. Thank you

Looks great. Why don't you get two times the first colour stitch? Doesn’t the k2tog put the first colour on top?

I'm currently working on a Fair Isle project so I was glad I came across this tutorial. The instructions were very clear and helpful. I have a question, however -- that is, the project I'm working on has three rows of one color in one section. Do I continue doing this jogless method even when the row has no color change or do I just do it in sections where there are two or more colors? I would appreciate any assistance you can give me. Thank you!

This is amazing. Can I ask, does it affect “color dominance at all by crossing the working yarn under every time or does blocking solve Thai issue?

Question please - why did you not pick up from the row below at the end of row 11. Or did you do that before you started the video - this is the part I’m struggling with and am determined to get it right!

Help, please ..so I transfer the last stitch, work twice every other round? The next round I pick up and k2tog...and so on or do I have to transfer to LHN every round? Thanks

Thank your the information. I found it to be the most helpful video. What if the next three rows are the same pattern, I understand you do the steps after the first round. Do you have to the do the steps for each round or since the next two rounds are the same, no need?? Thank you in advance for your time in answering this question. :)

Love this video! But I'm having a hard time translating it into continental knitting. How and when should I cross the yarns then?

If I was to start my fair isle pattern after ribbing in a separate color (black rib, red and maroon fair isle), would it be recommended to do this jogless join with the ribbing as well by knitting the last black stitch of the ribbing twice (once with black, once with red) to begin the fair isle?

Hi Patty, does this work for top down sweaters?

I’ve tried this but I still get that braid at the end of the round - what am I doing wrong? Do I continue the thechnique troughout even when there are many rows of the same color?

Is this technique & the associated cast on /off in your Knitting Bag of Tricks book? Thank you.

Question: When you work the last stitch of a row, why do you not work the knit-together and the work-again stitch with the colour of the *last* stitch in the *this* row? My thinking is that would guarantee always knitting two together of the same colour giving a (slightly) nicer result

Hi Patty. Not sure if you're keeping an eye on the comments but I wanted to ask you if this method works with a three-color pattern. Have you tried it?

If someone decides to add the same colour every end of the charted pattern, then is it still necessary to do this?

And how does it work when you use more than two colors?

This is very confusing and my knit work gets bulky so I'll change back to a pattern that shifts. At 11:50 you say you make the first stitch of row 13 (before moving the marker), but then at 12:40 you start row 13 (again).

The first time i tried it, it went great, but now i'm ending up with holes. What have I done wrong?!

I’m trying to do your method of knitting colorworks in the round where on the last st of the rnd I p/u the st below, knit that st with the one already on the needle, slide the st back to the left needle then knit 1 more st but with the color of the 1st st on the next rnd. It’s gone horribly wrong for me. It’s done some kind of laddering all the way up. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 😭 Could you please tell me what I’m doing wrong?? 🙏🏻

Very confused beginner here 😢