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In this video I'm wearing my design Sundottir, done for Brooklyn Tweed Wool People Vol. 6: www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...
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VIDEO NOTES
1. 3:11 What kind of yarn should I use for stranded colorwork?
2. 8:45 How should I hold the yarns when knitting with two or more colors?
3. 10:06 How do I keep my yarns from turning into a tangled mess?
4. 11:49 What is "color dominance" or "yarn dominance" in stranded colorwork?
Related blog post: paper-tiger.net/2013/11/09/st...
5. 18:13 Do you have any tips to maintain even tension?
Related blog post: paper-tiger.net/2015/01/27/co...
6. 19:23 How do you catch your floats?
Related blog post: paper-tiger.net/2015/03/19/tr...
7. 26:44 Do you have any tips for knitting when you have more than 2 colors in a round?
8. 29:37 Is it possible to adjust your row gauge in stranded knitting?
9. 31:35 How do you weave in ends on pieces with multiple colors?
10. 34:12 Everyone seems like a pro. How many projects do I have to knit before I get the hang of it?
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@ceejaywm 3 года назад

I have been knitting for 50+ years and in fact, work and teach knitting classes at my local yarn store. I must say your video is one of the best knitting instruction videos I have seen online. Having been a mathematics teacher for more than 40 years, I tend to be a tough judge of how-to videos. I am happy to tell you that I truly learned a number of important facts about stranded knitting that I never knew! THANK YOU! :-)

@PaperTiger 3 года назад

High praise, thank you! I do intend to make more videos, but as I'm in the middle of a PhD I'm finding free time thin on the ground at the moment. Comments like this one are very motivating though, so thank you!

@victoriaherodillman2581 День назад

Wow! Thank you! The section on trapping floats, where you turned the work, that blew my mind!

@theresafedoriw5003 Месяц назад

Thank you so very much! Really appreciate viewing.

@cazkiwinz4300 5 месяцев назад

I remember knitting a square at about 12 years of age and then didn’t pick it back up until 6-7 years ago which is a few decades later 😂… and decided my first project would be on dpns and my own colorwork pattern… ‘cos why re-learn to knit with 2 needles when 4/5 is so much more fun - I like a challenge! I also remember never knowing how to purl… and still didn’t until sleeping one night a few months later I dreamed something I hadn’t noticed on why I was failing - yarn behind = knit, yarn in front = purl! It was like a light went on (I was trying to purl with yarn still behind 😂)…..and then I discovered interchangeable circs… and continental knitting (I still can’t continental purl tho)….. and now I just love it all and love watching other people do it/teach it … though I tend to make/design my own stuff as I like gamer geek stuff and not clothinh… StitchSketch and KnitCompanion are my jam! BTW….Wow.. the work in your sampler for your opening title/thumbnail! I see you! 🫶

@megannone1022 5 лет назад

The color dominance just blew my mind🤯

@AftonGroveKnitter 4 года назад

I will be watching this again, and again,......

@deannakent600 2 года назад

I'm so happy to have discovered your videos. This is the BEST discussion of stranded work that I have discovered. I've played a bit with it here and there in my 40 some years knitting and still feel like a klutz. Just recently I tried knitting 2 mittens at a time on 2 circular needles and using 2 colors. So I had 4 yarn sources (pulling from the center and the outside of each of 2 cakes) to keep sorted. I enjoy a challenge but Yikey! What a tangle...! The yarns became tangled AND super twisted because of the physics of pulling the yarn from the cakes. So I cut them all free (weaving ends be damned) and hand wound 2 balls of each color. Then I used a paper punch and cut 4 evenly spaced holes just under the top of a plastic gallon-sized plastic container. Then I placed the balls in the vessel and fed the yarn from each ball through a hole. Joined the yarn to my work and the rest of my knitting of the mittens was stress free.

@DawnRegan 6 лет назад

This was SO helpful!! Thank you so much, Dianna!

@mariadelmardospasos 5 лет назад

This is fantastic!! Thank you, I have learned sooo much!!!

@vickishaw374 6 лет назад

Brilliant video! So informative!

@keld4784 6 лет назад

Omg!!! I LOVED this video!!! Do informative, so helpful! Thank you!

@gailmendonza6078 6 лет назад

Thank you, this was very helpful.

@chriscode6431 5 лет назад

You would not believe how hard it is to find a video explaining that the dominant color is on the left and before. Thank you. I couldn't remember for the life of me

@lanecermak4422 6 лет назад

Thank you for the video. Wonderfully done!

@One2manyhanks 6 лет назад

Great video! Thanks so much for sharing your expertise!!

@doritbrockmeier802 6 лет назад

This Video is just stunning, thank you so much for sharing your experience!

@yettaoshea8869 6 лет назад

Excellent video! You do an awesome job! Clear, lots of visuals, thorough. Keep up the good work! Thank you!

@tinypanther 6 лет назад

Thanks for the tips. I’m saving this video.

@staceyh2028 3 года назад

OMG, THANK YOU so much for this video!!! I've just started learning color work - so I can make the Alaska hat and I've been doing so much research as a continental knitter about how hold my yarn and how to trap floats. Your demo here and through your blog post is PERFECT. I just didn't see the float capturing explained anywhere so clearly. I'm a visual learner, so the video is super helpful and I am now ready to practice this technique on my swatch! Also wanted to say I'm super excited about your collaboration with the Crimson Stitchery! I didn't realize you were the other half of her collaboration until I saw your video after subscribing. Thank you again for your thoughtful approach to teaching and for sharing your color work expertise!!

@kathleenzajkowski6612 6 лет назад

You have made a fantastic video!! The swatches showed in an outstanding way what you were describing. Bravo.

@NotQuiteEnoughYarn 6 лет назад

So helpful - thank you so much for taking the time to do this - it is such a useful video.

@samanthashears5665 5 лет назад

I love your floats!!!

@itsmereilly 6 лет назад

Oh goodness, so full of important information. LOVED THIS VIDEO!

@ginaausten6914 2 года назад

Thank you!! Your a great teacher! Can’t wait to get started doing this. ❤️

@lynettedaniels1236 6 лет назад

What a wonderfully helpful video! Thanks for sharing.

@Bobbieliz 6 лет назад

Such a well made video!

@janestorer6610 6 лет назад

This is the first time I have watched a video of yours. I think you must have a background in adult education. Your explanation of the colour work process is exemplary. I'm impressed. I'll be watching more.

@PaperTiger 6 лет назад

Funny you should say that because I do, in fact, have a degree in teaching ESL! Though I've primarily taught university students. But I'm very grateful for your kind words and I'm glad I seemed to have explained things well!

@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS 5 лет назад

I was thinking the exact same thing. I am only 6 minutes in and I feel like I’ve learned an hour’s worth. Thank you and please keep these tutorials coming. I will be raving about them on my next episode. ❤️

@MegaKimwade 4 года назад

I just wrote a comment, then went to view other comments and I feel as though you and I wrote the same things. Lol. It was like deja Vu.

@morganleon159 2 года назад

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@alexanderyosef3129 2 года назад

@Morgan Leon Instablaster =)

@newe4me 6 лет назад

thank you...answered a lot of questions I had been thinking about....

@377nicola 2 года назад

This was a huge help, thank you!

@amacdonell 6 лет назад

Wonderful-you’re a good teacher.

@thelouharmon60 6 лет назад

Such a helpful and informative video. Thanks so much!

@tonyao2235 6 лет назад

This is a really, really good and informative video. Just subscribed.

@johannatietje9246 6 лет назад

Wow, amazingly informative episode! Thank you so much for this. Best from Berlin!

@angc3049 6 лет назад

This was so helpful and I feel a lot better about attempting color work now😀. Thank you!

@opiatepix 6 лет назад

So helpful and so clearly put - love your podcasts! Thanks so much for presenting so much fantastic information! xox

@elenastorni4060 3 года назад

Such a helpful video! Thank you so much!!

@elsterbean7909 6 лет назад

Thanks for sharing such detailed tutorials and swatches. It was very interesting.

@khtboston 6 лет назад

Awesome video you do such a great job with your explanation .

@nancysteiner8814 6 лет назад

Excellent video! Thank you!

@liselabossiere1517 Год назад

Thank you so much for your videos...I learn a lot of things!

@jeans.9664 6 лет назад

Thank you for this excellent video. You explained color dominance so clearly!

@jaynebarrell1606 6 лет назад

Fascinating. Thank you so much.

@annemariefitzgerald2596 3 года назад

Thank you so much for such a clearly explained and clearly illustrated (with your swatches) video.

@monicaangelsen5187 5 лет назад

Really enjoyed this one! 😀👌

@Christine-xh5og 5 лет назад

This is the best and most helpful video on colourwork I have watched! Thanks so much!!

@LindaSjostrand 6 лет назад

Very clear and helpful, thank you!

@bevjubenville5520 6 лет назад

Great job! You helped me feel like I might be able to get the hang of this color work thing after all. Thanks so much

@tklingert 6 лет назад

This was so helpful. Thank you.

@yarnonymouss7601 6 лет назад

Brilliant vid! This has cleared up heaps of my confusion about stranded colour work. Thank you ☺️

@leslieamiller 6 лет назад

This was SUCH a full and helpful video! Thank you so much for your tips! I’m so intrigued about color dominance....!

@elizabethnudd1982 6 лет назад

SO helpful !

@randiraphael-hurtado8713 6 лет назад

Great information about stranded knitting, I'm getting bolder!!

@loridupuis4487 5 лет назад

This was so awesome! Thank you so very much for this clear, concise instruction! It was very helpful and very reassuring!

@wendybrookes1878 6 лет назад

Just thinking about colour work. Thanks for all of your insight and information.

@michellewright2841 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for your clear explanation and video showing the various ways to hold the yarn. well done!!

@amydsm1040 6 лет назад

You're such a knitting rebel! And I love it haha!!

@kevin1877uk 6 лет назад

Wow, so much information in this video, I've booked it for reference. It's made me want to do some colour work day. Thank you for sharing!!

@ghyslainebelanger8777 6 лет назад

You have answered many of the questions I have on stranded knitting. I look forward to your future videos. Thank you. I love yor work.

@ludouglas1 4 года назад

You were so generous to put the time stamps for every question. thank you so much.

@jsorensens2 6 лет назад

What an outstanding video! I saved it. I have never done colorwork and I’m an English style thrower (I literally hold the yarn btwn my thumb and index finger) so learning to manage two colors will be a gigantic challenge. Thank you for all of the swatch examples!!!!! That was superb. Also thank you for holding them to the camera for a long enough time to get in focus and you didn’t wiggle them around in front of the lense. You are an excellent teacher! I clicked the sub button. I’m looking forward to seeing more from you. 😃

@coronagirl1016 3 года назад

Great tutorial especially regarding dominant colors that's an awesome thing to know thank you very much

@ajanetreiber5773 4 года назад

Such a good visual representation of colour dominance. Now it all makes sense. Thank you.

@OrO789 6 лет назад

There is a lot of priceless information in this video! Any perfectionist will love it, I'm sure. Thank you sooooo much! You're amazing!

@helenmckenzie9630 6 лет назад

Thank you, this was enlightening me. I've become a little obsessed with colourwork!! I'm just about to start my first colourwork sweater so this was invaluable to me.

@beckyphillips4127 4 года назад

Thank you for this great video. I immediately subscribed. You have a great on-camera presence, and I enjoyed watching you and learned so much! I'm looking forward to following you. Really, thanks!

@lucielevac2503 6 лет назад

Great video. The explanations are clear and easy to follow and so useful. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

@cdsabine 6 лет назад

WOW! That was an amazing overview of stranded color work. Thanks so much for taking the time to film this video. So informative!

@kathleenagcaoili6139 5 лет назад

Definitely a helpful vidéo! I'm about to start my first stranded color pullover and this was very insightful and helpful in regards to technique. Thanks!

@nancyweber3618 6 лет назад

I learn so much watching your videos. I love the techniques you share and the information about yarn selection. Really appreciate your clear, articulate instructions.

@Jessesmom12 4 года назад

Wonderful! Thanks.

@stacya3751 6 лет назад

Thank you so much for sharing information about stranded colorwork. I plan to embark on a colorwork project and your Q&A was very helpful to get me started.

@lizlaurichesse9056 5 лет назад

I am ever so glad I found you!... I will officially start stalking you via all your socials 😂 color work has always scared me and I have steered away from it. But you made me feel like I can so do it. On may way to ralvery to get one if your beanie patterns to give color work a try. Thank you!!

@mette.aa.petersson Год назад

Thank you, this was very helpful 🙏🏻

@carolcorcoran9643 6 лет назад

This was also my first time in watching you along with the one on Norwegian yarns which i loved also. I agree with the other comments that you are an excellent teacher not all people can teach n you are great.

@alwaysinstitches5388 Год назад

I love the double point needle trick for carrying strands!

@samehs2422 5 лет назад

Very informative video, thank you lots.

@marilynluinstra 4 года назад

Diana! Great Video! thank you, THANK YOU! So much help/encouragement. I could watch your videos (I started with the Latvian braid) just see your hands working continental style--beautiful!

@MegaKimwade 4 года назад

This is my first video of yours I've watched. I want to say, you are a wonderful teacher. You explain in detail and have such a wonderful demeanor. I'm a fan who will be watching all your videos.

@thewoolenhomestead 6 лет назад

Thaaaaaaaank you Dianna!!! This video is a fantastic source of tips and tricks! I learned so much! I had been struggling with catching my floats for one of my colors ( I knit colorwork in the same style you do) I kept twisting the stitches and it was such a mess ugh. So THANK YOU for clearing that up! -Tiffany

@pattlamponepandola995 4 года назад

I caught this one night when I couldn’t sleep and I loved it. You were very easy to listen to, very informative and once again I find that I missed too much time by not learning to knit when I was younger. I first saw someone’s hat with the Latvian braid and the information about it lead me to your sight. I had never seen the Latvian braid but I loved it and after watching your tutorial I think I may be able to do it since you made it look very easy. Thank you for that. 👍🏻

@johannapfeiffer6676 6 лет назад

Fantastic educational video! I’m so appreciative of your talent and ability to articulate the complexities of color work in such easy to follow lessons. Showing the variety of dominance in the many samples is genius, you are a remarkable teacher. Many thanks!

@kellicarrier4261 5 лет назад

Great video! The portion on dominant colors was so clear... thanks! I'd love to see some colorwork tutorials, with videos of you knitting. I'm finally diving in after much fear and love to see how others do it. Thanks!

@serenityinstitches8236 2 года назад

Thank you for the explanation and tips. I'm about to start my first sweater with my first cables and my first color work in a charted only format (another first). The swatch is challenging but I'm excited to learn so many new things. Thanks! 🤗

@kellyheinlein 6 лет назад

Very cool video! I came to check it out because Amy from Stranded Dyeworks mentioned it. Very useful information and I thought your explanations were very clear, especially with the visuals of you knitting.

@doritbrockmeier802 6 лет назад

Dear Diana Walla, you’re an awesome teacher! Please do more Videos on this topic, I learned so much! Thank you

@annmoore6562 6 лет назад

Thanks for the good encouragement. I have been doing colour work for years without thinking too much about it but have listened closely to what you and a few others have been saying and find that my colour work has definitely improved. I'm doing a fingering project right now that terrified me to think of until I actually got going. Now, it's great fun. Thanks again.

@Rodneyann 5 лет назад

Thank you for all this information. Im new and about to try soon. I did subscribe so I can learn more. Again thank you for all the tips.

@heyBrownBerry 6 лет назад

I'm very glad to have found this episode (clearly you're giving the community something we're craving). I know that many of my CommuKnitty members are spot on when they've said how helpful, interesting and educational this content is, so my comment will second that and add how ARTICULATE and approachable you've made this very complex, varied topic. I'm a lover of words, and I specifically noted how much I connected to the words you use to explain these lovely concepts. Your language to explain is not high minded or confusing, but it's also not coarse or 'lazy' (if that makes sense). This is a reference video of the highest quality. Thank you +Paper Tiger!

@StrandedDyeworks 6 лет назад

Such an interesting video! My love of stranded colourwork has blossomed over the last few months and I'm so excited to knit ALL the things. (And it turns out everything I thought I knew about yarn dominance was wrong! Haha) ps. I love the introduction / title sequence!! Amazing :)

@PaperTiger 6 лет назад

It's been so fun to watch your stranded colorwork love blossom! Mittens and hats and a sweater and all! I'm so happy you picked up on the fact that colorwork is easier on a larger circumference than anything that needs magic loop or DPNs and that you've talked about it on your podcast - I wish I would've mentioned that in this video, but perhaps I'll remember it for the next one. Hats are such great beginner colorwork projects!

@heatherjohnson487 6 лет назад

Wow, what a great video! I just got bit by the colorwork bug last winter and there has been a lot of trial and error. You covered everything that has been tripping me up. I think I may even have enough nerve to take my Birkin out of "time out" so thank you!

@JohnPorsbjerg 2 года назад

Amazing video!! My colorwork went from a 2 to a solid 6/10 just by knitting throughout watching ☺️

@bdarci 5 лет назад

Wonderful video. You are incredibly clear and concise. I have been preparing myself to jump into stranded knitting. I have knit two hats with a stranded motif (same hat). The second came out wearable. If I had access to woolen spun wool yarns I might have plunged earlier. Thank you for your video.

@lb8509 6 лет назад

Thanks for such a comprehensive overview. You very kindly reached out to me on a Ravelry discussion board a few years ago in response to my question of how to carry two yarns using the continental style which completely changed my stranded knitting for the better. I'm really enjoying your videos!

@PaperTiger 6 лет назад

Oh wow, so cool to hear that! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos!

@RythmnStitches 2 года назад

Great podcast. 👍🏿. Thank you. Was very helpful. The mitten story resonates with my experience. The Underwing Mitts by Erica Heusser are still on the needles😉

@teslaandhumanity7383 2 года назад

Never done a swatch test , definitely will on fair isle new project .

@orangew3988 3 года назад

I'm so glad you answered that last question! The reason I'm watching this video is because I'm coming back to colourwork (again) and it's just not looking how I want it to. Maybe it's tension? Is there something I'm missing? Actually, I think I just need practice!! And it's so good to be reminded that this will get easier and better with practice. Just like ten years ago when I hated purling and considered just knitting garter stitch forever, turns out I just needed to practice.

@EileenQxz 4 года назад

I'm impressed with the wrong side of the mittens, regarding floats. Very nice.

@LeslieChis 4 года назад

Hello! Thank you so very very much for this candid and easy to understand video on colour work! I can't tell you how much I appreciate listening to you and I am going to listen again to this video to make sure I got everything you said. I have been so confused about colour dominance and whether or not it is an actual thing because other knitters who I greatly admire say that there is no such thing at all. But you have proven with your swatches that it is real and it does make sense and even if it is a slight difference it is still there. I have been knitting for about 30 years, although only the last ten seriously. My passion is colour work and I really want to do more. I am a "flicker" with my right hand, I don't like the term "thrower" because my hand never leaves the needle, :) but I am teaching myself how to use both left and right hands and I am getting it the more I practice. I used to just pick each yarn up and then drop it and pick up the other colour the same way you did but I do want to be as fast at colour work as I am at regular knitting, and with practice I will. Thank you so much for your video! You have answered some questions I had and I feel better about yarn dominance now to be sure. I will look forward to more of your videos! 🌹

@ThePattiw 5 лет назад

Thank you for explaining about colour dominance. I knew how to hold the colours but didnt know why, and also thought colour dominance meant the base colour of the garment! 😀. I weave in my ends as I go a lá Philosophers Wool style or similar to catching floats. It saves loads of time for those of us who hate the fiddling after the item is completed.

@barbaraboehmer4550 4 года назад

excellent tutorial - continental knitter so showed I was holding dominant color correctly in left hand. And trapping floats correctly. Thank you. Just finished the Alaska hat and am a bit disappointed - the black was great and then used a varigated pink for the sunrise/sunset. But the black shows through the pink in many places. Caught floats every few stitches - and maybe that is the problem. But thanks so much - have been checking out colorwork or stranded knitting for some time and found very little good description or showing of the dominant color or floats. Thanks again