OH. MY. GOSH. you just saved me HOURS of frustration!!!!! And I can happily look forward to knitting my scandinavian type mittens THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!
Your “cheating continental” is actually just the Norwegian knit stitch. Also called “picking”. It’s very ergonomic. I’ve had much much less hand pain since it became my main mode of knitting
Agree. The Continental style flows so easily. The English style looks quite cumbersome, but I can see value in knowing both versions, as she uses them here. Clever!
Very ergonomic but you do have to take a little more care to maintain an even tension- especially with a Norwegian Purl as it does tend to open up the stitch you're knitting into. All in all, I'll knit Norwegian every time though.
This is how I was taught in the 1940's and early 1950's. I carry my dominant color in my right hand, and the lesser color in my left. If the pattern changes, I change hands. My first stitch is above the carried color, second is below the carried color. That's how I was taught 70 years ago, right or wrong. No little fingers can get caught in this, however, it looks neat on the back, and it looks normal on the front.
Sally! First, that is a beautiful explanation about where the stitch lies to the carried color. Second, thank you for sharing this little gem of how well that has worked for you for so long! ❤️
I watched several videos to learn how to catch floats and this has been the best one for me. Thank you so much! Also, I'm a continental knitter and I'm learning to flick the yarn with the right hand which is very difficult haha
HUGE THUMBS UP for this wonderful tip, which you presented so clearly. I’m an experienced knitter but new to color work. I decided to get really familiar with stranded color work by joining Arne & Carlos’ 2020 Advent calendar KAL (Christmas balls; color work in the round on DPNs). I’ve seen videos by others who make catching floats look easy but I found the techniques impossible to master. Your way makes sense to me, I can do it, and the results are terrific. Knit on! Thank you ❤️
Thank u!! I want to knit a cardigan and was worried on how to make a neat wrong side since, in cardigan, you can see it when it’s open. With this I’ll have a beautiful and neat inside of the cardigan I’ll be proud to be seen! 😂❤
Oh my gosh! I’ve been totally confused watching other videos but this time I could see it better and understand what’s being done. Thank you! I will practice this and maybe rip out my hansdatter slippers and start over.
Can I just say you are a brilliant teacher! Thank you for taking the time to create your tutorials and sharing your knowledge. You have a clear and fun way of teaching to your viewers!
A big thank you! Doing stranded colorwork instead of tangled colors. I really like that it is part of the knitting movement. No dangling needles to cross over threads any more! I now enjoy knitting a lovely sock pattern, before it felt a bit like a chore.
Brilliant, thank you. I typically have always knit English style. I recently taught myself how to do stranded colour work and I discovered that it was easier, faster and produced fewer tangles to knit with one colour in each hand and so a by-product of that discovery is that I am getting much better at Continental knitting now too. But I had no idea how to catch my floats using two handed knitting. So, this tutorial is a huge help. You're amazing! Thank you.
Omgosh, you have a Frenchie too! Your color work floats look perfectly and professionally done. Your tutorial is the only one that I’ve seen so far that is the best info. Definitely a triple thumbs up!
Love! Exactly what I needed to know for a stranded cardigan where one sees the inside occasionally.. and I want it to be neat. Delivered charmingly! 🤗 Lovely how the multicolour nails all matching the yarn! 😊 Thank you so much! 🤗
I'm aware of color work, but never knitted anything with color work. Thank you for the information and now I'm going to knit something with color work in it.
The very best and most easily understood tutorial for stranded colorwork I have ever found! But then, all your tutorials are awesome! Thanks a million!!!😍😘
By far, this has been the best technique for me to do colorwork. I tried the ladder jacquard and I wondered: Who would want to torture herself with this method? After three attempts and getting into the third row with the ladder getting so confusing with actual stitches, I tried the e-cast. The floats were coming loose. There was another method similar to this, but a bit fussy. This has been so simple and clear. And while I disagree that I “have to” learn how to throw and hold yarns in two hands, this method has been supremely helpful!!! Thank you!!
Oh my gosh, I have always struggled with floats in two color knitting. I frogged a project to try this and it is a game changer! The back of my work is so neat and I don' have to worry about tensioning--either too loose or too tight. Why isn't everyone teaching this. Thank you!
Hi, I'm an experienced knitter and love colour work, Your method initially confused me with you knitting two together, thinking that it would show, BUT it doesn't, it looks lovely and neat, just like mine, though I twist my float every two stitches, and no matter how many colours I use, it still looks neat and carrying the colours along behind adds warmth too. Will have to try your method , 😉 that you
I’ve been looking for a clear demo of the philosophers wool stranded float catching technique. You nailed it. I’m so thankful to have found your vid. Wonderful!
I have crochet for cou0le of years then at 56 I had a massive str9ke and have no power on left hand side so I can't walk and have only one arm that works any ideas
One of the things I love about knitting is that there are multiple ways to get you to the same end point. I had just learned how to catch the floats, but loved the way you did it. It’s so much easier to do and remember. Thanks for sharing. PS: I am a Continental knitter and had to do the reverse of you, learn how to knit the English way. I am not as fluid as I am with continental, but knitting with a yarn coming from each hand helped keep my yarns from tangling as well as helping to keep a better tension when doing Fair isle.
I’m a Combination Continental knitter and I’m going to do the same as you, learning the English style, for my color work! Can’t wait to dive in!:D It seems fun!
@@feerenarde2893 Have fun, it took me a little while to get the hang of English style, the hardest was figuring out the best way to wrap the yarn around my fingers. My first project was making Christmas Balls that incorporated color work. They turned out so pretty. Have fun!
I have been struggling with my floats. I have watched several videos but none of them helped my knitting look better. And then I found you ☺️ My floats are hidden and my knitting looks so nice. Thanks so much for your video help.
❤ I am just learning how to do color work… This is the absolute best tutorial I have ever seen! I have tried several other ways and they are so tedious, thank you ☺️ thank you 😊 thank you 🙏🏻
Good explanation! You show every step. If anyone is watching this and thinks it is complicated, just practice it. After a few tries, you get into a rhythm.
😍😁I am so so glad I stumbled on this video of yours!! I have struggled with floats forever and even though I’ve not been able to knit the continental way, I do crochet, and your explanation has made this so easy for me to do! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!😍
Thanks so much for the tutorial. It's been a hot minute since I've done colorwork with float-catching, and I'm also trying to work on my continental-English throwing style combo as well, so thanks for confirming I am doing everything right...plus the reminder on how to catch floats from the right hand.
Wow!!! This is amazing!!! Thank you for explaining every step and showing it slowly!!! I have been trying to learn this technique, but I was failing miserably 😅. This video has been so helpful!!!!
You explained it so well and you're video is such a great help.I recently started fair Isle knitting and thank you Aurora, you made it so much more fun this new hobby🤗👍
I can't believe this is the first time I've ever seen the k2tog trick! I've always just caught them with the yarn, but that doesn't really secure it, and it often shows through. I wish I'd seen this a long time ago, but I'm glad I finally found it.
Holy spaceballs!!!! This is a huge help. I've avoided fair isle knitting for months because of the float mess associated with it. I gotta try to this method. Thank you!!!!
Thank you for this amazing video!! Your explanation and demo are the best I have seen. I have just started Fair Isle knitting and felt like I needed more info regarding avoiding twisting, picking up floaters, etc. I appreciate this so very much!!
I did my first stranded projected without researching first and it definitely was tight 😅 This video was very informative! I might try that failed pattern again in the future. :)
I want you to know how much I appreciated your help in this video. I had knit almost a whole sweater before I realized that the colour work was tight and puckered. After frogging it, I am now knitting it as you suggested. I practiced a bit of continental knitting and I am amazed at how much better it looks and how much faster I can go. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much! I’m so glad to have come across this amazing tutorial!! A few days ago I begun my first stranded work but it just went all bubbly and puckered. Tried searching for what might be the cause and there the solution was in your video :) I’m a continental knitter so had to learn to hold one yarn in the right hand. It’s a bit tricky to learn to hold on to it but the result is wonderful in comparison to before. I’m looking forward to (maybe not so much the frogging) starting over with the project and enjoying the much improved progress.
I love this! I also found that I could just switch colors so that the dominant color of each row could be in my right hand, that is such an easy catch. Thanks!
This is the BEST video on catching floats.
absolutely the best ❤
What kind of wizardry is this lol. Really blowing my mind. I’m dying to give this a try
Ha ha you crack me up! Look for my new vid catching the floats on the wrong side - that one even hurt my brain!!!
OH. MY. GOSH. you just saved me HOURS of frustration!!!!! And I can happily look forward to knitting my scandinavian type mittens THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!
I have saved your video just as a reminder. I was having issues on a hat and your method helped me immensely.
Your “cheating continental” is actually just the Norwegian knit stitch. Also called “picking”. It’s very ergonomic. I’ve had much much less hand pain since it became my main mode of knitting
Really!!?! I will absolutely be looking that up now that I have a name for it. Thanks for sharing! ❤️
Interesting, it's also quite like Irish lever knitting 🤔 amazing how many styles there is
Agree. The Continental style flows so easily. The English style looks quite cumbersome, but I can see value in knowing both versions, as she uses them here. Clever!
Very ergonomic but you do have to take a little more care to maintain an even tension- especially with a Norwegian Purl as it does tend to open up the stitch you're knitting into. All in all, I'll knit Norwegian every time though.
That’s the way a knit continental! I didn’t know another way hahaha
Love the look of multi-coloured but usually stick to one colour because of the floats. I'll definitely be trying this.
You've saved my project from the "never gonna finish" pile. Thank you! :)
This is how I was taught in the 1940's and early 1950's. I carry my dominant color in my right hand, and the lesser color in my left. If the pattern changes, I change hands. My first stitch is above the carried color, second is below the carried color. That's how I was taught 70 years ago, right or wrong. No little fingers can get caught in this, however, it looks neat on the back, and it looks normal on the front.
Sally! First, that is a beautiful explanation about where the stitch lies to the carried color. Second, thank you for sharing this little gem of how well that has worked for you for so long! ❤️
Hi there! In the purl rows, the wrong side, the back, would you switch dominant and the carried color?
I watched several videos to learn how to catch floats and this has been the best one for me. Thank you so much!
Also, I'm a continental knitter and I'm learning to flick the yarn with the right hand which is very difficult haha
Same! And the struggle to catch the thrown float is real! The video is a enormous help 🙌
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Another knitter rescued from puckers! Thanks!
Thanks so much!!! I've never been able to do this, I'm going to try it again with your slow explanation!!
HUGE THUMBS UP for this wonderful tip, which you presented so clearly. I’m an experienced knitter but new to color work. I decided to get really familiar with stranded color work by joining Arne & Carlos’ 2020 Advent calendar KAL (Christmas balls; color work in the round on DPNs). I’ve seen videos by others who make catching floats look easy but I found the techniques impossible to master. Your way makes sense to me, I can do it, and the results are terrific. Knit on! Thank you ❤️
Yay, thanks for the feedback Cindy!!!!! Good luck with all the Christmas balls!!
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This is fabulous method and excellent video tutorial! ❤
Thank you than
k you thank you!! By far the most informative video on stranded colour work & no histrionics!
7:00 for catching floats from the right. A memo for myself. Thanks for this video!
Thank u!! I want to knit a cardigan and was worried on how to make a neat wrong side since, in cardigan, you can see it when it’s open. With this I’ll have a beautiful and neat inside of the cardigan I’ll be proud to be seen! 😂❤
Thanks! I’m on my first Fair Isle item. Your method of catching floats is a game changer. It took a few tries, but then….a miracle! 💕💕💕
Oh HOORAY!! 👏 I am so thrilled it's working for you! Yahoo! And thanks for the Super Thanks! ❤️❤️❤️
That makes a lot of sense to me. I avoid color work because of floats. Now I will give it a try. Thak you again
Thank you so much for this video, you explained it so well. I've saved this for all my future float projects
I am going to give this a try. How clever!
thank you so much for saving my christmas knitting!!
Oh my gosh! I’ve been totally confused watching other videos but this time I could see it better and understand what’s being done. Thank you! I will practice this and maybe rip out my hansdatter slippers and start over.
This is a brilliant idea, I' m very happy now!! Thank you so much, the bests hugs from Brazil!! 😊🎉❤
Can I just say you are a brilliant teacher! Thank you for taking the time to create your tutorials and sharing your knowledge. You have a clear and fun way of teaching to your viewers!
Aw Sandra thank you so much! Teaching is one of the joys of my life. 🥰
This is the most helpful video that I've watched so far. Thank you so much!
A big thank you! Doing stranded colorwork instead of tangled colors. I really like that it is part of the knitting movement. No dangling needles to cross over threads any more! I now enjoy knitting a lovely sock pattern, before it felt a bit like a chore.
Brilliant, thank you. I typically have always knit English style. I recently taught myself how to do stranded colour work and I discovered that it was easier, faster and produced fewer tangles to knit with one colour in each hand and so a by-product of that discovery is that I am getting much better at Continental knitting now too. But I had no idea how to catch my floats using two handed knitting. So, this tutorial is a huge help. You're amazing! Thank you.
YOU have the answer I've been looking for! I haven't mastered the actual knitting step of my right hand floats, but I will persist.
Thank you!!!
It took me awhile to master it, too, for SURE. Keep going; muscle memory is EVERYTHING!
Omgosh, you have a Frenchie too! Your color work floats look perfectly and professionally done. Your tutorial is the only one that I’ve seen so far that is the best info. Definitely a triple thumbs up!
Aw thank you!! And my little Frenchie likes to make a cameo now and then..😁
I just started knitting the ombré hat, and do a lot of 'untangling'. I will definitely save this video and master this technique. Thank you! ❤
Love! Exactly what I needed to know for a stranded cardigan where one sees the inside occasionally.. and I want it to be neat.
Delivered charmingly! 🤗 Lovely how the multicolour nails all matching the yarn! 😊
Thank you so much! 🤗
I knitted a hat with andean alpaca and a fair Isle design. It didn't have real long floats. I've avoided those, but now I won't be afraid of them.
This has definitely gotten me excited to try color work outside of brioche!!
This is a wonderful video for someone like me who has been completely intimidated by colorwork. I feel like I’m ready now😊
WOW! I have been knitting for years but have never used your method for colorwork. I love it!!!!!! Thank you so much for posting.
Wow! If I knew how easy this is, I would try color work years ago. Thank you for making this so easy!❤️
Am so glad I found this, love how neat it looks on the back. Am definitely trying this! ❤
I'm aware of color work, but never knitted anything with color work. Thank you for the information and now I'm going to knit something with color work in it.
The very best and most easily understood tutorial for stranded colorwork I have ever found! But then, all your tutorials are awesome! Thanks a million!!!😍😘
Aw, thanks Barbara!!!! I'm so glad you found it useful! ❤️
By far, this has been the best technique for me to do colorwork. I tried the ladder jacquard and I wondered: Who would want to torture herself with this method? After three attempts and getting into the third row with the ladder getting so confusing with actual stitches, I tried the e-cast. The floats were coming loose. There was another method similar to this, but a bit fussy.
This has been so simple and clear. And while I disagree that I “have to” learn how to throw and hold yarns in two hands, this method has been supremely helpful!!! Thank you!!
Oh my gosh, I have always struggled with floats in two color knitting. I frogged a project to try this and it is a game changer! The back of my work is so neat and I don' have to worry about tensioning--either too loose or too tight. Why isn't everyone teaching this. Thank you!
@@lynnmadore7373 HOORAY!! Thanks for the feedback, and I'm so glad it's working out for you! ☺️
Hi, I'm an experienced knitter and love colour work, Your method initially confused me with you knitting two together, thinking that it would show, BUT it doesn't, it looks lovely and neat, just like mine, though I twist my float every two stitches, and no matter how many colours I use, it still looks neat and carrying the colours along behind adds warmth too. Will have to try your method , 😉 that you
I’ve been looking for a clear demo of the philosophers wool stranded float catching technique. You nailed it. I’m so thankful to have found your vid. Wonderful!
I have crochet for cou0le of years then at 56 I had a massive str9ke and have no power on left hand side so I can't walk and have only one arm that works any ideas
Just what I needed! I am a continental knitter and only with your help I now realized how to do this. 👍🌞
One of the things I love about knitting is that there are multiple ways to get you to the same end point. I had just learned how to catch the floats, but loved the way you did it. It’s so much easier to do and remember. Thanks for sharing. PS: I am a Continental knitter and had to do the reverse of you, learn how to knit the English way. I am not as fluid as I am with continental, but knitting with a yarn coming from each hand helped keep my yarns from tangling as well as helping to keep a better tension when doing Fair isle.
I’m a Combination Continental knitter and I’m going to do the same as you, learning the English style, for my color work! Can’t wait to dive in!:D It seems fun!
@@feerenarde2893 Have fun, it took me a little while to get the hang of English style, the hardest was figuring out the best way to wrap the yarn around my fingers. My first project was making Christmas Balls that incorporated color work. They turned out so pretty. Have fun!
Amazing❤ I often feel sick to knit two colours but you fix my problem of catching the floats. Thanks for sharing this easy trick. I will try.
Mercy, this is incredibly easier than what I've been doing. And I only caught your video by accident. Thank you so very much.
This is a game changer! Thank you so much Aurora. I might enjoy stranded knitting more after I get this process figured out.🥰
I have been struggling with my floats. I have watched several videos but none of them helped my knitting look better. And then I found you ☺️ My floats are hidden and my knitting looks so nice. Thanks so much for your video help.
Thanks!
Aw, thank you so much; so glad this helped!! ❤️
Wow! This is what I’ve been looking for. I’ve watched so many and none does it the way you do. I love it! Thank you so much 🙏🏼
Brilliant video, thank you it's really helped ❤
You made this look A LOT easier than other tutorials. Thank you!
Aw, thanks for the feedback!!
Thank you so much for this! I’ve watched so many videos about this and nothing was working. Your technique works like a dream. Again, thank you!
Fabulous....I've shared the link to this tutorial to every knitter I know 😂
This has to be by far the best video I have ever seen on this technique!!! Thank you so much!!!
Aw, thanks for the compliment, Cindy! And I hope it helps!! 👍
Purple is my Favorite color looks Perfect will do this from here on out Thanks for saving my Shawls 💜🌷🍎
What a super helpful video; thank you
❤ I am just learning how to do color work… This is the absolute best tutorial I have ever seen! I have tried several other ways and they are so tedious, thank you ☺️ thank you 😊 thank you 🙏🏻
I just found this and it’s fabulous. I’m working on a Harry Potter scarf and my floats were all over the place. Much neater and easier. Thank you!
I use a similar method, it's very effective ❤
Wow!! 👏👏🙌 Amazing tip and so clearly shown! Thank you!!
So helpful! Omg!!
Wow what a clear cut explanation, wonderful teaching, your work is wonderful 🎉
Good explanation! You show every step. If anyone is watching this and thinks it is complicated, just practice it. After a few tries, you get into a rhythm.
Love your technique of catching floats will keep doing this in my stranded colourwork
😍😁I am so so glad I stumbled on this video of yours!! I have struggled with floats forever and even though I’ve not been able to knit the continental way, I do crochet, and your explanation has made this so easy for me to do! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!😍
Beautifully done.
Excellent tutorial. Thanks so much.
😮 i absolutely love this.. I am not an expert knitter but this is absolutely understandable and makes sense 🎉
Thanks so much for the tutorial. It's been a hot minute since I've done colorwork with float-catching, and I'm also trying to work on my continental-English throwing style combo as well, so thanks for confirming I am doing everything right...plus the reminder on how to catch floats from the right hand.
Yay, I'm so glad you found this helpful! And glad you are getting back into color work. It's so fun!
I love this technique, thanks for sharing. I definitely going to have to practice this.
Wow!!! This is amazing!!! Thank you for explaining every step and showing it slowly!!! I have been trying to learn this technique, but I was failing miserably 😅. This video has been so helpful!!!!
Such a clear video :) I love catching floats as I go!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I struggle with colorwork because of the floats. Your technique looks so much easier and professional! 🤗
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You explained it so well and you're video is such a great help.I recently started fair Isle knitting and thank you Aurora, you made it so much more fun this new hobby🤗👍
I definitely need to learn this technique. Thank you!!
Excellent technique. Thanks a bunch!
Thanks for sharing, very helpful info 🎄🎄❤️
I can't believe this is the first time I've ever seen the k2tog trick! I've always just caught them with the yarn, but that doesn't really secure it, and it often shows through. I wish I'd seen this a long time ago, but I'm glad I finally found it.
Holy spaceballs!!!! This is a huge help. I've avoided fair isle knitting for months because of the float mess associated with it. I gotta try to this method. Thank you!!!!
Yahoo! You are most welcome, I'm so excited you are inspired! Please comment back when you've given it a shot, and let me know how it goes. 😁
Thank you for this amazing video!! Your explanation and demo are the best I have seen. I have just started Fair Isle knitting and felt like I needed more info regarding avoiding twisting, picking up floaters, etc. I appreciate this so very much!!
Definitely worth the learning curve. Great video!
Wow! This was terrific! Thank you for an excellent demo on two-color work. I am going to practice this technique.
I did my first stranded projected without researching first and it definitely was tight 😅 This video was very informative! I might try that failed pattern again in the future. :)
can catching floats as you go work with 3 colors?
I want you to know how much I appreciated your help in this video. I had knit almost a whole sweater before I realized that the colour work was tight and puckered. After frogging it, I am now knitting it as you suggested. I practiced a bit of continental knitting and I am amazed at how much better it looks and how much faster I can go. Thank you so much!
Hey Diane! UG, it is so frustrating and SAD to pull it all out, but its SO worth it!! How did it turn out? Thanks for watching!
Great tutorial! Thank you and Happy Holidays! 🎄 🕎 ❤
Happy holidays to you too!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Love, love, love this method. So simple, and my colorwork looks great now. Thank you so much for making this video!
This is so brilliant, I'm literally squeaking of joy :))) thank you!!!
Brilliant!! Thank you!
Thank you so much! I’m so glad to have come across this amazing tutorial!! A few days ago I begun my first stranded work but it just went all bubbly and puckered. Tried searching for what might be the cause and there the solution was in your video :) I’m a continental knitter so had to learn to hold one yarn in the right hand. It’s a bit tricky to learn to hold on to it but the result is wonderful in comparison to before. I’m looking forward to (maybe not so much the frogging) starting over with the project and enjoying the much improved progress.
Thank you for a very clear video and explanation👍. Well done👏
Definitely want to learn how to do this!
Thank you so much for teaching in this well explained video 🙏❤️👌🙏
I love this! I also found that I could just switch colors so that the dominant color of each row could be in my right hand, that is such an easy catch. Thanks!
Yes, brilliant short cut!!!!
So scary!!! But I'm going to give it a go! Brilliant tutorial, thank you so much!
This really helps me with my tension, it really improved, thank you so much😍
Great tip and demonstration. Thanks.
GENIOUS! BRILIANT! thank you so much!
My pleasure, thanks for watching!