I Love your tutorials. You never make me feel stupid for clarifying simple things and make more complex things simple. I know how to knit largely due to you. Thank you
Omg I was just going to sign up for a class that costs $65 dollars at a local yarn shop (not including supplies) to explain the same thing you just did. You're making me want these needles!!
Even when you say it so many times, being able to see the actual technic as it goes, makes it super didactic! Well, I learn something today!!! So thank you!
I am just now confident enough in my Knitting to attempt helical knitting. Thank you, +VeryPinkKnits, for a such a well explained, flawlessly executed, easy to understand tutorial. Well done! You explained perfectly 🥰 I will be saving this to my watch list so I can refer back as/if needed.
Great video showing how to carry your yarn! This is the cleanest edge I've seen. Also, great visual on carrying yarn when knitting in the round. This one is going in my Knit Encyclopedia playlist. Love your work... I've been watching for years. ❤
Joan Luiz I am finding Portuguese knitting really easy to learn with your videos. Currently working on perfecting my tension. Perhaps a video about how to keep your tension even with Portuguese knitting?
Hi Stacy! Always a pleasure watching your tutorials and this one was so timely for me. I'm a bit of an advance beginner and I've been looking and practicing how to knit a hat in the round and using two colors. Not kidding I've spent a whole afternoon trying and trying and watching videos, oh well? Gracias, gracias Stacy. P.S. I love your little pep talks.
Thanks so much for another great video! A bonus is now I have a great excuse to buy a second of the "specialty treat myself" bulky hand dyed yarn. My first thick 'n thin too. I know I can count on you for great tips and detailed video instruction :)
I've been a victim of color pooling! Thanks for the video. Now I've been enlightened. (btw I bought the 16" KP nova platina interchangeables last fall after seeing them on one of your videos and love them. )
Thank you so much! I know this an old post but I’m struggling with my work -either of these: a) not joined, like if I drop and don’t pick up from underneath or b) not looking tight and tangled at least on the inside when I’m trying to “catch” the new yarn with the old (or worse, tight and tangled on the outside!). Now to try to solve the problem of the red pooling from being in the exact same spot on both yarns! So many nuances that I don’t think people understand when they say, “that’s a great sweater! now start on mine!” 😡🤬🤯🤯🤯😵💫😵💫😵💀
I'm knitting socks - so I really don't care if they don't match or if there is color pooling - but this is great information for some larger items that I have in the works.
Love your videos! Love watching you knit (I need to learn to flick better) and love seeing the yarns. Most importantly, I learned something about my new circular needles (ie using the key) - who knew? Thanks!!!
I would love for you to do a tutorial on holding the needles and yarn the way you do ...it just looks so smooth and effortless...mine is so clumsy and my hands hurt!
If you have a big project that is going to use 4 or greater skeins of hand dyed yarn, what is your recommendation for changing to the next two balls to make sure that there is not a major change in the flow of color?
I am planning on knitting a baby blanket with an i-cord side edge (thank you so much for that video!). Is it still possible to alternate skeins with an i-cord side edge and if yes, how would I go about doing that? Thank you in advance!
Interesting! I've knitted mostly with hand dyed yarns and I find the shift of colours absolutely mesmerizing. However, I have never experienced this "colour pooling". Maybe the German ladies that dye the yarn are complete pros at this? :)
Hi! As I watch this, I’m wondering if it isn’t just the same as helical knitting. Without the twist of yarns wouldn’t it eliminate the cable at the changing point? Now I need to try this to find out!
I've been alternating with 2 balls of yarn and am close to binding off. How would you recommend dropping the first ball of yarn before binding off with the second? Simply weave it in or a different technique? Thanks!
Can you do this with 3 or 4 balls of yarn? I’m making a sweater from one of your patterns, but it calls for 6 skeins of yarn at 110 yd/skein. I have 4 skeins of 200yd/skein and am wondering how I can alternate them all to make the colors in the sweater look consistent and nice. Do I just do two at a time until I run out and then start the other two? One of the balls is very colored/speckled, one has barely any, and two are in the middle, so I know I definitely need to alternate but I’m not sure how to get it looking evenly distributed!
Yes, it's always a good idea to split it up if you're using hand dyed yarns. I'd split it half and half, this video explains how to do that: ruclips.net/video/kNdLF8gVWhI/видео.html
Hi Staci - I am wanting to make the Hitchiker scarf that uses 150g of yarn. The yarn I used only came in 100g hanks though, so I used up 50g of one for something else, and now have one 100g ball, and one 50g ball. Should I just split the 100g into two 50g balls? Thanks
Hi Staci! I want to attach a scalloped piece to a flat piece. I've seen pix of 3 needle bind off but no clear video of a "join". Do you have a video? Thanks, Ruth Shields
This image makes it pretty clear - the colors in the yarn are contrasting, which really shows off how the colors pooled badly. "Badly" mainly because the two socks do not match! simplysockyarn.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452e09e69e201310fe4aefa970c-pi
Hello. My question is about when alternating skeins I’ve seen tutorials where several stitches are slipped before switching skeins. Is this necessary, because you don’t do that in this tutorial. Thank you.
Great tutorial has always. I am wondering if you would give us your opinion on Zing Circular needles. Would you recommend them and for the best items to knit with them. I understand they are made by Knitters Pride.
Thank you so much for this video! Would you recommend alternating skeins in the ribbing of a sock pattern cuff down or waiting until you got to the actual stockinette section.I will be doing a 2 x 2 ribbing and wondering when I should start alternating skeins to avoid pooling and to help with the blending. Thank you so much!
Do you alternate the same way if you are working short rows? I just knit a sweater with hand dyed yarn and the pattern called for some short rows after joining the sleeves to raise the back neck a little (bottom up raglan construction, knit body tube, knit sleeves, join then knit up to neck.). I alternated everywhere except the short rows. Looks ok but just wonder if I should have done it there too.
You can really only alternate yarn balls when you reach the end of the row or round, so the few (or many) short rows you work wouldn't alternate every two rows/rounds. If that was my project, I would still alternate two balls of yarn every time I reached the end of the row/round.
I am doing a top down raglan sweater with short rows after the ribbing then raglan increases on the yoke. There are also raglan increases on the short rows. Do you recommend alternating skeins right away or after all the short rows are complete?
What if I am knitting in reverse stockinette (where the knit side is on the inside)? I am working on a pattern and am having a hard time getting this technique down.
I find it very hard to learn how to knit, i'm looking for a basic knitting pattern that will teach me how to knit with circular needles, just a hat for me an my 1 year old grand daughter, the problem is that I don't know what size needle to purchase size and length for size f acrylic yarn, I can crochet but knitting OMG can anyone help what needles?? What Yarn?? I hate DK yarn. Thanks
Sherry Brandenburg it's to prevent color pooling in the project. Doing this keeps the colors randomly dispersed and you don't end up with ugly blobs of color.
Also, because of the nature of hand dying, sometimes two different skeins of the same colorway can be slightly different. The overall color(s) might be darker or lighter, etc. When changing to a new skein of yarn, you might run the risk of a drastic line across your work from the slight differences from one skein to the next. Most notable in a garment or large shawl knit in tonals or speckles.
Love your pod casts...I have a problem..I just knitted a hat and it is HUGE. (Quele domage) (how do you like my french?) (that's the extent of it). I need a pattern that makes sense for me for my daughter. I knit something called "the Gilmore girls hat" and it was a disaster!! I could fit two of me in there. (possible three). Jodi...help me out. I have a large head and usually have to purchase a man's hat for the size. I ask Jodi because she is a self proclaimed hat person. I think I used size 8 needles with a cupcake yarn in pink/purple/red. I must say I am not very good at this despite my willing nature. The hat looked very "homemade" and I was very disappointed. BUT, I will persevere. Thanks for letting me rant! Honey
Staci, thanks for this clear demonstration. I was wondering two things. (1) If you are using two new balls of yarn, do you knit both strand pulled from the inside or one strand from the inside and one from the outside? (2) If you are making two balls of yarn from one new one to accommodate this technique, do you wind one from the inside of the big ball and one from the outside, or do you wind them both from one source? Thanks! I learn something from every video.
If the yarn is dyed like the yarns I show here in this video, it shouldn't matter. If the yarn is dyed in long color segments with distinct color breaks - that is a bit different. That kind of yarn is meant to create large sections of the same color, so it is probably not necessary to use two balls at once (or choose a different yarn if you don't want the color segments to show).
Oh, Staci, I'm so grateful for this video! Thank you for doing this. I was originally planning on purchasing a variegated hand dyed yarn for a shawl project, but decided against it when the shop keeper at my LYS reminded me that I should be alternating the yarn. From your video, it's clear that the technique is simple enough, but I had never done that before and felt intimidated. Instead, I decided on a tonal version of Malabringo Rios and was relieved when the project turned out (www.ravelry.com/projects/SunnyScarletBlue/mitali-shawl). I do have one question. In doing this technique, what is your method for casting on? In other words, are you casting on with both yarns (long cast on technique) or are you casting on with one and then adding the other the same as you would with a new color in a stripe pattern? I'm just interested to know what you've found works the best. Thank you! :)
I Love your tutorials. You never make me feel stupid for clarifying simple things and make more complex things simple. I know how to knit largely due to you. Thank you
Omg I was just going to sign up for a class that costs $65 dollars at a local yarn shop (not including supplies) to explain the same thing you just did. You're making me want these needles!!
Even when you say it so many times, being able to see the actual technic as it goes, makes it super didactic! Well, I learn something today!!! So thank you!
I am just now confident enough in my Knitting to attempt helical knitting. Thank you, +VeryPinkKnits, for a such a well explained, flawlessly executed, easy to understand tutorial. Well done! You explained perfectly 🥰 I will be saving this to my watch list so I can refer back as/if needed.
This was perfect timing! I will be starting a knitted top soon with hand dyed yarn. Thank You for all of your videos I have learned so much from them!
LOVE the Knitter's Pride Platinas! I'm partial to the Cubics, myself.
Great video showing how to carry your yarn! This is the cleanest edge I've seen. Also, great visual on carrying yarn when knitting in the round. This one is going in my Knit Encyclopedia playlist.
Love your work... I've been watching for years. ❤
🥰 Perfect! Concise, precise and simple. I love your videos. Thank you.
Joan Luiz
I am finding Portuguese knitting really easy to learn with your videos. Currently working on perfecting my tension. Perhaps a video about how to keep your tension even with Portuguese knitting?
Hi Stacy! Always a pleasure watching your tutorials and this one was so timely for me. I'm a bit of an advance beginner and I've been looking and practicing how to knit a hat in the round and using two colors. Not kidding I've spent a whole afternoon trying and trying and watching videos, oh well? Gracias, gracias Stacy.
P.S. I love your little pep talks.
I think this is your best to date knitting tip. Thank you so much.
Exactly what I need right now! I'm getting ready to swatch for a shawl using two skeins of hand dyed.
Thanks so much for another great video! A bonus is now I have a great excuse to buy a second of the "specialty treat myself" bulky hand dyed yarn. My first thick 'n thin too. I know I can count on you for great tips and detailed video instruction :)
No longer afraid of working with two yarns ... thank you!
You are SO right!! Cutest yarn!! 😍 Thank you for another excellent tutorial!! 😃👍🏻💕
Love your videos & way of explaining/showing things!
The yarn is so beautiful! I love it, but Twisted Owl at Etsy is on break...so sad to need to wait.
Very helpful…as always!! Thank you very much! Merry Christmas!
This is wonderful! I got my first balls of hand dyed yarn and wa storied I’d half to cut the yarn each time I changed? Thank god.
Thank you for this! I am still fairly new to knitting and never even thought to use 3 different balls of yarn to avoid the color pooling.
The way you knit is so beautiful! I wish I could figure out how to do it
You have the best tutorials!! You're clear, informative and just so likable! XOXO
I've been a victim of color pooling! Thanks for the video. Now I've been enlightened. (btw I bought the 16" KP nova platina interchangeables last fall after seeing them on one of your videos and love them. )
Thank you so much! I know this an old post but I’m struggling with my work -either of these:
a) not joined, like if I drop and don’t pick up from underneath or
b) not looking tight and tangled at least on the inside when I’m trying to “catch” the new yarn with the old (or worse, tight and tangled on the outside!).
Now to try to solve the problem of the red pooling from being in the exact same spot on both yarns! So many nuances that I don’t think people understand when they say, “that’s a great sweater! now start on mine!”
😡🤬🤯🤯🤯😵💫😵💫😵💀
Your knitting videos are so helpful and informative. Thanks Stacy!
Thank you for your videos. Could you demonstrate how to get an argyle pattern by intentionally using color pooling?
I'm knitting socks - so I really don't care if they don't match or if there is color pooling - but this is great information for some larger items that I have in the works.
Love the yarn! That is going to be a cute hat for a little one! Nice demo!
Love your videos! Love watching you knit (I need to learn to flick better) and love seeing the yarns. Most importantly, I learned something about my new circular needles (ie using the key) - who knew? Thanks!!!
thank you so much! I've been wanting you to demonstrate this for ages. Greatly appreciate you doing this video.
I would love for you to do a tutorial on holding the needles and yarn the way you do ...it just looks so smooth and effortless...mine is so clumsy and my hands hurt!
The way I knit is called "flicking", and I have two videos that demonstrate this method. Here is one of them: ruclips.net/video/DmEGLLbbRB4/видео.html
Thank you! I made a pair of socks that I kinda hate because of the color pooling. Now I know to aviod pooling the future.
Just love that technique, It's the solution to my my knitting problems
I love Knitter Pride needles. Also enjoy your videos!
Thanks, Stack! Just what I needed to see, just WHEN I needed to see it!
I love Knitter's Pride :) I have interchangables in a few different materials and lengths (short vs regular)
If you have a big project that is going to use 4 or greater skeins of hand dyed yarn, what is your recommendation for changing to the next two balls to make sure that there is not a major change in the flow of color?
Wonderful information as always. I'm curious why you like the 16" cord so much. What else would you use that length for?
You are really my hero ,you make things very much easier, thanks a lot.
You are so knowledgeable and talented!!! Thank you!
Informative video. Especially with wrapping the yarn. Thank you.
I am planning on knitting a baby blanket with an i-cord side edge (thank you so much for that video!). Is it still possible to alternate skeins with an i-cord side edge and if yes, how would I go about doing that?
Thank you in advance!
Awesome, you are such a great teacher! I have learned so much from you!!
Interesting! I've knitted mostly with hand dyed yarns and I find the shift of colours absolutely mesmerizing. However, I have never experienced this "colour pooling". Maybe the German ladies that dye the yarn are complete pros at this? :)
Hi! As I watch this, I’m wondering if it isn’t just the same as helical knitting. Without the twist of yarns wouldn’t it eliminate the cable at the changing point? Now I need to try this to find out!
oh I love that chunky yarn-- so cute! Thanks for the tutorial--I always refer to you for help.
I’m getting pretty good, thanks to you!
Super result! Thank you for that new interesting information.
The chunky is adorable! But I really liked the other yarn you were using for the flat demo. What is that yarn?
How would you handle yarn overs in hellical knitting?
Thank you for the information. I wasn't quite sure what pooling meant.
What if you want the color to pool? I've seen lots of videos for "planned pooling" in crochet, but how would you do that in knitting?
Really interesting! Thank you for the tips! And those yarns (both for the flat piece and the hat) were so pretty and cute! ^^
I've been alternating with 2 balls of yarn and am close to binding off. How would you recommend dropping the first ball of yarn before binding off with the second? Simply weave it in or a different technique? Thanks!
Just cut one ball, BO, and weave in both ends. No special technique necessary.
Fantastic idea! Makes perfect sense.
The cast on on the hat looks very interesting. Is there a tutorial for it?
Fantastic video. Thank you so much!
Can you do this with 3 or 4 balls of yarn? I’m making a sweater from one of your patterns, but it calls for 6 skeins of yarn at 110 yd/skein. I have 4 skeins of 200yd/skein and am wondering how I can alternate them all to make the colors in the sweater look consistent and nice. Do I just do two at a time until I run out and then start the other two? One of the balls is very colored/speckled, one has barely any, and two are in the middle, so I know I definitely need to alternate but I’m not sure how to get it looking evenly distributed!
If i am knitting a shawl with 1 100g skein of hand dyed yarn? should i split it and alternate or not? If so how should i split the skein? Thank you!
Yes, it's always a good idea to split it up if you're using hand dyed yarns. I'd split it half and half, this video explains how to do that: ruclips.net/video/kNdLF8gVWhI/видео.html
Thank you so much!
Hi Staci - I am wanting to make the Hitchiker scarf that uses 150g of yarn. The yarn I used only came in 100g hanks though, so I used up 50g of one for something else, and now have one 100g ball, and one 50g ball. Should I just split the 100g into two 50g balls? Thanks
Hi Staci!
I want to attach a scalloped piece to a flat piece. I've seen pix of 3 needle bind off but no clear video of a "join". Do you have a video?
Thanks, Ruth Shields
Love your videos! I"ve found them informative. I do have a question this time. Can you point us to a good image of 'pooling'?
Thanks so much!
This image makes it pretty clear - the colors in the yarn are contrasting, which really shows off how the colors pooled badly. "Badly" mainly because the two socks do not match! simplysockyarn.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452e09e69e201310fe4aefa970c-pi
Hello. My question is about when alternating skeins I’ve seen tutorials where several stitches are slipped before switching skeins.
Is this necessary, because you don’t do that in this tutorial. Thank you.
Great tutorial has always. I am wondering if you would give us your opinion on Zing Circular needles. Would you recommend them and for the best items to knit with them. I understand they are made by Knitters Pride.
Yes - I should be getting some Zing needles in the mail very soon, and I'll create a video (and probably a giveaway) when I do!
Excellent information!!! Love it and thank you!
Thank you so much for this video! Would you recommend alternating skeins in the ribbing of a sock pattern cuff down or waiting until you got to the actual stockinette section.I will be doing a 2 x 2 ribbing and wondering when I should start alternating skeins to avoid pooling and to help with the blending. Thank you so much!
I recommend altering the hand dyed yarns at the beginning of the project.
VeryPink Knits Thank you so much!
You are the best! My go-to teacher! 💟💟💟
great tips, thanks! And that yarn is darling!
Do you alternate the same way if you are working short rows? I just knit a sweater with hand dyed yarn and the pattern called for some short rows after joining the sleeves to raise the back neck a little (bottom up raglan construction, knit body tube, knit sleeves, join then knit up to neck.). I alternated everywhere except the short rows. Looks ok but just wonder if I should have done it there too.
You can really only alternate yarn balls when you reach the end of the row or round, so the few (or many) short rows you work wouldn't alternate every two rows/rounds. If that was my project, I would still alternate two balls of yarn every time I reached the end of the row/round.
I am doing a top down raglan sweater with short rows after the ribbing then raglan increases on the yoke. There are also raglan increases on the short rows. Do you recommend alternating skeins right away or after all the short rows are complete?
I would alternate yarns throughout.
Thank you, I look forward to your opinion.😊
What if I am knitting in reverse stockinette (where the knit side is on the inside)? I am working on a pattern and am having a hard time getting this technique down.
Have you ever used hand die yarn to make a sweater? If yes, how hard was it
How do I end the alternating yarn on straight needles?
Awesome video again. Thanks so much
Brilliant!
awesome!
Do you ever use the other end of your working yarn ( same skein) to alternate ?
Some people are happy doing that...I don't like the tangled mess!
I find it very hard to learn how to knit, i'm looking for a basic knitting pattern that will teach me how to knit with circular needles, just a hat for me an my 1 year old grand daughter, the problem is that I don't know what size needle to purchase size and length for size f acrylic yarn, I can crochet but knitting OMG can anyone help what needles?? What Yarn?? I hate DK yarn. Thanks
The "Twisted Owl" Etsy shop isn't open any more.
Very neat looking.. Thanks..💜💜😎
Are cables easy with out cable neeldes
You are the BEST! ! !
Very helpful. Thank you!
Thank you 🌸
What's the point in wrapping and changing? I'm not getting it. Are you saying it's because of the even sides of ur project?
Sherry Brandenburg it's to prevent color pooling in the project. Doing this keeps the colors randomly dispersed and you don't end up with ugly blobs of color.
Also, because of the nature of hand dying, sometimes two different skeins of the same colorway can be slightly different. The overall color(s) might be darker or lighter, etc. When changing to a new skein of yarn, you might run the risk of a drastic line across your work from the slight differences from one skein to the next. Most notable in a garment or large shawl knit in tonals or speckles.
Thanks for all your inputs!😁! Understand now.
ok, but how do you start with the 2nd skein?
Just start knitting with it at the beginning of your row/round...leave yourself about 6 inches of tail to weave in.
SO helpful, thank you! :)
Love your pod casts...I have a problem..I just knitted a hat and it is HUGE. (Quele domage) (how do you like my french?) (that's the extent of it). I need a pattern that makes sense for me for my daughter. I knit something called "the Gilmore girls hat" and it was a disaster!! I could fit two of me in there. (possible three). Jodi...help me out. I have a large head and usually have to purchase a man's hat for the size. I ask Jodi because she is a self proclaimed hat person. I think I used size 8 needles with a cupcake yarn in pink/purple/red. I must say I am not very good at this despite my willing nature. The hat looked very "homemade" and I was very disappointed. BUT, I will persevere. Thanks for letting me rant! Honey
What happens when I’m doing GSR. HELP
Can you link to where i Can bye the 16" nedleset
www.yarn.com/products/knitters-pride-nova-platina-special-interchangeable-needle-set
I am sure there is other websites you can get them too :)
How do you bind off when working with two yarns?
Usually you just want to bind-off with just one color, unless the pattern tells you otherwise.
@@verypinkknits Thank you. :-)
I missed the name of the needles
How can I find this kind and color of yarn?
You'll always find all of the information about everything you see in my videos in the video description field, just below the video.
Good luck everyone :)
Staci, thanks for this clear demonstration. I was wondering two things. (1) If you are using two new balls of yarn, do you knit both strand pulled from the inside or one strand from the inside and one from the outside? (2) If you are making two balls of yarn from one new one to accommodate this technique, do you wind one from the inside of the big ball and one from the outside, or do you wind them both from one source? Thanks! I learn something from every video.
If the yarn is dyed like the yarns I show here in this video, it shouldn't matter. If the yarn is dyed in long color segments with distinct color breaks - that is a bit different. That kind of yarn is meant to create large sections of the same color, so it is probably not necessary to use two balls at once (or choose a different yarn if you don't want the color segments to show).
Jessica Smith Q
Thanks Staci!
good info
Oh, Staci, I'm so grateful for this video! Thank you for doing this. I was originally planning on purchasing a variegated hand dyed yarn for a shawl project, but decided against it when the shop keeper at my LYS reminded me that I should be alternating the yarn. From your video, it's clear that the technique is simple enough, but I had never done that before and felt intimidated. Instead, I decided on a tonal version of Malabringo Rios and was relieved when the project turned out (www.ravelry.com/projects/SunnyScarletBlue/mitali-shawl).
I do have one question. In doing this technique, what is your method for casting on? In other words, are you casting on with both yarns (long cast on technique) or are you casting on with one and then adding the other the same as you would with a new color in a stripe pattern? I'm just interested to know what you've found works the best. Thank you! :)
No need to cast-on with both yarns. Just CO normally, then add the second ball of yarn after the first two rounds/rows.
Okay. Thank you!
i would like to make a personal comment, do you have an email addres?
You can reach me at staci@verypink.com
@@verypinkknits how do I end the project with the alternating yarn? Thanks. Nancy