Would it be possible to see the backside of the project once you’ve caught the float on the next round? Thanks for sharing, I’ll definitely give this a try.
@johnpilgrim74625 ай бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to make and upload this video. I am an English thrower knitter. I have watched so many videos on catching floats and just could not get it to work for me. This way is a total game changer. Genius solution to the problems I was experiencing.
@flynnknit5 ай бұрын
@@johnpilgrim7462 I’m so glad you found it helpful! 🥰
@lisaprice48162 жыл бұрын
This looks much easier. I have viewed many videos on stranded knitting and catching floats and this looks so much quicker and hassle free. Thanks so much!! I can’t wait to try this. 😊
@noriskern7385 Жыл бұрын
OMG much easier. I was at the point of giving up stranded knitting 🙏
@sally0404 Жыл бұрын
This was so easy to learn! Ty so much. I’m glad I stumbled upon your video early in my colorwork journey!
@princessagatha99913 жыл бұрын
I’m knitting a sweater flat and I suspect this will be an easier way to catch the floats than what I’ve been doing, especially on the purl rows. Thanks for the tutorial!
@andreadavis6306Ай бұрын
Thank you so much for making this video! I watched 5 or 6 other videos before this one & wasn’t getting it. This technique is much easier. Thanks again!
@dorothyrushforth888 Жыл бұрын
Strangely, before the days of KZbin, my instinct had me pick the bar up on my right needle and doing the same. I always wondered if there was a ‘correct’ way to do this but it seems it’s more or less the same. Great video 😊
@BeeGeeHikes2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, thank you!! I’ve been struggling with yarn floats for a long time, now it’s so much easier!
@reneemorgan93202 жыл бұрын
This looks so much easier!! The other ways seemed so confusing to me! Saving this video! Thank you!
@trishag7559 Жыл бұрын
Found your video this morning and thank you! I have been wanting to to knit color work but have been intimidated by these floats, You have now explained this so well that I am going to try now. Also watching how you manage the yarns also looks so much easier than other videos I have watched! I’m excited to try color work now!
@flynnknit Жыл бұрын
This makes me so happy! Yay! Happy knitting!
@SobtanianАй бұрын
Thank you so much for this great tip. I struggle with fair isle because of the floats but this is so much easier.
@kizzyb2871 Жыл бұрын
Ok, now I feel like I could have saved so much time lol. Thank you so much for this. Way easier than what I was doing. 👏👏👏
@Jckay200327 күн бұрын
OMG what an easy technique for catching long floats, Thanks for sharing
@karenbochinski8 ай бұрын
Great technique. I have knit 5 of your beanies from your book. Love the book
@flynnknit8 ай бұрын
Awwww! Thank you so much! So glad you’re loving the book! 🤗
@natalieholm70554 ай бұрын
Thanks for the information I appreciate it. Do you have a video to show the start of the pattern I'm wanting to do a sweater border using the pattern
@carenbryant86228 ай бұрын
🤯 Amazing! So simple! Thank you.
@maggiepatterson79492 жыл бұрын
WOW...love this method! Perfect!
@shereevaughn83552 жыл бұрын
Perfect ~ I’m a thrower also! Working on my first sweater with color work
@vivianpowell17328 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! This is similar to doing a M1 stitch and then knitting it together with the next stitch, except you're picking up the M1 stitch from the float instead of from a bar. Maybe it could be called a Make 1 Float. I am now using this method exclusively to catch (or trap) floats in my stranded colorwork projects and find it to be the easiest way yet. It's very helpful to know that a long float is created on one row, but that it is not caught until the next row. You can plan ahead with less pressure. I also find that my stranded colorwork is easier with fewer mistakes if I write out a repeat instead of just referring to the chart. For example: [ 2W, 2B, 3W, 2B,1W ] means to knit 2 whites, 2 blues, 3 whites, 2 blues, and 1 white, for the repeat.
@B3CKIP4 ай бұрын
Yes I get so cross eyed trying to count the squares!
@kny92353 ай бұрын
That's smart. Thanks for the tip
@marjoriemillner9961 Жыл бұрын
The is a great method! I think it may use more yarn but then again, maybe not! At any rate, it would totally do away with my usual "fun" twisting the float color with the color I'm knitting with clockwise, and then twisting them counter-clockwise the next time I capture a float so I don't end up with two completely twisted-up yarn balls! To say nothing of all the time that takes, vs just knitting along uninterrupted on the initial row, and then quickly scooping up the float and knitting with the live stitch on the needle. I'm about to start a colorwork hat and I will try it!
@monikasiekmann5773 Жыл бұрын
Oh wow, thank you so much, this looks so easy!
@NatjeToch Жыл бұрын
I’m going to try this one. It looks so much easier. Thank you! ❤
@ruthmaxwell6021 күн бұрын
Ooooh, lovely pattern. 😍
@flynnknit21 күн бұрын
@@ruthmaxwell60 Thank you! This is my Spark Beanie pattern available on my website, Etsy & Ravelry. Links to everything in my bio. 😊
@B3CKIP4 ай бұрын
Does the same approach work dor purlside? Thanks!!!
@naturebound10642 ай бұрын
So easy! Fantastic!😊
@shortcake1807 ай бұрын
I love this idea. Does it work for sock knitting as well? It's a lot of work to have to constantly alternate wrapping floats so they don't show through when worn.
@KarlaGustafson-vq1ch26 күн бұрын
How have I never seen this before?! Thank you!
@marybaldwin3912 жыл бұрын
I love this! So simple
@sallybrown9194 Жыл бұрын
So smart! Love your nails
@constanzehancock86677 ай бұрын
Does this method also work in continental knitting?
@balgrantango460 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing these great ideas. How do you do the double colour on the ribbed edge? Do you have a video for that?
@flynnknit Жыл бұрын
You’re welcome! This is my Spark Beanie. Pattern is available on my website, Etsy and Ravelry (links in profile).
@candicevee1 Жыл бұрын
When I’m knitting with 3 or more colors per row, I usually knit 2 passes down the row, with the first pass being with the color having the longest stranding. Then on the second pass I catch the long floats just like you do, using the next 2-3 colors of the following pass. 3-4 colors per row made MUCH easier!
@evaromain3199 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant and so easy ❤thank you for this excellent tip. 🇫🇷
@puppydood2 ай бұрын
This is a fantastic tip. You get another chance to catch your floats if you forget first time round, or if they seem a little long!!! ❤
@melindaw38635 ай бұрын
That’s brilliant! Thanks so much for this great tip!
@candywalker4832 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the trip. Seems like the project will be less stiff and thick. Which is going to be advantageous for a sweater I am getting ready to start.
@candywalker4832 жыл бұрын
ps love the colors!
@redgatecrafts2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing!! 😍
@femurific3 ай бұрын
This is really handy, but I would have loved to see what the backside looks like with these caught floats. The video was really crisp too, and the bracelet logo placement is very clever!
@lindahandville9031 Жыл бұрын
Is the finished product flexible?
@laurapawuk97132 жыл бұрын
This is fascinating! Does the color show through on the front of the work? Sometimes with various wrapping methods it shows through.
@flynnknit2 жыл бұрын
It does not! 🤗❤️
@laurapawuk97132 жыл бұрын
@@flynnknit I will definitely try this!
@karenhenderson26247 ай бұрын
Can't wait to try this trick! Ty!
@amandatregarthen73503 ай бұрын
Brilliantly simple. Love it x 4:33
@bowling_with_yarn Жыл бұрын
What a great idea 💡🧶
@joycezzz10010 ай бұрын
I just love it. What is the pattern?
@flynnknit10 ай бұрын
Thank you! This is my Spark Beanie pattern. Links to my website, Etsy and Ravelry to purchase in bio. 🥰
@cococreates262 жыл бұрын
Omg this is GENIUS!!! Tysm ❤️❤️❤️
@carold97444 ай бұрын
Thank you! Thank you! I have been going crazy. This works for me 😅
@lvy_arts_49322 жыл бұрын
So much easier than the insanity that I was subjecting myself to!
@flynnknit2 жыл бұрын
Yay! I’m so glad you like it! I feel the same way about other ways to catch long floats. 🤣 But whatever works best for each knitter, right? 🥰
@B3CKIP4 ай бұрын
Trying to remember how to catch the top or bottom colour float different with one hand continental and the other not and then a completely different method to remember for the top and bottom colour for pearl. Losing my miiiiiiind
@angelaclements12442 ай бұрын
Can't see the point in this I just weave it in
@stitchy_linn3 ай бұрын
Okay I see I had missed a step when I did this. I didn't pull a bit extra yarn on the float. I'll do this again and do that.
@EliseCharlotte Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this! What about the wrong side? I'm trying to do the same but it isn't working.
@flynnknit Жыл бұрын
Hi there! I’ve only used this method when working in the round. Are you knitting flat?
@EliseCharlotte Жыл бұрын
@@flynnknit Hi!, Yes, I am!
@celticdreams41192 ай бұрын
Love it..thanks for making the video.
@barbarawood32098 ай бұрын
Unbelievable! Thanks!
@lindadoremus17352 жыл бұрын
Could you tell me the name of that pattern. It’s gorgeous. Love this technique.
@flynnknit2 жыл бұрын
Yes! That is my Spark Beanie pattern available in my website Etsy and Rav. 🥰
@sabineklaninger3607 Жыл бұрын
So, If I have very Long floats, Like 10 stitches, I could do IT also 2 times, or will the knitting tighten? But it is such a simple method, perfekt for Iceland Pullover!
@flynnknit Жыл бұрын
I haven’t tried it twice with one float, but you could definitely experiment and see how it goes! 🤗
@barbarawood32096 ай бұрын
Wow! Great idea.. thank you!
@23Cinni2 жыл бұрын
Awesome tip!
@lydiageric35808 ай бұрын
How do I do this on flat knitting
@kikkom25482 жыл бұрын
I want to use this method on my sweater, which I am knitting now. But won't this method make a sweater less stretchy horizontally?
@flynnknit2 жыл бұрын
As long as you leave enough slack on your long floats you should be good to go!
@glynnag1 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this much easier way to catch floats! How do you avoid that ugly jog when doing Color-work? The jog that occurs at the beginning of each round that ruins the look of color work?
@flynnknit Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Check out some of my other videos on my channel focused on minimizing the appearance of jogs. 🤗
@NYKnitter Жыл бұрын
I think Patti Lyons has a video on avoiding the jog
@kikizag2 жыл бұрын
I'm confused about this trick, so I have to catch the long floats in the whole round and then in the following round I'm confused. It's like one round with floats and the other one not make nothing just catch the long floats from the round before? I'm so confused!!! 😟
@flynnknit2 жыл бұрын
Hi there! So you just knit according to your pattern. When you come to a round with long floats, you leave them as is in that round. Then, in the next round, you catch them as you knit (as shown in the video). Hope this helps! xoxo Courtney
@maggiepatterson79492 жыл бұрын
That pattern you are using here...where can I get it? What is the name of it? Thank you!
@anutk87512 жыл бұрын
Thank you for showing this!
@LolaRyck18 күн бұрын
What happens if every row has long floats? I know you said to knit the long float row as normal and catch it next time? I suppose we could just catch it and keep going. The row count essentially doesn't matter. Btw. Thank you. You may have saved my sanity! I will try your technique for sure. Thank you 🖤🖤🐈⬛️
@highwaytohealth1040 Жыл бұрын
Wow this is a game changer! Thank u!!! ❤🎉
@mjbcoffee1622 күн бұрын
Brilliant!
@valeriemoorcroft6838Ай бұрын
Yes, thank you, that is certainly very helpful.
@daisiesushitam9842 жыл бұрын
Great trick! Thanks for sharing:)
@cathyhawkins92642 жыл бұрын
Great tip!
@DlbWisc09 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, thanks.
@gailrollo72218 ай бұрын
I hate doing stranded coulor work! You have set me free 😅. Yippee...
@flynnknit8 ай бұрын
Ahhh! This makes me so happy! Yay! 🤗
@vlndfee6481 Жыл бұрын
great idea.... !!
@leannemcgratten8803 Жыл бұрын
Amazing, thank you!!
@lillib13852 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! Awesome
@SEMGAR1 Жыл бұрын
Super helpful, thank you 😊
@robinnichols61862 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!!!
@ndig75352 жыл бұрын
FAB! makes perfect sense...
@Mspuddin672 жыл бұрын
Great video. Question. I'm knitting a bottom up cardigan and It looks like 10 stitches of the minor color between the one dominant color. So should I catch the yarn every 5 stitches?
@flynnknit2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! So you would leave the long floats across those 10 stitches as is in the round you’re working those floats and then as you work the next round you would pick up and knit those floats as shown in the tutorial. 😊
@shaynaformity1384 Жыл бұрын
You could catch the float with the 5th stitch of each 10-stitch group, which would leave one 4-st float and one 5-st float. However, I would catch the float with the 4th and 7th stitches because I'm prone to snagging my floats when I wear anything that's colorwork! Doing the 4th and 7th leaves you with a 3-st float, followed by a 2-st float, then another 3-st float. I hope that makes sense!
@marjoriemillner9961 Жыл бұрын
Forgive me if you already know this, but I also think the usual floatcatching rule would apply: don't catch the float on the same stitch each time around, or you will get a "ladder" with the float color showing through. So if you have several rows with long floats in the same place, change up where you catch the float so they don't all line up vertically. This may mean catching on the 5th stitch one time around, then the 4th (or maybe both the 4th and 7th if you wish,) then on the 6th, etc, keeping it random.
@Mspuddin67 Жыл бұрын
@@marjoriemillner9961 I'm thinking about catching floats on stitch 4 4&7 on one row and maybe do every other stitch on the next row.
@shortcake1807 ай бұрын
@marjoriemillner9961 yes! This is what I was thinking about. Alternating that as well will be good for sock knitting
@newday49367 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this
@jennifergomez82602 жыл бұрын
Cute toque😊
@flynnknit2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! It’s my Spark Beanie pattern. 🤗🧶
@GabrielaLtc2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! 🙂
@karenwoodhull11 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@susanna52522 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@marywrigjt76145 ай бұрын
Thanks.!! 👍👍❤️
@KimBurris-x3c11 ай бұрын
Genius!
@tammyvanderstarren57123 ай бұрын
Knowing me I would just forget them
@sabinekneidinger9478 Жыл бұрын
Großes Lob, die Mütze ist wunderschön. Ich bewundere das perfekte Stricken von Fair Isle Mustern. Liebe Grüße Sabi 😊
@regi92024 күн бұрын
Wouldn't it be easier to catch the yarn in the knitting row? Then you won't forget it later.
@flynnknit24 күн бұрын
@@regi920 Definitely use whatever method works best for you!
@regi92024 күн бұрын
@flynnknit ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@deboradeane140212 күн бұрын
Can you please show the back. Thank you
@flynnknit12 күн бұрын
@@deboradeane1402 I did not record the inside for this video. Definitely will if I make another on this topic-what are you hoping to see?