How to Use Ladder Back Jacquard in Your Knitting / Stranded Knitting

[@katherinepettus5132]

Ok, I'm convinced. Gonna take out the toddler's sweater yoke and start over like this. What an improvement on float catching!

[@galleylama300]

Your comment saying the jaquard is like double knitting was like turning on a light bulb for me! Thank you!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Yay, this makes me so happy, Galleylama! And you are so welcome! ❤️

[@has8167]

I must say, that is totally cool. It never ceases to amaze me, it looks so difficult when looking at a finished pattern, not of my own, then to be able to watch the technique as it is broken down, as, in this video, (mouth drops open) I am like whaaaat????, so that's how it's done, neat and a simple technique to boot. I want to thank you for your kind and generous youtube tutorials, I have learned much from watching them. I am able to understand your spoken instructions as well as the instructional parts while you are knitting and talking, hope that makes sense. Thank you

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are so kind. Thank you. 🧶

[@kenandyamy]

Wow! I've been knitting over 50 years but never heard of ladderback jacquard! Like magic!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Wonderful, Linda! I love learning new things, it's definitely the best! ❤️

[@mbyemini]

I have never met a more concise and clear teacher of knitting techniques than you, Suzanne. Amazing teacher. Thanks so much!!

[@ACreativeBone-wr4cz]

oh that is SO clever!! Thank you so much Suzanne

[@vrisaydaboggess9269]

Suzanne...thank you so very much for teaching this technique. I never thought I would use it, but I am knitting the Yoke Meditation #1 pullover and using black as my main color. I started by catching the floats as normal, but noticed that the black was still showing through on the right side. I decided to use the Ladder back jacquard method that you taught in this video. Voila! Amazing. You cannot see the float at all. Thank you so much for your great instructions.

[@joycevally7878]

Suzanne, this video is the best I've seen for this method of stranding! Just perfect!!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Wow, thank you, Joyce! ❤️

[@valgill2474]

What an excellent explanation of what ladder back jacquard is and how to do it. This is one of the best videos on this technique that I have found. Thank you.

[@marinamarchese9876]

Thank you so very much. You have made it so easy to follow. Cant wait to try it out. Kudos for the instructions.

[@SuzanneBryan]

I'm so glad you found it easy to follow!

[@atmaae]

magnificent!!!!!! this thought me so much about a technique i had only just heard of and your video was so clear, understandable, and easy to follow! thank you for this!

[@bobbieistutu]

Wow! This is amazing! The little symbols in the pattern are all new to me… hopefully I can find a book or how to chart with explanation. Your teaching skills are wonderful!❤

[@SuzanneBryan]

go to the Craftyarncouncil to see commonly used symbols.

[@lesleyoliver5582]

Thank you. I didn’t know this existed. Well explained. Stay safe and well. Thanks from Australia 🐨🐨🦘🦘

[@SuzanneBryan]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@muppelmuh1445]

Suzanne, you are my knitting hero! I never heard about this technique and this opens so so many design possibilities that aren't possible in just stranded knitting! I thank you so much for explaining this so well and in detail! And now I will cast on a swatch and learn this!

[@xxindigoAphrodithexx]

This channel is a treasure trove of techniques

[@SuzanneBryan]

Wonderful to hear, Goofy, thank you! ❤️ I love that you are watching so many of my videos, and your feedback is music to my ears!

[@andreamiller6200]

This tutorial is beyond excellent! It needs to be the standard for how to work ladderback jacquard. I have been aware of this technique but never put two and two together that it is a form of double knitting that creates a mesh on the back face of the fabric. So illuminating, and it makes eminent success how you have taught it here!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@paulajward]

I heard of this technique for the first time today in a knitting group and, voila! A how-to video appears. Thanks so much for your excellent tutorials.

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are so welcome!

[@notaclue822]

Your cell phone spies on you.

[@lazyorbit86]

i am never doing catching floats again now that I know this technique! thank you for this video!

[@JanetBrady-ng9ku]

I have been addicted to stranded knitting for a couple of years. I think this technique may be life changing for me. I can’t wait to try it on my next stranded project and then to tackle an intarsia design using it.

[@sherylm2442]

Wow, this is ingenious! I am so happy I stumbled across this tutorial; I have done my share of stranded knitting and catching the floats and there are always those areas that just aren't right, but now I have this new technique in my arsenal. Thank you Suzanne!

[@kathysviolindiaryadultbegi3378]

This will be in mind from now on! Thanks, your instruction and voice are very enjoyable.

[@a.leehilliard4716]

Thanks so much. The other tutorials online are impossible to understand. You made it so easy!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Glad it helped! Happy Holidays.

[@areeratjaruthawaithanut2111]

i like watching your video Teaching techniques. Thank you for publishing. I like your work very much. 👌👍

[@SuzanneBryan]

I appreciate you watching my videos and for your very kind feedback. Thank you, Areerat! ❤️

[@donnal5610]

This is such an interesting technique. Thank you for the clear instructions!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@cathybattin3809]

I’m so amazed. I do a lot of double knitting so I really like this technique. Thank you

[@berglettemom6045]

I’ve been knitting for at least 35 years or more, most of it stranded Norwegian style knitting, and I have never heard of this method! It’s sooooo amazing. I would really like to try this myself. It would be helpful for me to have a written pattern that would walk me through the steps of the ladderback jacquard. Maybe I will finally be able to try the reindeer mittens I’ve been avoiding, precisely because of the long floats. Thank you for teaching this method!

[@SuzanneBryan]

I can work on that. Putting it on my todo list.

[@malgorzatasenderek6981]

This is FANTASTIC and life changing! Thank you for this very informative tutorial ❤

[@SuzanneBryan]

Glad it was helpful!

[@E_LithaBeth]

I think i like the look of the purl ladder (circular knitted) better than the knit ladder (flat, back and forth knitted). It has more the look of the other stranded floats. Thank you for another beautiful explanation, Susan. You are the very best!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you.

[@brittaschonfeldt2602]

Thank you so much for all of your Videos! They are the best I've ever seen to learn a new technic in knitting! Best wishes from Bavaria from Britta

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you so much!

[@d-signed3718]

Thank you so much! Finally an explanation of this technique that is thorough and understandable. Best wishes from Belgium

[@SuzanneBryan]

Glad it was helpful!

[@p_dawg6698]

This is amazing! Thank you so much, Suzanne, for such a clear video tutorial!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are so welcome, P_dawg, thank you you watching! 😊

[@thessie86]

That is knitting technique at its finest. Absolutely briliant!!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you so much much, Tee! ❤️

[@michelleskelly4384]

This is amazing! I've never done colour work as it seemed too complicated but now I'm feeling more confident to try ❤

[@dreamworld180]

Thank you Suzanne, I will have to try this!! It's always been so frustrating to carry a contrasting color over long expanses of the main color and see it peeking through on the right side of the work. Great to know there's a way around it!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You can do it!

[@evelynwald9132]

This was very fascinating to learn about and I definitely could have used it in a sock pattern. This video showed up after I finally "mastered" your technique to carry floats as I like to do color work with a dominate color in my left hand and the background in the right. I was having fun watching the yarns disappear when I needed to create a float. Thanks for your concise and easy to follow videos.❤

[@kmcg6444]

Kind of like double knitting. I love it! And how very helpful to have it charted right in!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Glad it was helpful! 🧶

[@marchair]

Brilliant! How on earth did you know this technique was next on my list to master?! Thanks tremendously for a lovely, clear demonstration.

[@SuzanneBryan]

You're very welcome!

[@Casey-ql5xg]

Wow, that is so cool!! Great video as well, very well done and clear instruction. Thanks!!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You're very welcome!

[@deannamargeson2070]

I watched all LBJ you tube videos. Yours is, hands down, the very BEST. Thank you for sharing this excellent tutorial. I tried it out with the ALASKA HAT PATTERN and my long floats were much more manageable. So glad to have this technique in my tool box.

[@SuzanneBryan]

This is so awesome to hear, Deanna, thank you! ❤️

[@evamatus]

Thousand like💞 typed ladder Jacquard.to KZbin search...and voilà la.... Suzanne have it...no need to search further... Thank you very much again, and again......

[@SuzanneBryan]

Happy Holidays.

[@susanking2708]

This technique saved the day. I’d already frogged one hat because where I’d caught the floats showed through! Thank you so much!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Excellent! Have you subscribed to my channel? If not, that is the best way to thank me. Happy knitting.

[@susanking2708]

@@SuzanneBryan I am a subscriber. Thank you again!

[@SuzanneBryan]

😀

[@harrietyarmill2873]

I have never heard of this amazing technique! I look forward to trying it out. I believe it would work to create lining at the same time as a regular mitten. Thank you for this wonderful video.

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are so welcome, Harriet! I appreciate your kind words! ❤️

[@marypfeffer997]

I've never heard of this until someone brought it up in FB, so I was curious. This is totally cool!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you, Mary! ❤️

[@ShortCircuitMom]

Wow! I recently heard about this technique and now need it in a sweater. This was excellent instruction as well as explanation on reading the knitting and keeping the yarn loose to prevent dimples.

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are very welcome.

[@AR........]

i used this to help with my first colorwork project bc i was knitting with size 5 (its what i had on hand 🤷🏼‍♂️) and it helped so much to keep the huge floats under control

[@SuzanneBryan]

Wonderful!

[@michelechorman3433]

So grateful you posted this instruction video. I am working on the Alaska hat, I’ve made a few but this technique is so useful for the upper crown!! Your instructions are so clear, as is the great videoing. Really good!! Than you!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are very welcome, Michele! Thank you for the great feedback, I appreciate you! ❤️

[@sdra2262]

Wonderful explanation! Now I feel confident to try this too.

[@SuzanneBryan]

You can do it!

[@lauralaney5459]

Thank you so much for this! I’ve been wanting to learn this technique but could not find a video that did a clear job of explaining it. I’ve got a stranded color work sweater I’ve been wanting to modify to incorporate a third color and I’m hoping this will be my solution for dealing with the floats. I need to swatch.....

[@SuzanneBryan]

Excellent. Let me know.

[@annewebbpots]

Fascinating. Thank you again for your wonderfully clear explanation. (I love your choice of colours on this project)

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are so welcome, Anne! And thanks so much for watching and sharing your experience! ❤️

[@polwigle]

Came because I recognized that exact leaf, stayed to learn the technique! I'll have to check out the pattern!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Cool!

[@woolleyally]

Just discovered this technique - thank you for such a comprehensive explanation. 💜

[@lkogirl9869]

It's such a great technique!! Again, Thankyou fron the bottom of my heart for a wonderful tutorial.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you so much!

[@the_dapper_scrapper]

Super clear explanation of a rather complicated technique. Thank You!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Glad you enjoyed it, J S! ❤️

[@chevienvanexem3309]

Wow, I love this technique. I can't wait to try it out. Thank you for sharing. 😊 Take care 🤗

[@SuzanneBryan]

Have fun!

[@TheSuzberry]

You are amazing. Thanks for clear instructions, patiently presented.

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are welcome!

Thx for doing a tutorial. So many great things in knitting to learn.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thanks for watching!

[@jennifercox8115]

Fantastic! Thank you for this wonderful explanation. I'll be using this technique in my next project.

[@marybooth3849]

Suzanne, I really appreciate your tutorials. Thank you so much!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are so welcome!

[@birgitedmayr9145]

Thank you ! Such a clever technique and so well explained . Thanks, from South Africa.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you!

[@PaulaSimoes67]

Thank you so much. Love from Lisbon! ❤you are amazingly kind❤

[@ЕленаКривенко-о2м]

Thank you , Suzanne!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you too, Елена!

[@isarose3136]

Very nice tutorial and very well explained and demonstrated. Thank you very much!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You're very welcome!

[@jeant763]

Suzanne, thanks for showing me this technique. Will try it out hopefully soon.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Have fun!

[@YarnOverHereAB]

Thank you so much for this great explanation! I'm going to try this today on a sweater

[@SuzanneBryan]

That's so wonderful, Sacha! I'm sure your sweater will be lovely! ❤️

[@ju7265]

thank you thank you thank you for this tutorial!!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Wonderful!

[@momgrandma5496]

I’m having to create a new file in my brain for all of these new techniques. I’ll give it a try.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Awesome! You never know when it might come in handy.

[@ElHawk30]

What a brilliant technique! Great video, thank you x

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are so welcome; I appreciate your kind words!

[@brendanaylor2599]

Great video! I am going to try this on my next project. Thanks so much !!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Have fun! 🧶

[@gardenlove2782]

This technique was a game changer on my ongoing project! No matter how careful I was, the floats got tight - but with the ladder back technique I was able to manually adjust the floats easily, plus no show-through of the contrasting color! Thank you Suzanne.

[@walterw9829]

Excellent tutorial. Can't wait to use it.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Have fun!

[@joyfulnoise6556]

What a game changer this is going to be for me! I love doing colorwork, but hate that catching floats made the unused color visibility on the front. Thank you so much for this!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Great!

[@joyfulnoise6556]

@@SuzanneBryan I am currently working on a pair of fingerless mitts. I'm loving it so far.

[@SuzanneBryan]

😀

[@mayf122]

Thank you, this video is very informative. I can't wait to try this!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are so welcome!

[@angko-pe]

This is ingenious!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you

[@elizabethgrylls978]

Fascinating! Thank you for showing this technique.

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are so welcome, Elizabeth! 😊

[@lalitasaki]

So Brilliant !! I have to try this !!

[@SuzanneBryan]

You should, HG! Thanks so much for watching! 😊

[@visuallyoriented]

Such a clear explanation, thank you! And great taste on the Animal Crossing pattern :)

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are so welcome, VO! 😊 And many thanks!

[@microchiroptera4520]

Very helpful. I wish I had known about this earlier

[@SuzanneBryan]

Never to late to learn new tricks

[@karenbochinski]

Brand new technique for me thanks

[@SuzanneBryan]

My pleasure 😊

[@darlenetaylor278]

I am so excited about this tutorial. THANK YOU. Have you done a video on how to use the Ladder Back Jacquard on the purl side of our knitting when knitting flat? In this video you show the knit side of flat knitting but not the purl side and it's not intuitive to me. Thanks.

[@SuzanneBryan]

I don't have a video of it worked flat, but it is very easy to do. You would need to anchor the contrast color yarn at each edge of the fabric. I do it like intarsia at the edges. I am adding this to my video todo list. Thank you.

[@darlenetaylor278]

@@SuzanneBryan Thanks very much

[@candicevee1]

Excellent demo..Thank you

[@TheDollyce]

Very clear video! And is the reason for using Ladder Back Jaquard rather than regular stranded knitting because it prevents the orange from showing through in the field of yellow, where catching floats in stranded might occur? The basic benefit for Ladder Back Jaquard is ________?

[@SuzanneBryan]

Exactly. It is for placing motifs in an otherwise solid background without a bunch of blips showing through to the front where you have caught the strands. Thank you for a great question.

[@jvallas]

So clearly explained!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Glad it was helpful!

[@gailmendonza6078]

Thank you. That was really helpful.

[@SuzanneBryan]

You're welcome!

[@RomiW]

This is awesome. I need to try it! Thanks a lot. 😊👍🏼💖

[@SuzanneBryan]

You’re very welcome, Romi! 😊

[@r.mensch5317]

Thank you, Suzanne, for another brilliant tutorial. In essence, it seems that this technique can replace intarsia. Is that correct? Thanks again! I so appreciate you helping me improve my knitting knowledge and skills!

[@katibere1966]

This is AMAZING!!! I just finished the front panel for my very first knit summer top with a picture on the front panel!!! I had to frog it and start again because the picture was bunching up😢

[@SuzanneBryan]

You are so welcome!

[@happycrabknits9109]

Oh wow that’s really neat!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you so much, Happy Crab! 😊

[@savannahhandmade9583]

wow!! this is really incredible exactly what i’ve been needing to bring my colorwork to the next level. btw if you were to be using more than two colors in the same row do you just hold the two or more not-in-use colors together and knit them into the ladder back?

[@SuzanneBryan]

You could carry them along together or each separately. If each separately, you would create a ladder for each color

[@savannahhandmade9583]

@@SuzanneBryan thank you so much !

[@louannahendricks1598]

WOW! This is so neat. Is this a new technique? I have never seen this before. I need to make that cap of Ron’s.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Not new, but rather obscure.

[@ruthhampton7509]

Thank you for this video.

[@SuzanneBryan]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ColoradoKnitter]

Your video was fantastic. Can you transition ladder back jacquard to normal stranded knitting when the strands don’t get as long?

[@SuzanneBryan]

Yes, you can easily move in and out of the ladder back jacquard. Great question. 🧶

[@kathycostello4104]

Fantastic!

[@SuzanneBryan]

🧶

[@tricothon]

Fantastic technique, thank you!! I see you made a knit column on your pocket whereas we see a purl column in the back of your mitten, any tips on what to choose?

[@SuzanneBryan]

I am always evolving in my knitting. At this point, I prefer to work the second layer as a knit, so when you look at it from the WS it looks like a purl. Rather than working it the same as double knitting, which would show knits on both sides.

[@annelberson7093]

Very excited to try! In the chart, it appears the right column of ladders switch from orange to yellow in row 34. I haven’t tried this technique yet, but I’m curious how to smoothly make that change. Great video!

[@paulaknit]

Really love the technique. I just bought the hat pattern to try it out. If I made a top in pieces and only did a large design on the front could I only use LBJ for that section only. I'm thinking the answer is yes ( just wanted your stamp of approval).

[@SuzanneBryan]

Yep, you got it. I use this techniques to add insets on pockets too. 🧶

[@cnotta]

Great video instruction. Question - it looks like for the round you knit the ladder, but in the flat version you purled the ladder, am I understanding that correctly?

[@SuzanneBryan]

It can be done both ways. Give it at try and see which you prefer.

[@laurastrom9857]

You are such a wonderful teacher, thank you. Question: other tutorials dictate PURLing the lifted stitch and subsequent jacquard ladder. Is there some advantage to that? It appears that on the wrong side the ladders are knit stitches, prettier? Would love to hear your take on this.

[@AnnabelleDrumm]

Super cool!

[@ske1313]

Brilliant!

[@SuzanneBryan]

Thank you, SKE! 😊

[@flordelana]

Siempre enseñando cosas útiles al tejido, muchas gracias.

[@SuzanneBryan]

¡Muchas gracias María, eres muy amable!

[@FiberMacGyverYarn]

Thank you. Very informative video! Do you find using this technique you use significantly more yarn? I’m wondering how much extra yardage I should plan for. 🤔

[@SuzanneBryan]

It would use about the same or slightly less than if you stranded the second yarn. Great question.