See the Difference?! | Color Dominance in Stranded Knitting

[@xvgarnet]

I've watched a few videos on this topic and this is the most clear and concise of all of them. I finally understood why one color is dominant, thank you so much.

[@HeatherStorta]

You're very welcome!! I'm glad it could clear things up for you -- it's a tricky concept to grasp!

[@misanonymous]

Your hair is so pretty! 😍

[@HeatherStorta]

Thank you!!

[@cindyduppong9181]

This helps a lot. Thank you for showing the yarn held in different ways.

[@HeatherStorta]

You’re welcome 😊

[@maryjensen2169]

Thank you Heather, that was really helpful. Concise and clear with excellent demonstrations.

[@HeatherStorta]

I'm glad it was helpful!!

[@atrinka1]

Thank you, this is fantastic. I'm a visual learner and this helped me a lot!

[@HeatherStorta]

I'm so glad it was helpful!!!

[@JontyHS527]

Such a great tutorial. I use the second method you demonstrated, but had no concept of colour dominance until I saw your video. Thank you so much!

[@HeatherStorta]

Glad it was helpful!

[@danakuchovska4178]

Thank you so much for this super video! This is the most helpful video about a colour dominance for me⭐⭐⭐

[@HeatherStorta]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Seppsarah]

Thank you so much for also showing it in continental style with both strands in the left hand-it’s so hard to find a video for that:)

[@HeatherStorta]

You are so welcome!

[@kikizag]

Great tutorial. I love it!

[@HeatherStorta]

Glad you liked it!

[@kikizag]

@@HeatherStorta what is your email? I like to ask you something related to catch the floats. Do u have instaGram?

[@vivianpowell1732]

I hold both yarns in the right hand and use the drop method rather than winding the yarn around this finger or that. This means I simply pick up the next color in order while letting the other color drop, making sure I keep the dominant color beneath the background color as I'm knitting. This method should come naturally to English style knitters, because no stitches are knit continental style. The back of the work looks tidy, with the yarn moving in horizontal pairs with the dominant color below the background color.

[@HeatherStorta]

Yes, as long as you keep the desired dominant color under (or to the left) of the other color, and they don't reverse positions mid-row, then it doesn't matter how you hold your yarns! I hold both in my right hand, usually, but depending on the colorwork pattern I may resort to the drop method.

[@RomiW]

Thanks a lot! ❤😊

[@HeatherStorta]

You're welcome 😊

[@KarlSmith-p5r]

Have you heard what Arni & Carlos have to say on this subject?

[@HeatherStorta]

I think I have, yes, and I respectfully disagree with them. I have lovely tension (if I do say so myself) and you can clearly see a difference in this swatch! So, there is plain evidence for it actually being "a thing", I think.

[@KarlSmith-p5r]

@@HeatherStorta I agree with you!

[@annavirkki258]

Kinda good tutorial but that continental style how to knit stranded is not accurate, you keep BOTH yarns on your left finger and "left" one is the contrast color the dominant one. one the back the main color you always knit over the CC so the dominance stays. But if you pick up the MC under the CC the dominance changes.

[@HeatherStorta]

Yes! Sorry if what I showed was not correct (I am not a continental knitter) -- you are correct, no matter how you hold the yarns, the strand that comes from the left (or underneath) is going to be the dominant strand, whether that is the MC or the CC.