Three Color Stranding - Knitting Tutorial

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This simple technique shows you how to easily handle colorwork patterns that use more than two colors within the same row, great for Icelandic and other Scandinavian motifs.
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[@knitpicksOfficial]

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[@yanaa.ispirli441]

I could just sit and watch while you are knitting for hours :-) thank you ! 👍

[@desktopkitty]

I always like your demonstrations because they're slow enough for me to follow. But this one is harder because the demonstration is so brief I can't quite wrap my brain around what exactly it is you're doing. I think if this tutorial was a couple minutes longer, or if you did a whole row (or even two) I can better follow. My goal is to eventually knit a Scandinavian pattern because they're so pretty.

[@danponitlong]

Great I like working with different colors. That seems very easy. I will give it a try. I always thw multicolor yarns.

[@karenbochinski]

Thanks for this wonderful video

[@ThatDarlaGirl]

Wow! That is some serious skill.

[@sl-st8mv]

😍😍😍😍i wish i can knit like u.....

[@Elanore112]

If you want to avoid long floats its just to twist the yarns around each other once or twice until you have your right color again that you are continuing with, so there is less chance to get caught in the floats. I learned this when making pattern knitting mittens :)

[@emily91ify]

I too would like to know what pattern she is knitting...love colorwork!

[@k.hebdon419]

Thank u

[@AmyKnits]

When stranding, do you usually go up several needles sizes to achieve the same gauge?

[@jackietiner4495]

I would like the pattern as well. I've looked on Knit Picks and can't find it.

[@paulaharrington9934]

I have recently learned Portuguese knitting and was wondering if you could use it for the third color instead of constantly switching out colors?

[@eviehammond9638]

What about the lime yarn? Does that just get pulled along at the bottom, never going over the others?

[@jackietiner4495]

What is that pattern you are using? I would love to make a hat with that.

[@TheWhitePhoenix2]

Hey Knitpicks, Since this pattern has ben released, Can a Norwegian thimble help with managing the yarn?

me gustaria ver tanto su inicio, y mas detalles entre puntada ...

[@jessicaemullins]

@knitpicks would this technique work if you have a pattern where there are "gaps" between using 1 of the 3 colours? i.e. I'm doing a Latvian mitten where I'm using 3 colours but sometimes there will be 5+ stitches between using 1 of the colours.

[@susanscandles]

What is name of this pattern. So pretty. You did a great job explaining! Which yarn best to use for Fair Isle you carry?

[@nataliesin6963]

so cool but how do i knit the pattern that is diagonall

[@lilcrocheter27]

Is there a pattern for that hat or a graph for the color pattern? thanks

[@johnlennon2055]

I'm a male knitter and I found that easy to understand. since I learn visually and patters .. don't get me started... they are evil...so thanks for explaining the four way stranding.

[@aquilaclark814]

Yes I understand what she is saying..it just takes a little practice..I want to find that pattern..I think it is wonderful to know there are male knitters..

[@kedrynmcelderry9191]

what pattern is that

[@charlenes5]

How would that pattern work for doing sweaters when having to add a stitch

[@GypsyJunkie9]

Hey KP, could you please send me a PM with a link to the pattern as well?

[@maureengreen4008]

The trick is to remember to twist the yarn and to keep a even tension

[@Gangu1307]

looks simple but the problem is that you 2 contrasting colors get tangled up at the ball end and you have to be careful not to get them knotted together. could lead to disaster..

[@jackietiner4495]

Could you send me the pattern please?

[@PinkCircleO8]

How do you manage three colors when you're knitting a picture in the round? Not like a traditional pattern? Because I've tried wrapping my floats however the fabric got way too thick and now it's not going to fit over the person's head.

[@courag1]

You either make a steek and finding a design with a placket to have buttons in a front placket or make a shoulder placket you could alter your pattern or find a person with a smaller head (not happening) or rip it out and go to larger needles, figuring out just how loosely to make the floats. Necessity is the mother of invention. Life is full of learning experiences we didn't plan on having. There may be other things you can do to solve the problem. I am doing Fair Isle Christmas stockings and so as to not catch fingers, I am weaving floats in as I knit by how I knit with the two colors at a time. It does not make an elastic knit, whereas loose floats allow for stretching more. In a Christmas stocking, a pattern which isn't stretching means your stocking lasts for years of use and packages inside aren't going to catch on floats and little fingers aren't going to be trapped either. One other thing which may help is to decide which floats you could clip and graft extra yarn in. By doing this so long as you are using wool as wool yarn grafts are very strong, you wouldn't have to worry about it pulling apart. In which case Russian grafting can work with perhaps less yarn required and it is very strong; and you can find that method on KZbin. If you want to try the method, I'd advise knitting a sample of your pattern in a swatch on circular needles and inserting added yarn via grafting and see if it holds together and gives you the added stretch you need. Then you can calculate how many places you would need to add this after thought increase in your yarn floats in order to gain the stretch you are now lacking. But you would want to wash your swatch and see if in the washing your inserted grafts hold together. Sounds like a lot of work, however if what you do ruins all the knitting you've done or the sweater can't be salvaged because you tried something which won't survive washing, that is why I suggest whatever you do, you test that it is strong enough under real use conditions which includes washing. Hope something here may help you.

[@janeolivy7350]

👏👏👏😍🇧🇷

[@MazalFernandez]

What is the name of this pattern? :)

[@Mehandiartisruby]

hi how many stitches to in necklace and hand 12 year girls

[@generisgrant3413]

THATS ALOT of yarn in the back O_o

[@toniosborne3436]

Generis Grant yep and messy looking...I do not use this method although it seemed to be used by experts...the way I do it is nice and nearly woven in.....

[@jackietiner1759]

Do you have the pattern for the green/green blue hat in the demo?

[@knitpicksOfficial]

+Jackie Tiner Yes, we do! Search for "Lampwork Hat & Mitts" on our site at www.knitpicks.com to find the pattern.

[@jackietiner1759]

Love this hat, thank you. I've made it several times with different colors and always love how it comes out.

[@aquilaclark814]

Thx for the pattern

[@emily91ify]

Thanks. I'm a bit disappointed...since Kerin began the video showing a sweater, I assumed this was a sweater pattern...I'm too math-challenged to convert this pattern into a sweater on my own.