Knit and crochet expert Edie Eckman demonstrates how to work Fair Isle, or Stranded, knitting. Learn how to follow along with a chart and pick up some helpful tips along the way, like how to hold two yarn colors at once, how to catch yarn “floats," how to work in rows and more.
Youtube time codes:
@00:17 Reading the chart
@02:36 Tension
@03:37 Continental vs. English method
@04:13 Holding yarn above and below
@05:52 Catching float yarn in a knit stitch
@10:19 Stranded knitting with wrong-side rows
@11:56 Catching float yarn in a purl stitch
Edie Eckman is a designer, author and popular teacher who loves both knitting and crochet. She teaches around the country and is the author of a number of best-selling crochet and knitting titles including The Crochet Answer Book, Beyond the Square Crochet Motifs, and How to Knit Socks: Three Methods Made Easy.
Youtube time codes:
@00:17 Reading the chart
@02:36 Tension
@03:37 Continental vs. English method
@04:13 Holding yarn above and below
@05:52 Catching float yarn in a knit stitch
@10:19 Stranded knitting with wrong-side rows
@11:56 Catching float yarn in a purl stitch
Edie Eckman is a designer, author and popular teacher who loves both knitting and crochet. She teaches around the country and is the author of a number of best-selling crochet and knitting titles including The Crochet Answer Book, Beyond the Square Crochet Motifs, and How to Knit Socks: Three Methods Made Easy.
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