Description
Create beautiful stranded colourwork, not just from the right side but also the wrong side with this game changing float management skill. Ladderback jacquard will help you manage floats by keeping them short to avoid any snagging, while also opening up the possibility of knitting patterns which require longer gaps between colours.
In the workshop we will explore 2 ways of using ladderback jacquard; the first by adding a ladderback stitch while knitting stranded colourwork and the second by creating the ladderback stitch after you’ve finished knitting colourwork.
Homework
Students should be given instructions to have their swatch cast-on to continue knitting in the workshop.
Using US 6 / 4 mm needles with MC, CO 57 sts. Join in the rnd and PM for BOR.
Rnds 1-2: Work 1×1 rib as follows: [k1, p1] repeat [-] to last st, k1.
ABBREVIATIONS
BOR – beginning of round
CC – contrast colour
CO – cast on
k – knit
MC – main colour
p – purl
PM – place marker
rnd(s) – round(s)
st(s) – stitch(es)
[-] – repeat everything between [ ]
Bring Along
- US 6 / 4mm needles for knitting small circumference (DPNs or circular needles for magic loop)
- Stitch markers
- Tapestry / darning needle
- DK-weight yarn (preferably nothing slippery—think yarn you would use for colourwork) in the following approx. amounts:
- MC (main colour) 20g
- CC (contrast colour ) 20g
Prerequisites
You should be comfortable to knit with two colours doing simple stranded colourwork / Fair Isle knitting in the round.
Level
Intermediate
Language
English
