Here is the first installment of “Color on the BOND,” the last of my 3 video classes from 1988. This focuses on machine knitting stripes. It applies to any machine and not just the BOND. Bring to class all your regular tools and 4 or 5 colors of worsted weight yarn. If you can cast… Continue reading Color on the BOND-Part 1: Stripes in Every Direction
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Color on the BOND-Part 2: Fair Isle
Certainly Fair Isle, or stranded knitting, is one of the most beloved of color knitting techniques. One of the fun secrets about it is that using only two colors per row and cleverly changing them you can create rich tapestries of fabric that look a lot more complicated than they really are. Enjoy!
Color on the BOND-Part 3: More Fair Isle and Weaving in Floats
There is a beloved Scandinavian pattern of scattered, single stitches of a different color called “Little Lice” or “Little Birds.” You’ll recognize it when you see it. This technique can leave long “floats,” the yarn lengths between the contrast color stitches. Fortunately, you can “catch” those floats behind other stitches to make them more manageable.
Color on the BOND-Part 4: Intarsia or Picture Knitting
Another very popular color technique is intarsia or “picture knitting.” The wire fabric guide on the carriage of the original BOND machine made this technique very messy to knit. Yarns got tangled and it was tough to keep things sorted out. To solve this problem, I developed the “Improved Rube-Goldberg, Spare Parts Intarsia Technique” that… Continue reading Color on the BOND-Part 4: Intarsia or Picture Knitting
Color on the BOND-Part 5: Combining Color Techniques
In this last of the installments of “Color on the BOND” you learn to recognize combined techniques and how to combine them yourself. If you’re wondering why it took me 24 “movies” or separate uploads to YouTube to put up three classes it’s because YouTube has a limit to how long your movie can be––… Continue reading Color on the BOND-Part 5: Combining Color Techniques