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Licensed2Cook
Permanent Resident
USA
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 Posted - 07/19/2003 : 05:31:10 AM
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I so grateful to the yarn manufacturers for making such beautiful colorful yarn, variegates, self-striping, heathers etc. that I do not feel the need yet to change colors in my knitting, in fact I like to avoid it whenever possible.
Using a child's sweater pattern for "The Snowman" design and plan to use it to design a pillow with the him on it but I think I would prefer to use a duplicate stitch to avoid changing yarn colors while I knit. There is no escaping color changing for me this time. It's either "The Snowman" or "It'S'NO-man"
Maybe it's my distain for weaving in ends or just the disruption of the rhythm but I was curious what all of you think about changing colors when knitting. Do you love it, hate it or avoid the issue like I do?
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vicky by the bay
Permanent Resident
USA
4768 Posts |
Posted - 07/19/2003 : 07:32:26 AM
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Good Morning Dee...How are ya???? I don't really think about it....I am neutral I guess!!!!
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vicky by the bay
Permanent Resident
USA
4768 Posts |
Posted - 07/19/2003 : 07:32:26 AM
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Good Morning Dee...How are ya???? I don't really think about it....I am neutral I guess!!!!
Vicky(new knitter-HELP!!) |
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vicky by the bay
Permanent Resident
USA
4768 Posts |
Posted - 07/19/2003 : 07:32:26 AM
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Good Morning Dee...How are ya???? I don't really think about it....I am neutral I guess!!!!
Vicky(new knitter-HELP!!) |
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klfrazier
Permanent Resident
1745 Posts |
Posted - 07/19/2003 : 3:04:28 PM
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I love working with color, but it is something that I've only recently become comfortable with. I love Fair Isle patterns, and find that they aren't that difficult once you get the hang of it. I'm not big, though, on intarsia. However, having said that, I also love knitting with either a beautiful yarn or textured patterns. It just depends on my mood.
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klfrazier
Permanent Resident
1745 Posts |
Posted - 07/19/2003 : 3:04:28 PM
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I love working with color, but it is something that I've only recently become comfortable with. I love Fair Isle patterns, and find that they aren't that difficult once you get the hang of it. I'm not big, though, on intarsia. However, having said that, I also love knitting with either a beautiful yarn or textured patterns. It just depends on my mood.
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klfrazier
Permanent Resident
1745 Posts |
Posted - 07/19/2003 : 3:04:28 PM
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I love working with color, but it is something that I've only recently become comfortable with. I love Fair Isle patterns, and find that they aren't that difficult once you get the hang of it. I'm not big, though, on intarsia. However, having said that, I also love knitting with either a beautiful yarn or textured patterns. It just depends on my mood.
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Pen
Warming Up
USA
58 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2003 : 5:05:14 PM
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Hi Kristin,
I am trying to decide weather to try my hand at Fair Isle knitting..
I am just not sure about the dragging yarn...For the knit I understand but I'm not that sure how to drag it in the purl (back) side of work.
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Pen
Warming Up
USA
58 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2003 : 5:05:14 PM
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Hi Kristin,
I am trying to decide weather to try my hand at Fair Isle knitting..
I am just not sure about the dragging yarn...For the knit I understand but I'm not that sure how to drag it in the purl (back) side of work.
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Pen
Warming Up
USA
58 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2003 : 5:05:14 PM
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Hi Kristin,
I am trying to decide weather to try my hand at Fair Isle knitting..
I am just not sure about the dragging yarn...For the knit I understand but I'm not that sure how to drag it in the purl (back) side of work.
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Susan T-O
Permanent Resident
USA
2481 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2003 : 8:56:46 PM
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I have only done practice swatches that involve changing colors. My problem is, I don't really know how to do it without leaving a gap at the point of change. I know you are supposed to wrap the old color with the new, but every book and website I've been to explains it a little differently and I am "conpletely comfused"  so to speak. And there are some lovely change-colors-often patterns in "Socks Socks Socks" that I am aching to try. . .
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Susan T-O
Permanent Resident
USA
2481 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2003 : 8:56:46 PM
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I have only done practice swatches that involve changing colors. My problem is, I don't really know how to do it without leaving a gap at the point of change. I know you are supposed to wrap the old color with the new, but every book and website I've been to explains it a little differently and I am "conpletely comfused" so to speak. And there are some lovely change-colors-often patterns in "Socks Socks Socks" that I am aching to try. . .
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fmarrs
Guardian angel
USA
9776 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2003 : 03:04:20 AM
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There are a lot of directions telling you to pass the yarn under or over or this way or that when changing colors. I find them all confusing. I just make sure that the yarns cross when changing colors and this closes up the holes. You get holes when there is no yarn crossing the spot where the two colors meet.
fran
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fmarrs
Guardian angel
USA
9776 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2003 : 03:04:20 AM
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There are a lot of directions telling you to pass the yarn under or over or this way or that when changing colors. I find them all confusing. I just make sure that the yarns cross when changing colors and this closes up the holes. You get holes when there is no yarn crossing the spot where the two colors meet.
fran
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fmarrs
Guardian angel
USA
9776 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2003 : 03:04:20 AM
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There are a lot of directions telling you to pass the yarn under or over or this way or that when changing colors. I find them all confusing. I just make sure that the yarns cross when changing colors and this closes up the holes. You get holes when there is no yarn crossing the spot where the two colors meet.
fran
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Maxtish
Chatty Knitter
USA
190 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2003 : 07:04:26 AM
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At first I only knit textures as I didn't want to change colors. Then I did my first color project. I chose this big intarsia sweater for myself which had alternating triangles of color (black and blue) on all parts (front, back, and arms). If I had realized what I was getting into I would have chosen something with intarsia on the front. It took me ages to finish it but I did. Though afterwards I was wary of other projects just because of the time. Now I have done some color work with stripes, etc on kids stuff. And I did a dress with big polka dots for a 2 year old. I still am drawn mostly to textures with some simple color changes but intarsia and fair isle are still something I'd like to really master (if I ever have the time!).
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Maxtish
Chatty Knitter
USA
190 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2003 : 07:04:26 AM
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At first I only knit textures as I didn't want to change colors. Then I did my first color project. I chose this big intarsia sweater for myself which had alternating triangles of color (black and blue) on all parts (front, back, and arms). If I had realized what I was getting into I would have chosen something with intarsia on the front. It took me ages to finish it but I did. Though afterwards I was wary of other projects just because of the time. Now I have done some color work with stripes, etc on kids stuff. And I did a dress with big polka dots for a 2 year old. I still am drawn mostly to textures with some simple color changes but intarsia and fair isle are still something I'd like to really master (if I ever have the time!).
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Maxtish
Chatty Knitter
USA
190 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2003 : 07:04:26 AM
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At first I only knit textures as I didn't want to change colors. Then I did my first color project. I chose this big intarsia sweater for myself which had alternating triangles of color (black and blue) on all parts (front, back, and arms). If I had realized what I was getting into I would have chosen something with intarsia on the front. It took me ages to finish it but I did. Though afterwards I was wary of other projects just because of the time. Now I have done some color work with stripes, etc on kids stuff. And I did a dress with big polka dots for a 2 year old. I still am drawn mostly to textures with some simple color changes but intarsia and fair isle are still something I'd like to really master (if I ever have the time!).
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Phaedra28
Gabber Extraordinaire
485 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2003 : 3:46:12 PM
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I'm not a big fan of intarsia, because it always seems to turn into an octopus for me, but I don't mind fair isle type knitting. Of course, I knit almost everything in the round, which means no purling in pattern, so I just hold one yarn in each hand and go for it.
On the other hand, I made myself an intarsia pattern that I'm going to make one of these days. Right now, I'm trying to find a yarn I really want to make it in -- I'm thinking I'll dye and spin it myself, just to make it really interesting (and put off that intarsia for a little longer {snicker})
The only thing I can say about intarsia, is that you have to *look* at the places where the yarns change. Make sure that the yarns will dance around one another, so that you can close the holes, and knit just a bit tighter. There's also a technique, developed by Rick Mondragon, for pulling one yarn through the edge and knitting over and back with that yarn then repeating the process. It's hard to explain, but doesn't look quite so hard to do. Problem with it is having to plan so much. I'm not a planner. Mostly, I know more or less what I want, then start knitting. I may not know what sort of a neckline I want when I cast on the body, but by the time I get there, I've usually figured something out. (Right now, I've got a sweater started that's about up to the armpits. Gonna have to figure out what sort of sleeves I want pretty soon, so I can finish it...)
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Phaedra28
Gabber Extraordinaire
485 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2003 : 3:46:12 PM
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I'm not a big fan of intarsia, because it always seems to turn into an octopus for me, but I don't mind fair isle type knitting. Of course, I knit almost everything in the round, which means no purling in pattern, so I just hold one yarn in each hand and go for it.
On the other hand, I made myself an intarsia pattern that I'm going to make one of these days. Right now, I'm trying to find a yarn I really want to make it in -- I'm thinking I'll dye and spin it myself, just to make it really interesting (and put off that intarsia for a little longer {snicker})
The only thing I can say about intarsia, is that you have to *look* at the places where the yarns change. Make sure that the yarns will dance around one another, so that you can close the holes, and knit just a bit tighter. There's also a technique, developed by Rick Mondragon, for pulling one yarn through the edge and knitting over and back with that yarn then repeating the process. It's hard to explain, but doesn't look quite so hard to do. Problem with it is having to plan so much. I'm not a planner. Mostly, I know more or less what I want, then start knitting. I may not know what sort of a neckline I want when I cast on the body, but by the time I get there, I've usually figured something out. (Right now, I've got a sweater started that's about up to the armpits. Gonna have to figure out what sort of sleeves I want pretty soon, so I can finish it...)
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