Gauge in a Yoke Sweater: understanding where it matters
This post is part of our ‘How to Strange Brew’ series. This section focuses on where gauge is important in your colourwork sweater.
colourwork
We LOVE colour! Colourwork knitting includes stranded knitting (also called Fair Isle knitting), slipped-stitch knitting, and other techniques such as blending yarns (marling), stripes, colour blocking and intarsia too! We have tutorials to help you pick a pleasing palette too.
Swatching Colourwork
This post is part of our ‘How to Strange Brew’ series. This section focuses on specific methods for swatching colourwork.
Developing your custom sweater concept
This post is part of our ‘How to Strange Brew’ series. This section is focused on pattern placement and overall concept.
Choosing yarn for your colourwork sweater
This post is part of our ‘How to Strange Brew’ series. This post is focused on choosing yarn for a colourwork sweater.
Marled Knitting: Holding Two (or more!) Yarns Together
Marling involves holding 2 yarns together at the same time. It is so much fun to experiment with different results!
Bibliography for Stranded Colourwork
A few of our favourite colourwork stitchionary resources.