Fair-Isle Knitting

Provisional Cast-On

The standard provisional cast-on uses a circular needle or a piece of waste yarn to hold the stitches until you are ready to work them.

I love the idea of using a circular needle to hold the stitches because when you are ready to knit them they are already on the needle and ready to go.

However, if you’re going to be turning your work a lot and don’t want a circular needle hanging down and banging around, you can use a piece of waste yarn.

How to Do Kitchener Stitch in the Round

This method works for Magic Loop as well as regular round knitting on circular needles.

Thank you to Knit Purl Hunter for providing the basics of this Kitchener in the round tutorial.

For a step-by-step photo tutorial of Kitchener stitch, a downloadable cheat sheet, and lots of Kitchener stitch tips and tricks, see our Complete Video Guide to Seaming Your Knitting With Kitchener Stitch.

Ladder-Back Jacquard

Fair Isle Charts

 

Fair-Isle Bag – Pattern Walkthrough

Fair-Isle Bag – Knitting the Base of the Bag

Fair-Isle Bag – Join Color B

Fair-Isle Bag – Knit the Bag Bottom

Fair-Isle Bag – Pick Up and Knit Around Bag Base

Fair-Isle Bag – Begin Knitting in the Round

 

Fair-Isle Bag – Learn to Read a Chart

Fair-Isle Bag – Begin Fair-Isle Knitting

Fair-Isle Bag – Garter Stitch in the Round

Fair-Isle Bag – Final Rounds

Fair-Isle Bag – Weave in Ends

Fair-Isle Bag – I-Cord Handles

Fair-Isle Bag – Assemble Purse

 

Fair-Isle Tips – Made a Mistake Following the Chart

Fair-Isle Tips – Maintain Tension

Fair-Isle Tips – Pulling Floats Too Tight

Fair-Isle Tips – Fix Mistakes Far Down

Fair-Isle Tips – Switch Colors Consistently

Fair-Isle Tips – Prevent Long Floats

Fair-Isle Tips – Watch Corners on Magic Loop

 

Flat Fair-Isle (Back-and-Forth Knitting)

Knitting with 3 Colors in One Row

Fair-Isle Ribbing