Fair-Isle Knitting

Provisional Cast-On

Cast-ons

How to Do Kitchener Stitch in the Round

Kitchener stitch in the round can be fiddly, especially if you are using Magic Loop. This video shows you how to overcome all the tricky bits so you get a perfectly seamless continuous tube every time.

Ladder-Back Jacquard

Fair-Isle knitting is notorious for being difficult on socks and motifs that leave long floats. It just doesn’t stretch enough. The Ladder-Back Jacquard technique is a way of knitting your floats into a loose material on the back of your work that lets it stretch.Now you can knit large motifs and even stretchy things like Fair-Isle socks with ease. In-depth, 30-minute tutorial complete with tips and tricks.

Fair Isle Charts

 

Fair-Isle Bag – Pattern Walkthrough

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Fair-Isle Bag – Knitting the Base of the Bag

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Fair-Isle Bag – Join Color B

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Fair-Isle Bag – Knit the Bag Bottom

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

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Fair-Isle Bag – Begin Knitting in the Round

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Fair-Isle Bag – Learn to Read a Chart

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Fair-Isle Bag – Begin Fair-Isle Knitting

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Fair-Isle Bag – Garter Stitch in the Round

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Fair-Isle Bag – Final Rounds

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Fair-Isle Bag – Weave in Ends

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Fair-Isle Bag – I-Cord Handles

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Fair-Isle Bag – Assemble Purse

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Fair-Isle Tips – Made a Mistake Following the Chart

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Fair-Isle Tips – Maintain Tension

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Fair-Isle Tips – Pulling Floats Too Tight

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Fair-Isle Tips – Fix Mistakes Far Down

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Fair-Isle Tips – Switch Colors Consistently

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Fair-Isle Tips – Prevent Long Floats

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Fair-Isle Tips – Watch Corners on Magic Loop

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

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Knitting Fair-Isle with 3 Colors in One Row

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Fair-Isle Ribbing

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