How to Read a Chart

Make sure you’re looking at the Heart and Checkerboard Chart, follow along with the first video to understand how to read a chart.

Cast On

There is a special way to cast on for double-knitting that makes it easy to knit with both colors at once.

Set-Up Row for Double Knitting (Row 1)

The first row of a double-knitting project is a set-up row in which we incorporate both colors for the first time.

This technique uses knits and purls to alternate colors, placing a stitch of one color on the front, and a stitch of the opposite color on the back. If it seems a little fiddly, it is – but you only have to do it once.

Besides, if you mess up, you can start again without losing much work.