Hello knitters! I have setted myself the goal to learn a new technique every few months. Now that I’m comfortable knitting in the round I’m looking to dip my toes into colorwork and was wondering if you had any recomendations for patterns to introduce me to fair isle. Preferably a small project, as I’d like to work my way into a sweater.
Thanks in advance for any recs, I’ve already learnt so much from you guys here :)
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Jamie Lomax’s Doodle series of patterns are a fun way to dip your toes in color work (stranded knitting). You pick a single sided cowl or a infinity loop knit in the round. The pattern comes with a bunch of little mini charts, most are worked two colors at a time, and you pick which ones you want to use and which order. Her website https://www.pacificknitco.com/ and she’s on ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/designers/jamie-lomax
I’ve seen those patterns on Ravelry but I thought they were way too over my head. Thanks for letting me know they’re acually newbie-friendly. I think I’m gonna try the Basic Doodle cowl first :)
@kurobita do you want stranded colourwork in general or actual fair isle? If the first, you could start with mittens or a hat, like https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/starkin (you could start with just 2 colours)
I have to be honest and confess I honestly have no idea of the terminology, let’s say anything but Intarsia lol
@kurobita I did my first stranded colorwork on a cowl pattern: “Selbu Cowl” by Inge Skeie (on Ravelry.) Not for new knitters but not that difficult either. Two purple colors of Rauma Finull, rustic fingering weight. I think a colorwork cowl would be easier to do first than mittens or a sweater. // For sweater yoke colorwork patterns I often hear knitting YouTubers recommend going up one needle size on the colorwork than the rest of the body. Good luck.
