Thursday 11 November 2010

Changing Colours

Today I learnt how to change colours.

It's not as hard as what I thought it would be. Once again I used the book and YouTube to help me understand how to go about changing colours. Changing colours is the same as changing a ball of wool.

Wait until you are at the end of a row before you change colours. With the colour you are finishing with cut the yarn leaving approx 6 inches (10 - 15cm) at the end. With the new colour, again leave about 6 inches of yarn before you start to knit. Put the right needle through the stitch as you would for a normal knit stitch, the instead of using the old colour to create a new stitch use the new colour. For the next stitch make sure you are using the skien of yarn not the end, and carry on knitting as per normal. Once you've completed the row, until you are ready to weave in the ends just tie up the different colours to stop anything from happening to them.

Below is the YouTube video in which I used to help me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY7GYSiCUXs

On one side of your colour change you will just see the different blocks of colour. On the other side you will be able to see where the colours in the stitching interchange.

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