Hey, knitting is not always about speed. I love that you are taking your time with the sweater and enjoying the process.

@sweetgeorgia

3 жыл бұрын

So true! Thanks! I actually made a video a long time ago about knitting, speed, and how we can slow down and enjoy it :)

Color work is so beautiful. I definitely want to try a project to be able to use all the beautiful colors of yarn available. I am adding the book to my wish list. Thank you for sharing your work!

Hi there from North East England . I love your choice of colours! Colour work has always been my passion........not that I'm any good at it. And so couple of years ago I went to a workshop given by a very famous and very skilled professional knitter from Shetland. A delightful lady who could knit so fast and beautifully. The workshop was about steeking. Towards the end of the day as people were leaving someone asked how long the Knitter had been using steeking............., had she learned it as a child. I was amazed by the answer. She, the colourwork expert, rarely steeked. She said that she had been brought up to knit in one piece, flat. This was her own preferred method and she was not alone this. She said that although there was a great demand for steeking classes and demonstrations , her own work was either as a flat piece, as you were doing, or if a jumper then obviously in the round . That ,for me , was the lesson of the day, I've never steeked since.

Color work has been my favorite thing in knitting for 40 years! I really prefer to work color work in the round with yarn in both hands. I think I would have chosen to knit this sweater in the round using steeks for both the center front and the armholes. I could then either pick up stitches and work the sleeves down to the cuffs or knit the sleeves separately and insert them into the armholes by seaming. Lovely sweater however you knit it!

@lalitasaki

3 жыл бұрын

Yep! 👍I work that way too!

There is a reason you feel like an expert knitting this... you ARE an expert knitting this. I have personally not gotten beyond advanced beginner using size 6 needles knitting a slouch hat in DK and a provisional cast on. Watching you go from Western to Continental without thinking kinda blows my mind. I hope I can get to this level before I get to 80 (currently 61). You’re really not an imposter although that thought gets stuck in many of us. Live in your awareness and confidence of your expertise! Your excitement is wonderful and catching. Thank you!

@sweetgeorgia

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words, Anna!! 💗

Love both sweaters. I came up with my own pattern for the top down sweater I'm knitting and it was fun

Felicia, your excitement about this stranded colorwork sweater is contagious! I learned stranded colorwork flat, and my first in the round experience was a pair of mittens. My stranding was so TIGHT that I had to give them to my little grand-daughter because I couldnt fit my hand in there! However, that experience behind me, I do now prefer to do stranded colorwork in the round. I did make A Mowry’s Throwback flat though!

I love to knit & crochet. In knitting, I consider myself a 15yr beginner... you have inspired me to try colorwork! Love your video's!

I’m inspired! Love what you’ve gotten done so far. It’s been been a couple of years since I did stranded color work. This beautiful! I’m about done with Harvest by Tin Can Knits using handspun. I think this is my next project! Thank you for the inspiration.

Oh wow! New subscriber here from England. You came up in my recommendations and the COLOUR in the thumbnail just drew me right in! How glad I was! Watching on my I-pad at stupid o’clock while I knit far too late into the night… or morning!

@sweetgeorgia

2 жыл бұрын

Love it!! Thanks for clicking and watching!! ☺️

I really hope you post the finished project somewhere when you're done. It's gorgeous so far and I'll definitely be checking out this pattern soon!

You got delicious taste of choosing color , everything match great and the project seems to be an eye catching work , i hope one day i can knit that way : )

You don't have to knit back and forth above the armholes. Most people that knit stranded sweaters in the round also steek the armholes, as well as the necklines. Makes life a lot easier. specially if you don't like purling in colourwork.

@sweetgeorgia

3 жыл бұрын

That's absolutely true! thanks! I remember I did that years ago for a vest, but I remembered AFTER I filmed the video :)

@mjdrean

3 жыл бұрын

Great information. I've never steeked armholes before. Now I will try it. Thanks

LOVE ❤️ So vibrant! Thank you for the book suggestion 😊

I have no interest in learning how to do this technique at my later stage of life - but I noticed this knitter is representing Sweet Georgia yarn, which I do love for the great colors and quality. Thanks and good luck to all who do have this kind of patience!

Very Colorful. I was given a Sweater Gift, with many colors. I just love the take you have with the arm holes and knitting flat.

I am veering on doing the stranded colour work even though steeking makes my mouth go dry so I'd be interested in taking that course, really enjoyed this.

I’m the newbie knotjenz from Ravlery. Thank you for these videos. They are So SO helpful. Your videos give me the motivation I need!! ❤️

Thank you for showing how to do the flat color work, very helpful

loved watching this video... just talking about knitting is nice too :) beautiful ideas and pattern and yarns and thank you for sharing :)

I'm just getting started in knitting, and these videos are so calming and informative. Thank you for everything you do :)

@kimeikoraevision5446

Жыл бұрын

Hey Zoey (and other Fresh Knitters) Curious if you are still knitting? I too discovered fiber arts during the P'demic. loving it so far...

I have not tried doing stranded color work as of yet, but I am very interested in it though. I will have to give it a try! I love your sweater that your working on Felicia!!!!

Just came across your podcast. Colorwork is on my agenda this year. Thank you for the recommendation of the Colorwork Bible.

I have knitted seater, mostly cable. I would like to try my hand at color work. Thanks for the tutorial.

lovely to see how you work colorwork on the WS of the work--I just discussed this on my podcast, too! I was working on a sweet Norwegian dog sweater in the flat and it was neat to see how you work yours on the WS :)

This is so relaxing to watch

I enjoy colourwork knitting in the round and flat equally since I knit both left-handed and right-handed. If I’m knitting flat, I always have the right side facing me, so I never have to purl stranded knitting. It’s worth a try!

@ThuyLinh-zi7nu

3 жыл бұрын

How can you manage to keep the right side facing all the time Don’t you have to turn at the end of the row? I’m a beginner trying to learn more Thank you

@monicarempel8688

3 жыл бұрын

Thuy Linh Instead of turning it all around and purling, I just move the working yarn to the other hand and knit back since a purl stitch is just a knit stitch when seen from the other side. If you’re at all ambidextrous, it’s worth trying out. I’m left-handed, so always knit comfortably from left to right. The next row is then knit right to left as you would if you’re right handed. The next is again knit left to right and so on.

Glad you decided to show how to do the colorwork especially on the purl side however I'm going to have to watch it with slow motion. :-)

@sweetgeorgia

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

i love this video!!!. i got some knitting matereals from santa this christmas and it was fun to knit with putting some colors into it since i had materials for knitting.!!! anyways i subscribed you channel and thanks for giving advice of how to knit with putting other colors in it!! 2021 /1/1 s.korea. the sweater you are making is AMAZING!!!

I don't knit I crochet but now I wanna learn how to do color work with crochet!

I just recently came across your channel. Your knitting is beautiful! I am just starting to learn colorwork. I haven’t made anything yet, just watching videos and learning about different techniques. I have put the Colorwork Bible on my wishlist! My first colorwork project will be in the round. I look forward to learning more and watching your podcast. 😀

@sweetgeorgia

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad you found us!

great show. I am a cable person. I have several sweaters in my queue because during these COVID times cables are easy for me. I make a lace sweater (Whitehorse my first Catlin Hunter) in DK weight. But my first Jennifer Steingass sweater that I was suppose to knit and Undermoth mittens are languishing. I have done some colorwork, though always in the round. I thought 2020 was my year for colorwork, but hopefully 2021 is. Yes I use both hands when I knit.

The colours are beautiful!!!

You can knit a fabric as wild as this here but only at the sleeves 2cm, at the hole for the head about 20cm and down 20cm again. The middle you can knit in one colour if you want. This way l use my left over colors all the times! And if you only have tiny yarn it's fine for the same at socks, e.g. . I've knit socks where every 4th row l had a new colour all over, nothing twice! Only the toe's part is the same right and left and it looks absolutely fantastic!

Love the new sweater! (what you're wearing is stunning as well!)

@sweetgeorgia

3 жыл бұрын

aww thank you!

Thanks for sharing! Love ❤️ it!

I just found your channel because I was looking through weaving videos and saw your circular weaving one. I really like how you explain things so I just subscribed- and the sweater your wearing is gorgeous!! Happy New Year from NYC!! 😄🎉🎆🗽🤗💖🌹

@sweetgeorgia

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing Dora! I’d love to hear more about the kind of weaving videos you’d like to see as well! Happy new year!

Love love love the sweater you are wearing!

@sweetgeorgia

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

That is stunning! It would take me a year! But I love how it's all so organized. Kits???

I am a novice knitter I dream of doing colours like this video. I have grandchildren and would love to knit bright mixed cardigans. Lovely inspiring video thank you

I do a crazy thing, when I knit color work flat, I knit forward and back on the knit side. I taught myself to do it that way so I could always see the design. People that knit normally see me doing this they just shake their heads, because it's not normal. I also use the technique when I knit wrap anf turn. It works for me. Ive been doing this since college, when knit in public wasn't cool.

Considered steeking the armholes? The traditional way of Norwegian cardigans is knitting them in the round and then cutting them up, sleeveholes, neck and buttoning, before everybody got hooked on round yokes, I believe. Looks a bit funny for a v-neck. My first colourwork btw was a vest knitted flat in two pieces, a plain backside and pattern on the front, including some rows with three strands ... More than forty yrs ago, was my first real, big knit, only did mittens and dolls' clothes before that, took me more than a year to finish, like years, acrylics, and my gauge was so loose, that when I started on another, in the same size but another background colour, it was too small, I had grown since I measured for size, but my gauge had tightened a lot. I started with doing the stranded front pieces, because plain knitting was sooo boring, and the back actually took longer to finish than the front.

I love knitting colour work but am fairly new at it so I am sticking to smaller more manageable projects for now. I dream of making a sleeveless vest, the sort you wear over long sleeve t-shirts or blouses but I don’t yet have the courage to jump in. I will check out the book though, great recommendation!

@sweetgeorgia

3 жыл бұрын

You can do it! Good luck with it!

I am knitting. this. type sweaters from leftover yarn , mostly one section of the sweater, or sleepless cardigans, back and ribs in the main colour,than you can use your imagination for the patterns on the front, the challenge is tangling the yarn and you must be very careful vituperative joining different colours (few times I ended up with the holes),.Those sweaters are very warm ,since you have double yarn , thanks for the ideas about choosing the colors

Wow😍 wonderful🤗

Gorgeous sweaters 💕

Part of me is like "Color work looks like fun." and then I think. "color work looks like it takes forever."

@suegairns7647

3 жыл бұрын

Like anything, it takes practice.

@sweetgeorgia

3 жыл бұрын

haha it's just me... knitting anything right now is taking me forever :)

@commentercommentypants7904

3 жыл бұрын

It really... doesn't. At first it's torturous to understand, but once you understand the basics (and how to count rows/click a tally counter) it becomes remarkably simple. Do yourself a favor and knit up swatches of basic charts in small squares (look around on sites like Ravelry and you're bound to find some knitting charts). It takes a bit more time than plain knitting, but some practice first makes any project go faster, and I can now knit colorwork at close to my normal speed. Also, I recommend that you watch these two videos on intarsia and colorwork (which REALLY help with understanding colorwork, at least for me): kzread.info/dash/bejne/d66Bp65rc5qreLA.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/nmmszapteJytips.html Then watch THIS if you're interested in knitting faster (teaches continental knitting, which helped me knit much faster, especially when it comes to purling): kzread.info/dash/bejne/fqd6vMlrctGWZqg.html Hope these help. :) PS: Just a tip for when you are working in intarsia... if you'd rather not have multiple balls of the same color when you're doing designs in the same color in multiple places, you can "carry" it along the back of the work. A good way to prevent it from messing with your tension or having to deal with super long floats is to throw the color you're "carrying" over the strand of yarn you're currently working with, the same way you would if you were twisting the yarn to add in a new color. You can also throw it in the opposite direction when doing this, to decrease tangling and twisting. That little trick saved me a LOT of time and effort on complex designs, and made the work thicker, though it does use up a bit more yarn.

That is SO Hönsestrik!

The colors you are knitting are so beautiful. I wish I can knit like that. It just seems so complicated to make those patterns with all the colors.

@sweetgeorgia

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Penny! Yes I think when you look at the whole thing it looks complicated... but I just take it one pattern section at a time and so I’m only ever concerned with two yarn colours. Makes it much easier to focus ☺️

So pretty 😃😄 !

I would love to do more color work but weaving in all those ends terrifies me. Back when I just started making wearables I didn’t know how to weave in ends with more slippery yarn and it was a horrible experience, since then I’m terrified of weaving in ends so I avoid anything with too many ends 😅

Qué bonito que arte

I don't want to knit colorwork but I DO want the Ixchel sweater.... decisions decisions

Happy Friday! I love the new intro

@sweetgeorgia

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@FireflyTM247

3 жыл бұрын

@@sweetgeorgia I’m still watching but loving the color work. Your videos are so relaxing and vibrant all at once. How did your crochet blanket turn out?

Thank you for the video, I enjoy to watch 'how I knit" videos 😁 but makes me wonder, why do you have the colours that way around on your hand on the knit side? You could just hold the light colour on the left hand and the dark on your right hand and that way you could just knit and don't have to actually knit under the dark colour cause it would naturally be under 🤔 Love the way it looks and that double fingering looks super nice on colourwork, never thought that it would make a difference 🤭💕

Do you dye your own yarn for your sweater, or purchase them, And what yarn would you suggest to work the type of sweater you are working on?

I love color work. But I dislike floats. So I make float smaller.😄

Great tutorial. I did ir and turned out good except that My beginning point started to moved....can you tell me why that happened? Thanks😊😊

Novice knitter, eager to learn everything.

Beautiful sweater ❤️

@sweetgeorgia

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

I love your tutorial. I am color blind. Do you have kits or patters with fewer colors. I’m afraid i would be so confused. I wonder if i could knit in color since i am color blind. Usually I’m knitting socks because they are very easy to carry. I would love to learn to knit a top down sweater. It would be fun for my husband. The book you recommended i will get on amazon. I know light and dark, stripe if colors are not same shade, etc. thank you for any recommendations. I found you accidentally, I’m so excited. I love to use magic loop needles, i have no straight needles. I feel it would be extremely fun but not nerve racking if i don’t have so many colors to label on charts and yarns. You are absolutely amazing. Thank you. Jacque Dooley

As a non-knitter, this is like magic. LOL

I love to work colour. And where can I buy the colourwork book.

I love the sweater you are wearing! What are the other colors you used? The main color is Mulberry I got it.

I love this video! Can you please help us lever knitters out with colorwork? I learned how to lever knit using your tutorial, and now I have no idea how to proceed with holding the yarn to knit color work in this method! Do I need to learn continental and English to do color work? If so, alright, but oh boy! I never thought I’d pick up 3 knitting styles in my first year of knitting. But the color work is so lovely and I’m aching for new techniques! Thank You for your amazing content! I’m excited to check out your color work classes. Margaret.

Do you have a pattern for what you're wearing?? It's beautiful 😍

Did you make your sweater that you are wearing

I'm almost finished with the Throwback. I almost gave up when I discovered I had to purl the fair isle section using three yarns in one row! It's hard enough to carry three yarns on the knit side but on the purl side? Ugh. But I persevered. Altho, I have to admit I'd go to any length to never purl with three yarns in one row again!!! I'm considering the Wild Autumn Cardigan. Any three yarn rows? I checked out the Colorwork Bible from the Library and will definitely buy it. It's beautiful and enjoyable.

@sweetgeorgia

3 жыл бұрын

Hahah I feel you! I remember that row in the Throwback too! In the Wild Autumn, I did knit one row that is three colours, but the pattern is very flexible and you can just omit it and swap out for a different pattern. Thanks for watching!

Can you speak to color dominance? I was taught to hold the dominant color in the left hand and the background color in the right as this ensures the dominant stitches are coming from below, thus being slightly larger. However, it appears that you carry your dominant color, the one coming from below, in the right hand. Is this just personal preference or have I been doing it wrong this whole time? Thank you!

@sweetgeorgia

3 жыл бұрын

That's an excellent question! You just sparked an idea for the next video ;)

En español,Me gusta tu trabajo

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Trying to learn mosaic knitting not really good at Fair Isle 😅

@sweetgeorgia

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! mosaic knitting is a great way to work with multiple colours too!

nice so it's sock yarn

Great video! Beautiful work there .. so .. ehm... it's been over two months. .. how far along are you? :-D ♥

hi I am in love with the cardigan you are wearing from design and color Mashaa Allah can you please provide me with its pattern, I will be pleasured.

if you lose a parent the project you’re working on how many times you allowed to rip that status out of your work

What's the needle. What's it called? Thank you so much.

@sweetgeorgia

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, those are Signature needles :)

My biggest question is about your sweater. Is that an Andrea Mowry pattern?

@sweetgeorgia

3 жыл бұрын

It’s designed by Abbye Dahl ☺️

I would like yo knit a sweater like guise, but I do not understand tour instrucciones que suggestios. Do You hace videos with spanish sustitles? Ir perhaps You hace books ir magazines yo follow step hy step? Thanks you

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Missed the give away link

@lesliethompson9001

3 жыл бұрын

It is in the show notes.

Traduire en français s’il vous plaît merci merci infiniment

You are talking so much and so fast, that I cant follow, also trying with undertitles. That makes nervous, sorry. Your knitwork nevertheless is beautiful. .

@ConnyNordlicht

3 жыл бұрын

Up in the vid. you can clidk at the 3 points which are one dnder the other. Click there an at the point speach fastness you put it into 0.50 or less. Then you can slow that downeand understand everything! It's how she is! She is fast in all: thinking, knitting, telling…