Need Help?Skill Builder: Fairisle - Replay Live Archive
The first time every machine knitter attempts stranded knitting they are amazed. No matter if you are using a manual or automatic patterning machine, knitting 2 colors to create a decorative stitch pattern seems magical. Let's review some of the pitfalls and considerations when knitting fairisle your machine. From tension to floats to stitch pattern design, there are a lot of thing to consider for success with this technique.
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New Skill Builder WorkshopTechnique reference cards
Classroom: Fairisle
Stitch Library
| Colleen W Yes, I like to knit Fairisle especially with an auto pattern machine. |
| Betty E J hello from Alabama |
| Linda B Hello, from Linda, Stratford, Ontario Canada |
| Joy G I'm sewing up a raglan sweater ð ð |
| Linda D Thank you, Sue! Now back to my sweater vest Iâm making! ð |
| Sue Jalowiec Karin, great idea! |
| An V :smiley: |
| Karin R Knit hats first with a hollow hem which hides the floats. Nice small projects to practice and donate to charity |
| Cherie S Thank you Sue and Matt! |
| Tina B thank you. Seeyou next time |
| Linda D Thank you, Sue! |
| Jane H Very helpful - thank you! |
| Nancy D Thank you Sue |
| Linda D thank you Sue |
| Doris H Thanks Sue |
| Joy G Thanks Sue ðð |
| An V can you talk off yoke, fair isle |
| Cherie S Thanks for the tips! |
| Karin R Cherie, if you use some lining that fabric will influence the drape. So, I usually take knitting except if I want to stiffen it up. Before attaching, wash both pieces! |
| Cherie S Is it best to line with a knit fabric or a woven? Any thoughts on what is best? |
| Elaine R I want to know how to knit that pillow!! |
| Karin R sometimes a bit of felting helps too with floats... if you do it by design, knit a lot bigger than you want in the end... |
| Elaine R Mittens and gloves are a challenge with rings. |
| Shirajoy A Are you able to lock floats like in hand knitting? |
| Tina B Argyle is intarsia. |
| Linda D is argyle FairIsle?I want very small for socks .is it possible w shaping? |
| Tina B the silver reed sk 840 is a little difficoult to place the pattern off center. |
| Karin R The pattern book has pictures of the knitted pattern plus scematics of the needle setups. Just the lace doesn´t transfer easily |
| An V thanks |
| Matthew F that is a direct link also... |
| Tina B Yes. Just the lace patterns not |
| Matthew F https://www.knititnow.com/challenge/119/course/skill-builder-fairisle |
| S C Is the stitch pattern book useful for manual machines? |
| Jane H Can the Stitch World patterns be used with Silver Reed punch card machines? |
| LeAnne M Thanks! |
| Matthew F We include glossary links throughout the site. if you ever see a ? button at a word... click it and it will pop up |
| LeAnne M workshop |
| LeAnne M can't find the fair isle |
| Ronda H The new Glossary is awesome! |
| An V Hello, from belgium |
| Karin R a band of fair isle (black-white) between two solids can be knitted by the same stitch pattern everywhere, but solid sections are knitted with white+white yarn. only for the black-white-pattern you need to switch one yarn to black. |
| Tina B ah, for example for the black sleeves in the leopard sweater shown...? |
| Elaine R She means instead of blue and white, do blu and blue. It will look solid and not have a gauge difference. |
| Patricia H Hi from Louisiana |
| Tina B a smoothe colourskift, longer coloursequences, and the selvstriping example would be gorgeous |
| Karin R With vertical stripes you can just keep knitting fair isle but with two times the same colour... same gauge, lookiing like uni coloured |
| Elaine R Even doing 1x1, the placement in feeder A or B makes a difference in which color pops! |
| Tina B yarn qualities, like boucle and smooth yarn |
| Tina B two different yarns can give interesting effects, too. |
| Anne B Hi Anne from England |
| Marie-Jo C yes I do fairisle but always with a double bed machine.. |
| Jenny M B I like to knit FI patterns with very short floats. Stitch patterns for the 8-stitch repeat machines are ideal for me! |
| Jane A Jane from Toronto with Brother 260 time to learn fairisle |
| Judy S Hi Sue! This is Judy from Greenwich CT |
| Marie-Jo C It' better when we can see you, Sue! |
| Matthew F this is all live! |
| Tina B yes, sometimes. |
| Jane H I haven't worked FairIsle but I want to! |
| Elaine R It's 12:02 CST and I see what looks like a prerecorded video... |
| Cherie S Good morning Sue, from Canada. No,I have not done fairisle. |
| Marie-Jo C It's better when we can see you, Sue! |
| Deb A No. Have been tempted. |
| Ronda H yes |
| Shirajoy A Sue - Can see you now! |
| Pam S How to see what you are in the corner now Sue is showong |
| Linda D I see u now |
| Linda D no still doing basic and need to learn punchcard and my electronic patterning. |
| Ronda H Hi from Idaho |
| Karen B Hi from Kansas |
| Karin R Hi from Germany. I Love fair isle |
| Joy G Hi from France ð«ð· ð ð |
| Tuula P Tuula from Finland, hello! |
| Matthew F sue is showing her screen |
| Linda D I can't see you |
| Doris H I cant see the video |
| Mary Ann B Mary Ann from Burnsville, MN. Hi Shirajoy! |
| Pam S Granger, Indiana |
| Ruth S Ruth and Agadore here from southern Ontario. |
| Shirajoy A Shirajoy from Minnesota |
| Sue J Sue J. from Arkansas |
| Deb A Debbie from NY |
| Doris H Hi from Bantry Ureland |
| Rosan M Rosan M. Orofino Idaho |
| Jenny M B Hi everyone! Checking in from North Wales. |
| Marie-Jo C Hello, Matt and Sue, Marie-Jo from France here.. |
| Tina B hei, Tina here from Norway |
| Linda D Linda here Vancouver Wa |
| Sue Jalowiec welcome ... we'll start in a few minues ... |
| Matthew F Hello everyone... just getting set up here |