10 GAME-CHANGING Tips for Knitting Stranded Colorwork

A list of my best colorwork knitting tips for even tension and neat results ► Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nimbleneedlez ► My knitting courses: https://www.udemy.com/course/knitting-increases-decrease/ Patreon Video on color dominance: https://www.patreon.com/posts/advanced-fair-65706735 In this episode, I talk about my personal favorite tips for knitting stranded colorwork/Fair Isle. These tips are based on almost 4 decades of knitting and they have helped me navigate through more projects than I can count with success. 0:00 Introduction 1:04 Traveling magic loop 3:58 Knit inside out 6:47 The best way to trap floats 12:26 Understand color dominance 20:19 The best way to join in yarn and weave in ends 25:25 Use black and white pictures 26:02 The best yarn for colorwork 28:50 How to handle white/thin yarn 30:10 Test for dye bleeding 32:10 Account for differences in gauge ►Link to my second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDUgpVfqgFHcFGq-AkhktoQ ► Link to my Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/nimbleneedlez ► Buy my patterns here: https://bit.ly/3aBRdzs ►Visit my blog for a free knitting school: https://nimble-needles.com/learn-to-knit-for-beginners/ ►Subscribe to my newsletter for a free pattern & regular updates: https://nimble-needles.com/newsletter/