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Knitting with Different Colors of Yarn: Step-by-Step Guide

Susan
Susan
Nov 24, 2020 02:30 AM
A Complete Guide to Knitting with Yarn in Different Colors
A Complete Guide to Knitting with Yarn in Different Colors

You'll Need

About 150g of different colors of yarn, you like;

Knitting needles 3;

Needle;

Threads.

Instructions

The quantity of stitches (sts) is 96 sts + 2 selvedge sts.

Cast on the sts with one color yarn, then, when you start your 1st row, you can use other colors.

In the intarsia technique, 6 balls of yarn are in work at the same time.

Two colors of yarn are crossed from the wrong side.

Row Instructions

1st row: knit;

2nd and all the even rows: follow the ornament;

3rd row: transfer 3 sts to the auxiliary needle in front of work, 3 knit sts, make 3rd st from the auxiliary needle as knit st;

5th row: knit;

7th row: transfer 3 sts to the auxiliary needle behind work, 3 knit sts, make 3 sts from the auxiliary needle as knit sts.

In this tutorial, we have two cables of eggplant color, two violet cables, two yellow cables, and one cable of three shades of grey color. Between one color cable and another, include 1 purl; between different color cables, use 2 purls (1 purl of one color and 1 purl of another one).

Make the piece 45 cm in length, and you can make the wrong side as the right side or use stockinette stitch.

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JoAnne
Sep 28, 2021 02:23 PM
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Is there a video explaining the pattern for this pretty pillow? I don't understand row 2. What does this mean? 

Also not sure what I'm seeing on the chart. 

Thanks,

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