Crafting 101

Welcome to my last post on knitting. I’m sad to stop writing about knitting, but next month is all about crochet which is another topic I love! So here goes!

You can’t have lessons on learning to knit without a quick lesson on knitting with two colors.  Now even I was like, knitting with two colors? I can’t do it! Well, it’s nothing to be afraid of! And if the information you see here is helpful and you want to learn even more about knitting with two colors, feel free to visit Knittinghelp.com for videos and more!

Let’s begin with learning to knit with two colors. The main thing to remember is to watch your yarns and not get them all twisted together. To begin, this will be something very easy. We’ll use two colors, but they will switch at the end of the row so you aren’t messing with several things of yarn. (When switching yarn in the middle of a project like this, you’ll have to cut your yarn and have several balls of yarn going at once.)

If you’d like to do this with me, cast on 20 stitches in one color and knit four rows. You’ll then want to drop the first color (let’s call it Color A) and pick up your second color (Color B) and knit your first stitch. You’ll continue to knit four rows with that color. Now you’ll want to pick up Color A. You want to bring that yarn to the back so that when you do pick up Color B again, they will blend together. I have only done twelve rows, but you can continue for sixteen more rows, switching colors every four rows. Bind off and you’ll have a cute striped coaster! Make three more and have a set for someone!

This is a photo of some Christmas gifts I made last year. The one on the right (the square one) is knitted with a pattern that I do all the time for quick gifts. (The one on the left is crocheted, a pattern I created myself in the car on the way to Texas!) But I wanted you to see the stripes that I put in it. Stripes always make things interesting I think! If you’d like the pattern, check it out here. Also, this is a great pattern for making blankets. Get a pair of huge needles, bulky yarn and go to town! That’s what I did with this blanket I made for a friend of mine having her fourth baby. I used size 17 needles and chunky yarn and it was done in an afternoon!

Don’t be afraid with knitting with two colors. There are many other methods, but this is a simple one. Like I said, you can make all sorts of easy projects and unique projects just by changing it up a bit with the colors. Have fun with it and if you’ve made a striped coaster or two, share your folders!