Often there are situations when you wish the yarn you use for your project was thicker. Or you want to add a different colour to the yarn, but can’t find the right combination of colours in a variegated yarn available in your local yarn store. Or you’d like to adjust the fibre content of the yarn or to have a thinner and thicker yarn in exactly the same colour.
All of these seemingly complicated tasks can be easily fixed with one simple technique – double stranded knitting.
Let’s see what it is, why you might need it, and how to perform it.
As you see, there are so many ways you can use double stranding in your knitting. The only thing you need to remember is to always treat two strands of yarn as one. Make sure you don’t split the yarn when you insert the needle into a stitch to knit or purl it. And make sure you use both strands of yarn when you wrap the needle with yarn to make a new stitch.
There is also an issue with tangling yarns, but Icover it in a different tutorial. Click here to read it.
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Double-stranded knitting. It is literally knitting two strands of yarn together at the same time, and it is the easiest way to elevate your entire experience of knitting. Knitting two strands of yarn together creates a beautiful, marled effect to your fabric.
– Two fingering weight yarns held together yields approximately a DK-weight yarn. – Two sport weight yarns held together yields approximately a light worsted weight yarn. – Two DK-weight yarns held together yields approximately a worsted/heavy worsted weight yarn.
Knitting two strands of yarn together creates a beautiful, marled effect to your fabric. The hue and the contrast that you choose for your colour combination will create a variety of different overall looks to the cloth.
Many knitters put their skein or yarn ball into a plastic bag or container and punch a small hole in the side to thread the yarn through. This keeps the yarn from tangling as you pull to unravel it while working on your project.
No.Worsted is thicker than DK. Worsted is sometimes known as 10 ply yarn, while DK is referred to as 8 ply. These terms aren't totally accurate (the number of plies a yarn contains varies according to the spinner - something that can get quite technical).
For our FAQ on gauge, please click here. *2 strands of a lighter worsted yarn (e.g. Wool-Ease or Fishermen's Wool) held together may approximate the thickness of a chunky yarn, while 2 strands of a heavier worsted weight yarn (e.g. Vanna's Choice) held together may approximate the thickness of a super bulky yarn.
"knit one below", "K1b" is a knitting technique that allows you to create rib, nice textures and also vertical stripes when using 2 colors as in our video. You knit as follows: insert your right needle through the stitch below the first st on the left needle, bring the yarn through and lift st off left needle.
Depending on your level of skill and your interest in expanding your repertoire, you might be tempted to with colorwork. Then it's time to learn how to knit intarsia. Intarsia is a knitted colorwork technique that involves knitting with blocks of color. They can be in any shape or design you like.
The only thing you need to remember is to always treat two strands of yarn as one. Make sure you don't split the yarn when you insert the needle into a stitch to knit or purl it. And make sure you use both strands of yarn when you wrap the needle with yarn to make a new stitch.
There are several ways to connect two balls of yarn. One is to simply tie them together with a knot, and weave the ends into the knitting. Another is to simply start knitting with the new yarn, laying the end of the yarn under the next few stitches as you knit.
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