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Introduction to stranded colour work tutorial – Activity 1

Activity 1: Vertical stripe rib

Before you start, please make sure that you have done everything in Activity 0. For instance, have you downloaded the handout and have the yarn and tools listed in Activity 0.

Instructions for this activity are on page 6 of the handout. You do not need to swatch for this project because its size does not matter. Instead, you can treat the entire project as a swatch to practice. Then make another one if you want to have a “showcase” to show others.

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Introduction to stranded colour work tutorial – Activity 3

Stranded knitting in the round showing the public side and the floats on the private side.

Activity 3: Catch floats on the knit side of the work

You should have already completed Activity 2: Knit stranded colour work in the round and have competed 2 rounds of your motif.

In this activity you will learn how to catch (trap) floats when you are knitting on the public side of stranded colour work. Catching floats helps maintain an even tension. Shorter floats are also less likely to catch in fingers.

The instructions for this activity are on page 9 and 10 of the handout.

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Introduction to stranded colour work tutorial – Activity 4

Stranded knitting being worked in the round on circular needles using the magic loop. Three rounds of vertical stripe rib are followed by eight rounds of colour work. Stitch markers show the start of pattern repeats.

Activity 4: Knit stranded colour work when knitting flat

You should have completed Activity 3: Catch floats on the knit side of the work and have knit 5 rounds of the motif.

Not all stranded colour work projects are knit in the round, and even those that are sometimes have elements that have to be worked “flat” (backwards and forwards).

Knitting on the private site of the fabric differs in how you handle floats and, of course, managing your yarn is subtly different when you are using purl stitches. This activity gives you practice in working on the private site of stranded colour work.

The instructions for this activity are on page 11 of the handout.

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Running an interactive workshop – notes

Light bulb on left and three circles: the nearest to the bulb is white, the next mid grey and the last dark grey. Below are two images showing the impact on exposure of holding a white sheet of paper near and away from the light source.

Interactive workshop notes: “Running and interactive workshop”

You have attended the workshop “Running an interactive workshop”. Here are some interactive workshop notes to remind you of what you learned,

Contents of this interactive workshop:
Introductions and welcome.
Planning for your interactive workshop.
Planning your virtual workspace.
Running the interactive workshop.
Summary and actions

Duration: 90 minutes.

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Introduction to stranded colour work – workshop

Display of the materials and tools needed for the stranded colour work workshop

By the end of the workshop and completion of the workshop project participants will have the confidence to plan and execute a project using stranded colour work based on a published pattern.

This is an online interactive workshop with interactive group teleconferencing sessions supported by an email discussion group, web pages and downloads.

This workshop is free.

There are no planned dates for the workshop.

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