Jamieson & Smith - Speed Swatching for Fair Isle Knitting with Ella Gordon
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- čas přidán 30. 09. 2021
- Making sure your colours work together is important before you undertake a Fair Isle project, Shetland designer and J&S staff member Ella Gordon shows you how she does it in the least painful way! (ie no purling!) Find Ella here:
www.ellagordondesigns.co.uk
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Thank you Ella...your little video is so clear and really helpful. I have been trying to work out how to swatch in the round and now I have found an easy and achievable way....🙂
I could listen to Ella's voice all day! The tips for tieing of the ends and weaving in asking the edges are awesome, there's something so satisfying about perfect tidy swatches!
Good job , I'm more ready now to some swatches. Thank you so much..
Just wanted to thank you for your time in making this video. It’s great to see how you swatch and a little peek into your design world.
Thanks for this video - I tried doing swatches with the yarn stranded across the back - hopelessly messy and I couldn't see my floats. Tried also doing swatches with the yarn held in a "bubble" so that I only had ends on one side - kind of a pain to do that and you run out of yarn. I think I will try this method of breaking the yarn at every row - the yarn is sticky enough to not fall apart, more convenient, and it's a small investment of yarn to ensure the colours work out. I do find that knitting the first and last stitches through the back loop with both colours helps anchor and secure the yarns.
Perfect swatching ❤
I really enjoy these videos. I'm always learning something new. Thank you!
Informative, intertesting and delightful listening to you, Ella. Thank you!
Thank you for this fun, clearly explained video! I am learning so much more about Fair Isle knitting, and about working with colors in general!
Adorable and spunky.
Thank you so much for the wonderful info on swatching for Fair Isle. It also looks like a great way for someone to begin to learn the technique, too.
I love your method! Definitely going to try it next time. I tend to carry the yarn across the back but this way is much neater. I also got a little thrill when you held up the swatch for the Moorie cardigan that I recently completed. Love your work Ella. ❤️
Great video, very good tips. I like the idea of breaking the yarn, much easier than knitting a small swatch in the round. Anything from Shetland and I’m all in, my father grew up on Unst and my maiden name happens to be Jamieson. Thanks so much Ella.
Love this channel. Thank you!
Thank you Ella. I certainly will try this swatching method on my next project.
Thank you Ella. Very interesting to see how you knit a swatch, and to hear your ideas.
Thank you so much for making this film, it was really helpful. While I knew about knitting each row from the front right side and breaking the yarn but hadn't been told about knotting the tails off. Definitely will be using this technique late today.
I love this method. It allowed me a color change by ripping back to the offending color, substitute a new one, then carry on with the yarn that is already cut. Thank you
Thank you for this, I like the idea of breaking off the yarn each row as apposed to leaving a big loop of yarn at the back each time, as long as I have enough yarn to then make the project after. I have a kep kit, so I know the colours will be perfect, but I do need to check my guage for accuracy.
This seems perfect for fairisle as I don’t often play yarn chicken! And theres enough for a cheeky unravel to finish a few stitches. Thanks Ella!