Knitting jogless stripes in the round - 4 easy methods for beginners
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A step-by-step tutorial on how
A step-by-step tutorial on how to knit jogless stripes in the round
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When you are knitting stripes in the round, you are always facing one problem: Whenever you change colors you are creating a little jog right at the start of every stripe. So, in this video, I will show you 4 very easy methods to avoid this.
0:00 Introduction
0:44 Why do you get jogs when knitting in the round
1:44 Avoiding the jog with lifted stitches
3:27 Helix knitting (invisible 1-row stripes)
6:36 Picture framing
7:33 Traveling jogless stripes
9:37 Comparing the different methods
Here's the transcript:
First of all, why do you get these jogs when knitting stripes in the rounds? It’s quite easy: You are actually knitting in an upward spiral and not each round separately as you do when you are knitting flat. So, when you change colors, you break the continuous spiral, and then you have to bridge the gap between two rounds and this gap becomes visible. Here’s how to avoid that.
The first technique to knit jogless stripes is my personal favorite. It only has one drawback. You need stripes that are at least two, but better three rounds high. What you are basically doing is knitting a k1tog RL into the first stitch of the second row. Here's how to do that: https://nimble-needles.com/stitches/k...
Step 1: change colors as normal and then knit one full round. No magic here, just one normal round of knit stitches.
Step 2: Now, before you start the second round, you lift the right loop of the stitch one round below the first stitch of the second round onto your left needle. ( It should be in the old color)
Step 3: And then you knit these first two stitches, this is the original first stitch and this the lifted stitch, you knit these together.
And that’s already it.
And from here you proceed knitting in the new color for however many rounds you like. After you knit the first round in the next color, you do a k1tog rl into the first stitch of the second round again. And that’s all you need to remember.
By the way, if you are still having trouble knitting in the round on double-pointed needles here's another tutorial for you: https://nimble-needles.com/tutorials/...
Knitting jogless stripes in the round that are only 1 stitch high, requires a different technique. It’s called helix knitting and can become pretty complicated. But here’s the good news. If you are only knitting with two colors it’s super easy.
For helix knitting, you start in any color you like and then you change color as normal and knit one round and stop 3 stitches before the end of that round. Here you can drop the white yarn and then you have to slip the remaining three stitches purlwise without knitting them.
And then you pick up the red yarn and continue knitting a full round.
But again, you stop three stitches before the end, drop the yarn, and slip 3 stitches, and then continue knitting in the next color.
Why is it called helix knitting? If you take a closer look at the start here, you can see that you are really knitting the stripes in an upward helix. The start here will be visible, but there is no jog in the following rounds. So, if you are knitting socks on small needles or something similar, I feel this minor flaw makes more than up for 40 or 50 totally jogless rounds. Because the rest is one smooth surface.
The third method I want to show you is called picture-framing. It might sound utterly trivial, but it basically boils down to not knitting a continuous line of stripes. This is a technique more suitable for stranded-knitting or fair isle.
Here I went for a simple checkerboard design. And as you can see, this will create a little jog here. And to avoid that, you can simply insert a continuous line of two or three knit stitches at the beginning of your round. And this will make it appear like it was a design decision and not an accident.
And the last technique is called traveling jogless stripes. It’s actually quite similar to the first version I showed you. But, instead of knitting a k1tog RL into the first stitch of the second round, you slip it AND move the start of your round by one stitch forward.
So, knit one round. And then slip the first stitch, place a stitch marker, and continue knitting. And when you change the color again, start your round after the stitch marker. Then knit one round, then remove the stitch marker, slip one stitch, place the stitch marker, and continue knitting.
Very simple as well.
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When you are knitting stripes in the round, you are always facing one problem: Whenever you change colors you are creating a little jog right at the start of every stripe. So, in this video, I will show you 4 very easy methods to avoid this.
0:00 Introduction
0:44 Why do you get jogs when knitting in the round
1:44 Avoiding the jog with lifted stitches
3:27 Helix knitting (invisible 1-row stripes)
6:36 Picture framing
7:33 Traveling jogless stripes
9:37 Comparing the different methods
Here's the transcript:
First of all, why do you get these jogs when knitting stripes in the rounds? It’s quite easy: You are actually knitting in an upward spiral and not each round separately as you do when you are knitting flat. So, when you change colors, you break the continuous spiral, and then you have to bridge the gap between two rounds and this gap becomes visible. Here’s how to avoid that.
The first technique to knit jogless stripes is my personal favorite. It only has one drawback. You need stripes that are at least two, but better three rounds high. What you are basically doing is knitting a k1tog RL into the first stitch of the second row. Here's how to do that: https://nimble-needles.com/stitches/k...
Step 1: change colors as normal and then knit one full round. No magic here, just one normal round of knit stitches.
Step 2: Now, before you start the second round, you lift the right loop of the stitch one round below the first stitch of the second round onto your left needle. ( It should be in the old color)
Step 3: And then you knit these first two stitches, this is the original first stitch and this the lifted stitch, you knit these together.
And that’s already it.
And from here you proceed knitting in the new color for however many rounds you like. After you knit the first round in the next color, you do a k1tog rl into the first stitch of the second round again. And that’s all you need to remember.
By the way, if you are still having trouble knitting in the round on double-pointed needles here's another tutorial for you: https://nimble-needles.com/tutorials/...
Knitting jogless stripes in the round that are only 1 stitch high, requires a different technique. It’s called helix knitting and can become pretty complicated. But here’s the good news. If you are only knitting with two colors it’s super easy.
For helix knitting, you start in any color you like and then you change color as normal and knit one round and stop 3 stitches before the end of that round. Here you can drop the white yarn and then you have to slip the remaining three stitches purlwise without knitting them.
And then you pick up the red yarn and continue knitting a full round.
But again, you stop three stitches before the end, drop the yarn, and slip 3 stitches, and then continue knitting in the next color.
Why is it called helix knitting? If you take a closer look at the start here, you can see that you are really knitting the stripes in an upward helix. The start here will be visible, but there is no jog in the following rounds. So, if you are knitting socks on small needles or something similar, I feel this minor flaw makes more than up for 40 or 50 totally jogless rounds. Because the rest is one smooth surface.
The third method I want to show you is called picture-framing. It might sound utterly trivial, but it basically boils down to not knitting a continuous line of stripes. This is a technique more suitable for stranded-knitting or fair isle.
Here I went for a simple checkerboard design. And as you can see, this will create a little jog here. And to avoid that, you can simply insert a continuous line of two or three knit stitches at the beginning of your round. And this will make it appear like it was a design decision and not an accident.
And the last technique is called traveling jogless stripes. It’s actually quite similar to the first version I showed you. But, instead of knitting a k1tog RL into the first stitch of the second round, you slip it AND move the start of your round by one stitch forward.
So, knit one round. And then slip the first stitch, place a stitch marker, and continue knitting. And when you change the color again, start your round after the stitch marker. Then knit one round, then remove the stitch marker, slip one stitch, place the stitch marker, and continue knitting.
Very simple as well.
►Visit my blog for a free knitting school: https://nimble-needles.com/learn-to-k...
►Subscribe my newsletter for free patterns: https://nimble-needles.com/newsletter/
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