Take your colorwork knitting to the next level with our Color Dominance tutorial!
When working stranded colorwork with two or more colors, one color will always be more prominent on the right side of your work (the Dominant Color) while the other recedes to the background (the Background Color). This effect is controlled by how the yarns are held in relationship to one another on the wrong side of the fabric as you work.
Paying attention to Color Dominance is important for achieving the best-looking results in your finished fabric.
Many of Brooklyn Tweed's colorwork pattern charts include columns showing which colors should be held as the Dominant Color and the Background Color - in this video, we also show you how to determine which color should be dominant if your pattern does not have a color dominance indicator.
Regardless of how a knitter holds their yarns when working stranded colorwork, the Dominant Color should always float below the Background Color.
When Holding One Color in Each Hand:
The Dominant Color is held in the left hand and strands below the Background Color on the WS of the fabric.
The Background Color is held in the right hand and strands above the Dominant Color on the WS of the fabric.
When Holding Two Colors in One Hand:
There is more than one way to work stranded colorwork with two colors held in one hand (left or right) - the important thing to be aware of is that the Dominant Color consistently floats below the Background Color throughout a project regardless of your individual method for carrying the yarns.
(Check out our Trapping Floats tutorial for more tips on yarn management when knitting colorwork! • How To Knit: Trapping ... )
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