Catching Floats - For Fair Isle or Stranded Knitting

Рет қаралды 76,131

4 жыл бұрын

A set of brief tutorial videos showing how to carry floats and catch longer floats across the back of your stranded (or Fair Isle) knitting. This helps keep your yarns from tangling and twisting, while still allowing you to catch floats as needed along the back of your knitted work.

Пікірлер: 51

@CamiSchatzy 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been watching a million videos on catching floats, and this is the only one that explained both scenarios that had me feeling so confused. Thank you so much for this!

@FiberFlossandFiction 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@gillbrittle3560 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining this so clearly.

@Elenai726 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the tutorial!! your video explains the best i've looked into so far..

@FiberFlossandFiction 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@maryalgar8779 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful pattern. Well explained.

@anandaruss3596 3 жыл бұрын

So happy to have found you, as I knit the same way with my left hand, & your video is really great! Thank you so much 🧶🌸 Happy stranding😍

@FiberFlossandFiction 3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Glad you found it helpful!

@angelakopecky888 4 жыл бұрын

You explain everything so well. 😃

@FiberFlossandFiction 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Hope you enjoyed it. :)

@MeanwhileattheCastle 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! Thanks, this is just what I needed and it was very clear and helpful.

@FiberFlossandFiction 3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome - glad it was of help!

@michelecochrane1307 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for creating this tutorial. It was SO helpful

@FiberFlossandFiction 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@michelecochrane1307 2 жыл бұрын

@@FiberFlossandFiction Yes! I love this hat. Do you sell the pattern?

@FiberFlossandFiction 2 жыл бұрын

@@michelecochrane1307 It's actually a sweater - the Soldotna Crop, which is by Caitlin Hunter, and available in her Ravelry store (possibly other places online but I know she has it available there.)

@kathybrown524 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this very clear explanation!

@FiberFlossandFiction 11 ай бұрын

Glad you found it helpful!

@agnesadyana7344 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for tutorial....👍❤️

@FiberFlossandFiction 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! :)

@maryduggins 2 жыл бұрын

This video is so good! It’s way better than the technique I had been using😆

@FiberFlossandFiction 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful :)

@anamontecino5356 Жыл бұрын

tres claire votre explicawion cher mme.merci beaucoup🤩😘

@Rubytuesday957 2 жыл бұрын

Great thank you very much

@pattymcreynolds2720 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, Anne. Thanks. Patty

@FiberFlossandFiction 4 жыл бұрын

Welcome! More to come! I'm trying to use my in-house self-seclusion for the good. :)

@cammiegruen2002 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great tutorial! Do you tension your left hand yarn between your second and third finger or wrap it around your pinky? Thank you!

@FiberFlossandFiction 3 жыл бұрын

I tension my left hand strand between my second and third fingers.

@cammiegruen2002 3 жыл бұрын

Fiber, Floss and Fiction Podcast Thank you so much!!

@vtimonidou 2 жыл бұрын

This is very helpful, thank you very much!!! But how can it be done when holding both yarns in your right hand?

@FiberFlossandFiction 2 жыл бұрын

This particular technique doesn't work well holding the yarns in either just your right or your left. There are other videos out there (not mine) that talk about ways to catch your floats. This is just my preferred method :)

@jacqusprat Жыл бұрын

That the best tutorial I have come across for this technique, that you so much. do you have any videos of how to knit fair isle flat, dealing with the edges?

@FiberFlossandFiction Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful! I don't... because honestly, I find it fussy enough that I hardly ever work it flat. Is there a particular project or something you're working on that you're struggling with that I could maybe do a quick tutorial to help with?

@jacqusprat Жыл бұрын

@@FiberFlossandFiction Hi Anne, thanks so much for your reply. I am knitting the Marie Wallin Gift box 3 Ottilie shrug. It is knitted in 3 pieces, flat. I am ok knitting FI in the round but am having issues with the edges being messy. Both colours are changed every 4 rows. I have been unable to obtain a neat edge for picking up stitches for the band. I totally regret trying flat FI but need to try resolve it. Jacquie

@FiberFlossandFiction Жыл бұрын

@@jacqusprat I am not personally familiar with the pattern, but I wonder what would happen if you did a row of single crochet along the edges in the MC before picking up for the band? I don’t know if that would firm the edge up too much but it would certainly clean the edge up a bit for you and also give you a solid stitch to pick up into, if that makes sense?

@MorganHertzen 5 ай бұрын

Lovely explanation of a difficult topic. I would like to see the work more centered on the video frame so as not to miss any nuances in your hand control.

@fiqmiey 3 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! May i know what type of yarn you using?

@FiberFlossandFiction 3 жыл бұрын

Hello and thank you! This is Wooly Wonka Fibers Nimue DK (50/50 SW merino and silk). I knit the Soldotna top from it, shown in the video.

@Rebecca-qt5no Жыл бұрын

😍😍😍😍

@ankelenaerts2866 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for this tutorial. Do you use the same technique when knitting socks or do you make more catching floats?

@FiberFlossandFiction 2 жыл бұрын

Assuming you are using fingering weight yarn, on socks (or gloves/mittens) I normally only go 2-3 stitches before catching floats. It helps keep fingers and toes from catching. Larger gauge yarns you might find every stitch even works well.

@ankelenaerts2866 2 жыл бұрын

@@FiberFlossandFiction thanks

@linnalark 4 жыл бұрын

✨✨✨

@craig6578 3 жыл бұрын

Love that pattern. Is it on raverly?

@FiberFlossandFiction 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it’s the Soldotna sweater by Caitlin Hunter.

@antonelladicaterina1302 8 ай бұрын

Mi sono iscritta subito.. Sto imparando ora a fare il top Dow a ferri circolari stupendo lavoro🎉 ma se si potessero avere dei sottotitoli in Italiano sarei molto grada❤

@anime_drow-blockman-go 8 ай бұрын

How bout if i had more thn 2 color.... how i pickup it?

@FiberFlossandFiction 8 ай бұрын

You would hold the extra color(s) in the hand that you're using for first contrast color. It requires a little more manipulation to make those stitches with different CCs, but you'd manage the floats exactly the same.