Level Up Your Knitting Skills with Ladderback Jacquard!

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11 ай бұрын

How to work Ladderback Jacquard in hand knitting. This method is used often in machine knitting, but you can use it in hand knitting too! It helps to secure long floats on the wrong side without needing to "lock" your floats. It's not too hard to work, either!
Have you used this before? Let me know in the comments!!
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@knitgirl.7676 5 сағат бұрын

Thanks for this. I have been dreading learning this but I need it for a project. Very clear and simple instruction!

@HeatherStorta 4 сағат бұрын

You're welcome! Don't dread it -- it isn't too complicated once you understand what's happening! Biggest issue I have when working it is remembering that those stitches aren't "real" stitches and need to be *not* worked in the stitch pattern accidentally, lol.

@VirgsB 6 ай бұрын

At last, I am able to understand how to work with the Ladder Back Jacquard after watching four video tutorials. Thanks so much for a great tutorial!

@HeatherStorta 6 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

@lisathompson389 3 ай бұрын

I am new to ladderback. This is such a clear explanation. Thank you!

@HeatherStorta 3 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

@annebarnet2178 5 ай бұрын

Ditto @VergsB; thank you Heather for this tutorial. I had given up after other tutorials thinking I would never understand Ladderback Jacquard. (linked from Aimee's Directional Pullover Lookbook).

@HeatherStorta 5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@debreischool 22 күн бұрын

Hi Heather, great and new technique to me! It really solves the little locking bumps which can be very visible depending on the yarn and how they are executed. And compared to locking the ladderback jacquard seems also easy to do. Only thing I wonder is that it works well with geometric patterns but with more complicated jacquard, you have to set up ladderbacks all the time. I have to practice, get the feel of it because I will definitely use it! Thank you for sharing ❤️👍

@HeatherStorta 22 күн бұрын

You are so welcome! Yeah, complicated patterns require resolving ladderbacks and beginning ladderbacks frequently, which can start to get a little confusing! Some knitters use knit stitches with the ladderbacks, but I like using the purl stitch since it's helpful to spot which stitches are my ladderback stitches in the sea of stockinette stitches.

@MissHoyden 11 ай бұрын

This is brilliant! Thank you.

@HeatherStorta 11 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@Felixicity 11 ай бұрын

This is such a good technique for really long floats! Thank you for sharing

@HeatherStorta 11 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@gudrundiurlin5536 11 ай бұрын

This is a great tutorial! Thank you

@HeatherStorta 11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@kirsten07734 11 ай бұрын

So at the top of a section of floats the ladder is anchored with a k2tog. Is there a way to similarly anchor the bottom of the ladder? Maybe pulling the initial backwards loop co through the head of an adjacent st below? I’m thinking of fingers passing under the ladder and snagging, especially if more than one ladder is needed in a section. Or maybe you opt for intarsia for that section instead….what would you recommend?

@HeatherStorta 11 ай бұрын

Hmm, good question!! I'm wondering if you work two backwards loop cast on stitches at the set up, then on the next round work the first one as the ladderback loop, but then move the yarns to the back and then work a k2tog with the next pattern st and that extra cast on stitch? I am just thinking out loud here, haven't tried it yet! Your suggestion might work too! I would say if the span is large enough to call for two ladderback columns, then it might be a good candidate for intarsia, yeah. (Or duplicate stitch!) Depends on the rest of the pattern though, I would think.

@kirsten07734 11 ай бұрын

@@HeatherStorta I like the 2 backwards loop co idea. I’ll have to give that a swatching. Thanks for your thoughtful response.

@taylortran4244 9 ай бұрын

It's been a month so you might've already found this out but maybe for someone else who comes across this: You can use other increase methods to create the initial ladder stitch, like a lifted increase or a M1L-PTBL. Those are the other two that I've seen and will better anchor the first stitch to your work to prevent your fingers slipping through. But I think the backwards loop is the least intrusive to you work since it's not pulling on any of your right side stitches.

@NYKnitter 11 ай бұрын

Quick question . (or will attempt to be brief ) Say you have established your columns but you reach a point where the pattern changes; is there any reason you can not catch the opposite color or is it best to end the established columns and create new

@HeatherStorta 11 ай бұрын

If the new color has floats where that same column would work, you could certainly keep using that column for as long as it's useful!