How to catch floats when knitting stranded colour work by ARNE & CARLOS

This week we take a close look at the back of our knit wear to show you how we carry our floats.
Enjoy!

ARNE & CARLOS
How to catch floats when knitting stranded colour work by ARNE & CARLOS
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Scandinavians Arne Nerjordet and Carlos Zachrison are highly regarded designers, textile artists and authors. They are best known for their craft books and their original, colourful and visually striking designs. Their work is highly influenced by their Scandinavian background and their everyday life in rural Norway. They work under their artist name ARNE & CARLOS, which they established in 2002.

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[thedoctor]

Pleaseeee guys make more vids on working with multiple colours the Norwegian style, the method is just too comfortable for me and your the only guys i could find using it 🥺

[numsidumsragitsch]

4 years later, and you guys are still helping out people. I did not know, that he floatcatches shouldn't be above eachother and couldnt figure out why the yarns were always shining through. I will also try your random method of twisting to "give up" color dominance.

[dorotheaarola]

OMG - that is why the little thread pokes thru!  :-)  Thank you for the lesson - love your videos.

[pegpage]

As always, I love your tutorials. I do a lot of colorwork, but am never happy with the way my colors show through on the right side of my work - even though I know this trick in not doing the floats on top of each other. My ultimate knitting goal though is to knit as well as Arne. ❤️

[GingerRootable]

The colours in the garment are beautiful. Like a painting, Gorgeousness. Thanks for all your hard work you two.

[iciclewrin]

Thank you both for a clear description and instruction on how to carry floats. The inside of my work will be much tidier now and I won’t snag one when putting a sweater on!

[aliiljah]

Yes, that is "carry on". I really enjoy these videos of yours. I just love that urn that you have your flowers in on the table there, it is really pretty. I purchased some patterns of yours, I can't wait to get started on them. I'm working on a few other things right now, as soon as I am done I'll work on yours. Thank you for the video.

[GezButterworth]

Very informative, now l know why I would get odd stitches showing, l was twisting in the same spot.. l gave up in the end that was 30 years ago! I am blown away finding your videos. I didn't know about the setting to slow down videos either. I have been practising my Norwegian knitting and l am SO in LOVE!! I have a little side story which made me smile, l was 11 when l taught myself to knit, it was on a canal boat in the north of England, our boat was called Bodø ! Wish l had known about Norwegian knitting back then !! I am looking forward to trying colour work soon. Thank you for your wonderful videos and inspiration. I can't wait to see Arne in his finished jumper! Happy twisting! Gez

[dorothygriffiths]

Arne your expertise as a knitter is a joy to watch, as master craftsman at work. I really enjoyed your post tonight Arne and Carlos, you both bring us all so much each week. A huge thank you to you both. Sending you warmest hugs and loves always.
Dorothy

[sondrajackson]

I love doing color work and I didn't know about twisting the floats in different spots. I've not had a problem with yarn showing so I must be doing okay. I also usually twist on the 3rd stitch because I didn't like having long floats. I still knit with one color in each hand and I don't have a problem with tension. I really enjoy watching your videos. Thank you

[judyboyles]

You are giving me confidence to try one of these intricate patterns. Arne makes it look so easy. I'm enjoying your tutorials very much. Carlos you are a very good teacher.

[leighabresch]

Arne, I love watching you knit and purl, especially purl. I am a throw knitter and am trying to learn to how to hold and thread the yarn from the left when doing purl stitches. Thank goodness for the "setting" button which let me slow the speed to .25. I could then see how you hold the yarn in back over the left finger as if you're knitting and then you go back and as you make a purl you go back and hook the thread from the finger, wrap it around the needle and bring it back through the stitch as a purl. Working from the left hand is awkward for this throw knitter and being able to see your needle and finger movement in slow motion really helped me understand your technique. BTW, I love all your videos! You two are fab!

[debrashay]

This one was very helpful. I know know that i need to stager by float twists and know why my yarn showed through at times. . Thanks again !!!!

[asbisi]

THANK YOU!!! I started a three colour knitwork FOUR times over and over. You solved all my problems.

[joankloster]

I learn so much from you two- knitting is easier now!

[Shadez]

Ah I wanted to know if twisting over or under mattered and this helped immensely!! Just started my first fair isle hat after years of knitting because I prefer color changing yarn over fair isle. This helped so much! Thank you!!

[CrispyStitcher]

Thank you for this video! I have been playing with your Quarantine blocks and catching floats the way most knitters recommend and kept seeing the the colors peeking through. I remembered that Arne showed how he did this and tried his method. I couldn't be happier with the results. Its a bit more fiddly with my style of knitting stranded, but well worth the effort.

[jord]

Thank you for explaining how to slow it down .... I didn't know. Also, I have learned how to knit color work in the round only. So seeing how you purl while doing color work was new to me.

[cherylmcilroy]

Thank you for this concise and clear instruction and the elegant method for managing floats. Very helpful (as always!) :)

[szabinakeane]

Tried this method for the first time and am very pleased with the result! Many thanks for this video!❤