Stranded or Fair Isle Knitting with Edie Eckman | Creativebug

Knit and crochet expert Edie Eckman demonstrates how to work Fair Isle, or Stranded, knitting.

About this class:
Learn how to follow along with a chart and pick up some helpful tips along the way, like how to hold two yarn colors at once, how to catch yarn “floats," how to work in rows and more.


About Creativebug:
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Timecodes:
@00:17 Reading the chart
@02:36 Tension
@03:37 Continental vs. English method
@04:13 Holding yarn above and below
@05:52 Catching float yarn in a knit stitch
@10:19 Stranded knitting with wrong-side rows
@11:56 Catching float yarn in a purl stitch

About Edie:
Edie Eckman is a designer, author and popular teacher who loves both knitting and crochet. She teaches around the country and is the author of a number of best-selling crochet and knitting titles including The Crochet Answer Book, Beyond the Square Crochet Motifs, and How to Knit Socks: Three Methods Made Easy.

Stranded or Fair Isle Knitting with Edie Eckman | Creativebug

[babageesek]

This is the most concise and informative knitting video I've seen. No extraneous, useless info. added.to confuse you. Ms Eckman is a great teacher.

[puggirl]

Excellent tutorial! I'm primarily a crochet person but do love knitting for creating larger items. Fair Isle knitting was such a mystery to me but watching you up close and listening to your tips gave me so much inspiration to try this. This seems like a great method to make a sontag shawl that I'm obsessed with. Subscribed!

[KimClinger]

Loved the info on catching the yarn! You make this look so easy. THANKS!

[carolyarbro]

Brilliant! Excellent instruction, clear videography, and succinct verbal description.

[caronfenstermacher]

Your video was thorough and very easy to see! Thank you!

[lyancy]

Bookmarked this! Wonderful instruction. Thank you so much.

[thatellen]

WOW. That was so well-explained, and your presentation and persona are so darn pleasant without forcing it. I never thought I'd like or get into Fair Isle until I accidentally watched this by way of YouTube's autoplay. Darn it, now I have to purchase even more yarn and get less sleep learning how to knit, with already five projects in progress! (Thank you... darn it!)

[anayacerinaryu]

These are some very nice tips, and it's explained in a good tempo. Thank you! Even for a beginner like me this looks doable.

[UsernameBarbF]

Oh my gosh, you are a FANTASTIC teacher! I'm just a beginning knitter, but my friend is taking some Fair Isle classes and I would like to be able to knit with her. I've struggled to understand the multiple strand handling but you make it clear that even I can follow! Thank you, thank you, and thank you again!

[KathyReedKnits]

As always, Edie, well done! Thanks for an information packed tute!

[Jenger]

Fantastic yarn trapping methods! I knew Edie would have great solutions!

[cheeryhomemaker]

The multicolored hat shown at the beginning is gorgeous! I'd love to knit up that pattern.

[velosianna]

Thank you, thank you! This was very well done and so incredibly helpful!

[annegoss]

What a helpful video!  Thank you so much!

[maryjovillegas]

Thank you for teaching catching in round and especially flat work.

[denisepage-demorst]

I haven't even watched it yet but I'm already impressed with how the times are listed on certain subjects

[guadalupetehuitzil]

Hola. Hermoso. Buena técnica, me ha gustado... GRACIAS. Bonito día... 😘💞

[MaikoZafiro]

I'm a knitter who does not do color work - because no. Just no. BUT! I've always been so tempted... You make it look SO EASY! My thoughts exactly were, "Well, that doesn't look hard at all." But I know myself... I'd be unknitting for days. So for now, I'll admire form afar and attempt to work up the courage. Haha

[MrRomeojoe]

hi. thank you for your very helpful tutorial. we love this hat and wondering if you could help or guide us to get the charts for this pattern. it will be greatly appreciated.

[galew]

thank you so much. have a blessed day  g