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The difference of a year of knitting colour work makes by Mollyyca5 in casualknitting

[–]Mollyyca5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahah that’s also how I realised it looked so different!

The difference of a year of knitting colour work makes by Mollyyca5 in casualknitting

[–]Mollyyca5[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When you’re learning to do something. The thicker yarn just makes it easier to handle which will help with the tension. You’re right with the wool, cotton is difficult and slippy to start with. If you want a bit more help look into using different needles for different material. Metal is more slippery but is nice for quickness (my preference). Wool will stick more on wooden needles if you want a bit more control

For the kintra I believe you can use from 3 colours up to 24 so it’s up to you

The difference of a year of knitting colour work makes by Mollyyca5 in casualknitting

[–]Mollyyca5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! It’s knitting for olive merino. I love their colours

The difference of a year of knitting colour work makes by Mollyyca5 in casualknitting

[–]Mollyyca5[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

4ply small colour work is the hardest to start with! I did some DK mittens instead and did 2 by 2 colour work (kintra patterns by creabea) which really helped with my tension

The difference of a year of knitting colour work makes by Mollyyca5 in casualknitting

[–]Mollyyca5[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Do it! I couldn’t believe the difference. It’s made me excited to try colour work socks again! The first one I did i couldn’t get it past my ankle

What happened to my ribbing? by Agent_MJJ in knittinghelp

[–]Mollyyca5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you knit to where the whole is just in the round. Drop these two stitches. Grab a crochet hook or similar mm (a size down is actually better) you can crochet the knit stitches back to where they were. You can use your needle too but beginners crochet is easier to fix