Fun With Custom Colorwork
Personalize your designs by learning how to mix and match colorwork styles alongside Master Knitter Anne Berk. With these tips and tricks, you’ll be…
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Personalize your designs by learning how to mix and match colorwork styles alongside Master Knitter Anne Berk. With these tips and tricks, you’ll be ready to to choose the best stitch combinations and get the exact look you want.
Reading Combined Colorwork Charts
Meet Anne Berk! To start, you’ll learn the benefits of combining colorwork techniques across your projects. Anne will also go over a quick review of charts to help when creating your own later on in class.
Using Traditional Colorwork as a Base
Brush up on two ways for adding large blocks of color: intarsia and Fair Isle. You’ll find out how to use intarsia for color changes that don’t affect the density of your work and fair isle when you want colors to switch back and forth.
Embellishing With Sewn Colorwork
Anne shares tips for sewing on color with duplicate stitch and simple types of embroidery. You’ll see how these methods add vibrancy and texture, and even help you fix small mistakes.
Design Inspiration & Considerations
Before you can start knitting unique colorwork combinations, you’ll need to have a design in mind. Anne will help bring your ideas to life with tips to organize your motifs based on technique.
Motif Planning & Testing
After choosing your design, you’ll make sure it can be created using the yarn and gauge you want. You’ll see Anne’s process for charting her motifs and adding in texture.
Combined Colorwork Projects
To wrap up class, you’ll see two projects you can create to show off your new colorwork combinations: a customizable holiday stocking and a festive bunting. And, both can be made using your practice swatches!
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