Uploaded September 2013 | Updated September 2026, 16 hours ago
Knitting Fair Isle - Two Yarns in Right Hand - Catching Floats
I like to do two-colour knitting holding both yarns in my right hand as this feels more comfortable to me rather than the two-hand method, continental style (one yarn in each hand). When knitting more than 5 stitches in one colour, I like to catch the float at the back and this video shows how I came up with a method to do this with both yarns in my right hand and without having to let go of the yarns. I can just twist my yarns and carry on knitting.
Apologies, the sound is a bit low on this but I've not figured out how to fix it on my camera yet!
The pattern is "Flora" by Alice Starmore.
Knitting Fair Isle - Two Yarns in Right Hand - Catching Floats
I like to do two-colour knitting holding both yarns in my right hand as this feels more comfortable to me rather than the two-hand method, continental style (one yarn in each hand). When knitting more than 5 stitches in one colour, I like to catch the float at the back and this video shows how I came up with a method to do this with both yarns in my right hand and without having to let go of the yarns. I can just twist my yarns and carry on knitting.
Apologies, the sound is a bit low on this but I've not figured out how to fix it on my camera yet!
The pattern is "Flora" by Alice Starmore.
