Quote from Maryna on July 4, 2025, 2:26 pm

Quote from Patricia Brown on July 4, 2025, 7:11 am

Happy 4th of July to everyone who is celebrating! It’s also my birthday. 😊

After knitting my first row of color work in the contrasting color, I saw that my two yarn colors are on different needles. The main color is attached to the front needle, and the contrasting color is attached to the back needle.

I have knit color work before in the round but have never knit stripes. When I knit fair aisle patterns, I usually carry my yarn in a “no float” method I learned from the knitting man. Now I’m realizing I should’ve carried the yarn for that whole row.

Ugh! What should I do now? Should I cut the main color and then attach it again? Please help thank you so much. I hope everyone has a wonderful day. 😊

 

Happy Birthday, Patricia! 🎉

Your sock looks perfectly fine. You finished the first stripe, and now two strands met at the beginning of the round.

If you started with round 1 of the colour pattern, the next round is a stripe in the main colour. Pick the strand in the main colour and knit all stitches using that strand.

The strand in a contrasting colour will sit at the beginning of the round, waiting for its turn. There is absolutely no need to carry it along this round.

Happy knitting!

Quote from Patricia Brown on July 8, 2025, 1:44 pm

Thanks Maryana,

I apologize for the late delay. I had a house full of company all weekend for my birthday celebration and it was wonderful! I worked on another knitting project a bit over the weekend and am now ready to get back to my pixel socks.

I have finished the second row of color work with my main color and am happy that both color yarns are on the back needle. I forgot to do the trick to avoid the jog, and already have a lot of laddering/holes on one side of my knitting (none on the other) but that will be another post!

I have a few questions before I continue:

• Can I hold my two different yarn colors on different sides of my knitting? For example, my main color on the right side and my contrasting color on my left side? They won't be next to each other, but this will avoid them getting twisted. I did this when I knit my fair isle sweater and it helped me. It's not as convenient, but I'm wondering if this would work here.
• Do I have to do the 4 step trick to avoid jogs at the end of every single color work round, or only the rounds where I switch from one solid row to another (different color) solid row?
• I remember watching one of your videos where you show one way to avoid a jog is by simply slipping a stitch at the beginning, would this work?

Thanks again for your help, have a wonderful day!😊

 

 

Quote from Maryna on July 8, 2025, 3:28 pm

Quote from Patricia Brown on July 8, 2025, 1:44 pm

Thanks Maryana,

I apologize for the late delay. I had a house full of company all weekend for my birthday celebration and it was wonderful! I worked on another knitting project a bit over the weekend and am now ready to get back to my pixel socks.

I have finished the second row of color work with my main color and am happy that both color yarns are on the back needle. I forgot to do the trick to avoid the jog, and already have a lot of laddering/holes on one side of my knitting (none on the other) but that will be another post!

I have a few questions before I continue:

• Can I hold my two different yarn colors on different sides of my knitting? For example, my main color on the right side and my contrasting color on my left side? They won't be next to each other, but this will avoid them getting twisted. I did this when I knit my fair isle sweater and it helped me. It's not as convenient, but I'm wondering if this would work here.
• Do I have to do the 4 step trick to avoid jogs at the end of every single color work round, or only the rounds where I switch from one solid row to another (different color) solid row?
• I remember watching one of your videos where you show one way to avoid a jog is by simply slipping a stitch at the beginning, would this work?

Thanks again for your help, have a wonderful day!😊

 

 

Hi Patricia,

I am glad you had a fun-filled weekend 😊

To answer your questions:

• Yes, you can hold the strands the same way you do when you knit a Fair Isle pattern.
• Because each round of the colour pattern can form a jog, it is best to use the 4-step trick after every round of the colour pattern.
• Slipping a stitch is a great way to conceal the jog, but it works only with wider stripes. In colour patterns that change every round (like Fair Isle or pixel colourwork), we need to use the 4-step method.

Happy knitting, my friend!

Quote from Patricia Brown on July 8, 2025, 4:33 pm

Thanks Maryana!😊🧶

Quote from Maryna on July 9, 2025, 11:42 am

Quote from Patricia Brown on July 8, 2025, 4:33 pm

Thanks Maryana!😊🧶

You are most welcome, Patricia 🌺