Monday, November 21, 2005

Here are the updated web sites for color knitting for those who you already have the booklet. Some web sites left the planet and others just changed locations.

Actual Size Graph Paper at http://www.tata-tatao.to/knit/matrix/e-index.html prints out graph paper to your exact knitting gauge in a PDF file.

The Color Scheme Generator web site at http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html allows you to click on a color and then suggests analogous, monochromatic, and several different types of contrast color schemes.

Fair Isle 101: The Absolute Basics of the Two-Handed Fair Isle Technique at http://www.sheeweknits.com/fair_isle_101.htm is the best all-around online resource for stranded color knitting. Anne Featonby of the web knitting store She Ewe Knits offers an excellent tutorial with plenty of photos. She covers “picking” versus “throwing”, catching long floats, weaving in the yarns, and the different types of color knitting charts.

The Kick Back Two-Color Socks cyberclass at the Socknitters web site at http://www.socknitters.com/kickback/index.htm is an online class by knitter Judy Gibson with photos on the two-handed method of holding the yarns, Meg Swansen’s jogless jog technique, and weaving in long floats. If you like knitting socks this online pattern is a great first-time color project.

Sarah Peasley, at http://www.sarahpeasley.com/classes.htm is an experienced knitting teach who offers online Fair Isle and Continental knitting classes. She’s a talented knitter and can work with you via email to answer all of your questions.

Kim Salazar’s knitting blog has a terrific reference on using the Strickfingerhut at http://string-or-nothing.blog-city.com/read/578674.htm . She shows several different types and explains how she uses one for her stranded color knitting. Kim also shared her brilliant idea of using a flat cookie sheet and cut-up business card style magnets to hold several color pattern charts.

Stranded! at http://www.bonniefranz.com/Stranded.html is a newsletter devoted to stranded color knitting. The web site offers free patterns and the choice to subscribe to a printed or online version of the newsletter by knitwear designer Bonnie Franz.

Studies in Jogless Stripes at http://tiajudy.com/jog.htm shows one popular method of working jogless jogs and also details another helpful method developed by knitter Judy Gibson.

Two-Color Knitting Tip at http://tiajudy.com/2color.htm also at Judy Gibson’s web site has some great photos that show the difference between holding the background color above the foreground and holding the background color below.

Wiseneedle, An Online Resource for Knitters at http://www.wiseneedle.com is maintained by Kim Salazar. The Yarn Review Collection has a large database of yarns you can search to learn more about any yarn. This is an invaluable resource for yarn substitutions.