Color Knitting Quiz #2

COLOR KNITTING QUIZ #2

Because I'm still bogged down in the mitten booklet it is time for another quiz on working with multiple colors! Play along and see how well you do - I think this quiz is a little easier than my last quiz (HERE).

1.In this photo of the reverse of the Dale of Norway Salt Lake City sweater, the bottoms of the yellow lines are pointing out:

A) Bad Stitch Tension

B) Places where Floats were Woven

C) Locations Where the Knitter Changed Which Yarn was in Which Hand

D) Moth Holes

2. When knitting with two colors it is important to:

A) Have Fun!

B) Make Sure Your Floats (unused yarns on the back of the work) Are Not Too Tight

C) Find the Best Way for Your Hands to Hold Both Yarns

D) All of the Above

3. What is the most accurate term for all types of knitting where two or more colors are carried along the row?

A) Fair Isle Knitting

B) Intarsia

C) Old Lady Knitting

D) Stranded Color Knitting

4. The technique used for the pattern on the back of the hand on the Placitas gloves knit in the round (shown in the glove on the right) is:

A) Intarsia

B) Duplicate Stitch

C) Fair Isle

D) Crochet

5. Ribbing that uses more than one yarn color is:

A) Corrugated Ribbing

B) Less Elastic than Single Color Ribbing

C) More Likely to Curl

D) All of the Above

6. Why does the glove on the right look smoother than the glove on the left?

A) It is a trick of photography.

B) Blocking!

C) The knitter was more relaxed while knitting the glove on the right

D) I can't tell the difference between the two gloves

7. Extra Credit Question - Where exactly is Fair Isle located?

Scroll down for the answers.

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ANSWERS:
1. B Look for the places where the floats look diagonal.

2. D

3. D Fair Isle is a specific type of stranded color knitting.

4. B although technically you could use intarsia in the round.

5. D

6. B Almost every single item of stranded color knitting benefits greatly from good blocking.

7. EXTRA CREDIT: It is the southernmost Shetland Island in Great Britain.

Scores - 0 to 3 - Keep Trying - it really isn't as hard as it seems!

4 to 6 - Very Good - soon you will be knee deep in colorwork charts and yarn.

7 - Excellent - you're a color master!

Color Knitting Quiz

COLOR KNITTING QUIZ

I dislike showing progress photos so while I finish up the three pairs of socks I'm knitting I thought I'd post a quiz. Try it out to see how much you know about color knitting. Keep score and scroll down to the bottom of the post for the answers.

1. In the photo below, which color will be dominant or more noticeable?

A. Black
B. Purple
C. Both colors will be dominant.
D. Who cares? Colors shouldn't be dominant; they should be passive.



2. What is this type of colorwork (photo below is of reverse of work) called?

A. Stranded Color Knitting
B. Fair Isle Knitting
C. Intarsia
D. Medieval Eastern Estonian Color Knitting



3. How many different ways are there to hold the yarns for stranded color knitting?

A. THERE IS ONLY ONE RIGHT WAY. The lady at the LYS insists this is true.
B. Two
C. At least three with many more variations on those methods.
D. I'm pretty sure the way I hold the yarns is the wrong way.

4. What is it called when a long loop on the back of stranded color knitting is purposely caught on the back of the work?

A. Floating
B. Spinning
C. Weaving
D. Looping the loop

5. What is the difference between Fair Isle Knitting and Norwegian Knitting?

A. Fair Isle can be any kind of color knitting at all - all the knitting books say so.
B. Norwegian knitting uses a strand of yarn in each hand.
C. Fair Isle only uses two colors per row and doesn't usually have long floats.
D. Norwegian Knitting is much thicker because it is so freaking cold there.

6. What is this wacky gadget seen below called?

A. Scandinavian Cat Toy
B. Strickfingerhut
C. Tvaandstickning
D. Dubbelmossa



7. What is the Philosopher's Wool method of stranded color knitting?

A. It involves thinking deep thoughts about the meaning of life while knitting.
B. It involves using two colors per row in bright colors.
C. It involves catching the floats more frequently on the back of the work.
D. It is exactly the same as any other stranded color knitting.

EXTRA CREDIT QUESTION -

8. Who designed this colorful sweater?



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ANSWERS:

1. A. Look nearest the needle- the black strand is BELOW the purple which will make it dominant.
2. C
3. C
4. C
5. C. Deduct a point from your score if you guessed A.
6. B
7. C
8. Kaffe Fassett's incredible Foolish Virgins sweater

SCORING - If you scored 1-4 points you're well on your way to being a color knitting addict. If you scored 5-7 points, you know more about color knitting than most knitting magazines. If you scored 8 points - congratulations! You're a color pro!