Techniques
Locked Floats
My favorite technique of all.
Some call it Armenian knitting. By trapping the unused yarn every other stitch, the back of your stranded colorwork becomes a smooth, woven fabric with no long floats to snag. Start with the two demos, then pick the videos for the way you hold your yarn.
Reminders
- In stranded knitting, the yarns do not wrap around each other.
- Every second stitch of the same color requires the floating (unused) yarn to be locked.
- In these demonstrations, MC is held in the right hand and CC in the left.
Start here
Demo: Knit Side
Watch the rhythm of locking floats on the knit side, using two-handed knitting. Watch on YouTube
Two-handed knitting
Go deeper
The Revised 2nd Edition of Urban Knit Collection includes an expanded section on locked floats. Taking a workshop? The Locked Floats Workshop Kit has the yarn and needle ready to go.
Continental knitting
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