I’ll admit than when I’m working with a couple of coloration in a row or spherical, I don’t all the time pay plenty of consideration to which yarn is dominant. I work colorwork holding one yarn in every hand, and whereas I do know sufficient to maintain holding the identical coloration in every hand all through a undertaking, I can by no means bear in mind which one is meant to “pop” based mostly on which hand you might be working it with.

This nice weblog put up on coloration dominance in knitting from Jessica McDonald Designs reassures me that I used to be most likely doing it “proper” (making an allowance for there’s probably not a proper or improper in knitting, simply what you want and what you don’t like) all alongside with out paying a lot consideration.

As she explains in way more particulars within the put up, the yarn that’s to the left will probably be extra dominant within the knit cloth, as a result of the floats from the yarn on the precise will push it ahead as you knit.

As a result of I are usually an English knitter (holding the yarn in my proper hand) I naturally put the distinction yarn in my proper hand once I knit.

When you don’t know tips on how to knit holding one strand in every hand (otherwise you’re working with greater than two colours) Jessica explains tips on how to work with yarns in several methods to make sure the contrasting coloration of your alternative is extra dominant.

It’s actually not the tip of the world if you happen to knit a distinct manner, however you could be shocked by how completely different a undertaking can look simply by working with the yarns configured a distinct manner as within the swatch above. You’ll be able to clearly see a distinction between the highest and backside of the swatch, and all she did in another way was a change on which yarn she was holding during which hand.

Head to the weblog put up to be taught extra about coloration dominance, and have enjoyable studying extra about straightforward methods to vary the look of your undertaking.

[Photo: Jessica McDonald Designs.]