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Fair Isle and Stranded Knitting Tips

Learn to knit in the Fair Isle or stranded knitting style, as well as getting tips to make Fair Isle knitting a little easier and more successful.
Fair Isle/Stranded Knitting
Fair Isle, or, more accurately, stranded knitting, is an easy technique for working two colors of yarn in the same row. You simply carry the yarn you aren't working with across the back of the work, leaving a "strand" or "float" of yarn where you weren't knitting with it.
Fair Isle/Stranded Knitting Tips
Fair Isle or stranded knitting is not that difficult, but here are some pointers that should make it even easier for you to have success with this fun color knitting technique.
Stranded Knitting Tips - Tips for Working Fair Isle or Strand…
Get advice from other knitters on Fair Isle knitting and stranded knitting. Learn what helped others make the process of stranded colorwork a little easier.

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