• Latvian Braid - Knitted Kitchen #46 - StitchesNScraps.com

    Knitted Kitchen #46 – Latvian Braid

    The Latvian Braid stitch is a variant of fair isle / stranded colorwork, alternating between 2 colors. Raised "braids" are created by intentionally carrying the unused color across the right side of the work in a specific way. This pattern includes photos of the technique, plus a more in-depth video tutorial.

  • Changing Colors Tutorial on StitchesNScraps.com

    Tutorial – Changing Colors

    When changing colors, the goal is (usually) to get a nice, clean edge between your color sections. You don’t want to end up with any part of the first color showing in the stitches of the 2nd color. Changing Colors – Photo Tutorial: (scroll down for video tutorial) Here I have a row with a few single crochet, and I’m going to change from green to blue. Take a look at the green working loop that comes out of the last stitch. That loop is going to become the top of the next stitch. If we just start the next stitch with blue, we would end up with the bottom of the stitch…

  • Reversible Color Crochet - by Laurinda Reddig

    Colorwork

    This post contains affiliate links (click for more info). If you click one of these links and then make a purchase, I may be compensated. You get the same great prices, and you will be helping to support this site! I just read an article about Laurinda Reddig’s book “Reversible Color Crochet” has me itching to do some colorwork. I’ll be taking her class on this technique at the Knit and Crochet Show in July, and I can’t wait! Intarsia is just one (very fun!) type of crochet colorwork. Do you know the other types? Stripes: This is the first kind of colorwork most people learn. Each entire row or round…