Comments on: Tricksy… http://blog.berroco.com/2008/10/16/tricksy/ a blog hosted by norah gaughan & amanda keep Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:25:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: AudKnits http://blog.berroco.com/2008/10/16/tricksy/#comment-1010 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:35:39 +0000 http://berrocodesign.wordpress.com/?p=388#comment-1010 Thank you for sharing this! I forget about the dominance issue sometimes. My mind just can’t grasp why it would matter. This is a good reminder to me to pay more attention.

I like Michaela’s tip about jotting down which yarn you use in which hand.

]]> By: Mimi http://blog.berroco.com/2008/10/16/tricksy/#comment-985 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:13:59 +0000 http://berrocodesign.wordpress.com/?p=388#comment-985 I learned to knit from two ends of handpainted yarns by making a sweater from two skeins of the “same colour”. The yoke was a totally different shade!

I took a workshop with Lucy Neatby on stranded knitting and she showed us a Paradoxical Mitten in which she had accidentally switched hands halfway through. Above the switch, the complimentary colour leapt to prominence and the main colour retreated.

]]> By: turtle http://blog.berroco.com/2008/10/16/tricksy/#comment-969 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:05:10 +0000 http://berrocodesign.wordpress.com/?p=388#comment-969 lol, had never heard of the yule lads! but now i know who to blame!

]]> By: Britnlind http://blog.berroco.com/2008/10/16/tricksy/#comment-968 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:53:23 +0000 http://berrocodesign.wordpress.com/?p=388#comment-968 I never knew there was a term for that. Thanks for sharing your mishap.

]]> By: janita http://blog.berroco.com/2008/10/16/tricksy/#comment-967 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:28:16 +0000 http://berrocodesign.wordpress.com/?p=388#comment-967 i love the yule lads and the fact that they all have their own special talent as far as miscief making!

]]> By: Michaela http://blog.berroco.com/2008/10/16/tricksy/#comment-966 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:25:44 +0000 http://berrocodesign.wordpress.com/?p=388#comment-966 When I knitted some Fair Isles designed by Marianne Isager she gave a hint to yarn dominance and I made some tests. It IS evident which yarn lies under or upper the other.
When I work Fair Isle patterns I make note which yarn I hold in which hand. Otherwise I would forget it every time I knit after a pause.
Thanks for pointing out this issue.

]]> By: lekkercraft http://blog.berroco.com/2008/10/16/tricksy/#comment-963 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:35:21 +0000 http://berrocodesign.wordpress.com/?p=388#comment-963 Weird and interesting. I’ve never heard about yarn dominance, either, but then again, I haven’t done much with colorwork. It is impressive what a difference it makes!

]]> By: Sharon S http://blog.berroco.com/2008/10/16/tricksy/#comment-962 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:57:20 +0000 http://berrocodesign.wordpress.com/?p=388#comment-962 Do you find you have better results when holding the contrasting yarn in your dominant hand?

]]> By: Aim http://blog.berroco.com/2008/10/16/tricksy/#comment-957 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:13:34 +0000 http://berrocodesign.wordpress.com/?p=388#comment-957 Isn’t it amazing how something that “subtle” can make such a big difference?! Thanks for reminding me of that subject of yarn dominance–I’d forgotten I’d read that on Nona’s blog before! Great comparison pics, BTW.

]]> By: Jus Shar http://blog.berroco.com/2008/10/16/tricksy/#comment-956 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:59:10 +0000 http://berrocodesign.wordpress.com/?p=388#comment-956 I had never heard of yarn dominance before reading this. Very interesting. It’s very good info for when I knit with more than one color again.

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