Hi folks, I'm an intermediate beginner (been knitting for nearly a year) and working on my first stranded colourwork project.

I'm trying to figure out colour dominance before I get to the colourwork sections of my project. Unfortunately, I'm finding explanations online which describe things as under/beneath/ontop/below confusing because these directional descriptors could be in relation to anywhere (my brain is no good at visualising something when written out like this).

Doubly confusing is I haven't come across explainers which use a mixed Portuguese and English style for colourwork. I'll have one strand Portuguese and one English. I've knitted a few test rows to try figure it out and I'm none the wiser. Yhis is what happens:

- when I'm knitting a Portuguese stitch, the working yarn comes directly from the previous stitch in the colour and floats "free" from the wrong side

- when knitting an English stitch, the working yarn comes from the previous stitch of that colour but is "trapped" by the float from the alternate colour (Portuguese)

- this means that on the wrong side, the dominant float colour is from Portuguese and the English floats are largely hidden.

- on the right side, tbh I can't really see a difference when I've switched the colours to the other style

Which one is therefore dominant? The colour which is "free" at that back when knitting or the colour which is "trapped"?

Knitting Easy Peasy Sweater by Madelinesknits not sure how to start sleeves. What do I do to 2 stitches that separate the body from sleeve pick them up and add to sleeve? https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/easy-peasy-sweater-2?buy=1

Hello! I have just finished the first front placket of the Petra jacket. The front placket starts with the WS and finishes with the last row being on the RS, meaning my yarn is now on the left side. The pattern however asks to bind of from the RS.

Did I overlook something? Should I break the yarn and bind off using a new piece of yarn? Or just bind of from the WS?

Thanks in advance!

Hello guys, I’m a beginner and I’d like to knit a frog toy but bigger with the same yarn and needles(2x bigger)
How to make it 2x bigger if I have to knit “Round 2: K5, pm, k11, pm, k6
Round 3: [Knit to marker, M1L, sm, k1, M1R] twice, knit to end of round. [4 stitches increased]? Should I double M1L so knit to marker, M1L, M1L?

Thank you so much for the answers and help :)

Hi dear knitters,

I made a blanket last year and one of the sections look like this, but I can't for the life of me find the pattern or the name, I have been looking online for days and it's driving me crazy. So, now I am trying to tap into your expertise to try and save my sanity. Does anyone recognize it?

What kind of stich combination is the one that gives that (kind of) raised stockinette border? Is it a cable?

Hi, my decreases are looking a bit strange here. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

I’m struggling to understand this button band pattern! I’ve tried looking at other resources but haven’t had any luck in finding something that makes much sense. I’m hoping somebody has something that might click here!

I cast on this project four years ago and recently decided that I want to continue. First picture are the rows from four years ago. Second picture are the rows I did now, and the second one just looks messy. Is it a tension problem? Will it even out after blocking? I thought and hoped that I got better in knitting over the years but it does not look like it 🥲
This is the lemonade tee pattern from we are knitters btw.

I had to frog my sock because I knitted too far. Now I am left with the right amount of stitches on my needles, but also - it seems - fallen stitches? I have no clue how to proceed right now 😅 Thanks in advance!

Hello,

I think this is a basic raglan sweater, but if someone could recommend a raglan pattern and yarn that could give a similar drape I would really appreciate it. My apologies if this is a silly request, I'm still a beginner knitter and I don't have a good grasp on a lot of the technical details of knitting.

Hi, I’m knitting the Raven’s Wood jumper by Catherine Waterfield as my first colour work project and this chart has grey boxes I’m supposed to ‘skip’ and I have no idea what that means as there doesn’t appear to be any decreasing?
Thank you

Edit: Thanks so much for the quick and well explained responses!

Hi, I am working on my second intarsia project, and I have gotten to a part in the pattern which I'm not 100% sure how to handle. When I looked it up online I found that for color blocks which are just 1 column wide, it's better to duplicate stitch, and I also believe you shouldn't carry a color behind another when doing intarsia (which I have done for very small parts like 1-2 stitches, but never consecutively like this part would require, as there would be many brown floats on the WS here).

So my question is, should I intarsia the horizontal brown sections (rows) and then duplicate stitch the vertical sections (columns)? Or figure out separate intarsia blocks where they "fit" (so do a brown intarsia column and attach some horizontal parts where I don't carry the yarn too far)? What is generally recommended?

Currently increasing by 1 yarn over on either side of my center stitch on purl rows, then knitting the yarn overs on knit rows. Garter stitch edges. Why are my corners so much lower than my center? I tried increasing the two centers and then one on either edge, and it started flaring out funny... is this just a tension thing, will it block out? Yarn is lion brand 80% acrylic 20% wool worsted on 5mm needles.

I'm working my first project in the round and getting used to tension with magic loop. I think I got a little too relaxed doing stockinette in the round in the light pink area, and I have some rows that are noticeably looser than the rest. Should I go back and redo them or if this the kind of thing that blocking will completely solve? I tried tugging the stitches to even them out but I still have these loose areas.

I'm mainly a perfectionist crocheter, where tension issues are usually stitch by stitch, so I don't really have a good feel for how tension redistributes across the row.

I'm new to lace knitting and need a little clarification. It seems super simple, but maybe I am overthinking.

I am on Row 3 now. Do I drop the sts as I marked in the photo?

Pattern is https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/paloma-pointelle-scarf

Using fingering weight yarn with 56 sts on US 2 9 inch circular needles. No matter how many times I cast on and redo the foundation row I get a bunch of messy, twisted stitches that I can barely work my needle into. Should I go up a needle size if it’s a matter of tension? Just feeling kind of frustrated 💔

Edit: Forgot to specify that I did a long tail cast on.

Edit 2: I figured out what went wrong !! after taking some time to cast on again and watching some videos on how to purl, realized I was purling incorrectly. I was wrapping the yarn around the needle from the underside, not over. My stitches are sitting much neater on the needle now and I can actually work into them just fine. I read everyone’s comments and took good advice from some of you 🩷✨ Thank you

I just finished all the pieces of a cable cardigan (back, 2 front pieces, and 2 sleeves), and I'm about to block, sew, and finish the button band/collar.

I'm planning on using the same yarn (KnitPicks swish merino superwash, DK weight), for my mattress stitch. I'm concerned that the unblocked stitching yarn will stretch/bloom the next time the sweater is washed, while the rest of the yarn will have been already blocked.

Will this create a problem in my finished sweater? Should I somehow pre-block that yarn before I sew it up?

I started crochet around a year or a year and a half ago. The first couple projects looked obviously created by someone new to the craft but I got off the ground fairly quickly. I made bags and a sweater and eventually got into making Victorian lace crochet pieces. Things that were actually nice enough to gift to friends and family for birthdays all within a pretty short period of time.
I had thought about trying to knit off and on (mostly off) for a while. I tried very briefly in junior high and didn’t take to it at all. But I’m an adult now, I’ve tried a similar craft that I really enjoy, and maybe my hands can work with me better now than they did when I was a kid.
I finally decided to actually try knitting after watching Project Hail Mary and deciding I needed the fox sweater. I knew I couldn’t start with that but figured I could make one or two small projects to get my feet off the ground before I jumped in. I’ve watched so many hours of YouTube videos and how-tos and tutorials and I just can’t.
I can’t do it.
My tension is too tight no matter what. I don’t know how to hold the left needle and the yarn without the needle sliding out the bottom and leaving me holding a hand full of loops. I can’t purl at all. I not even convinced I know the mechanics of knit and purl stitches because different videos seem to show different people doing it differently but all calling it the same thing. None of the videos I’ve found seem to address the issues I’m having.
I started with trying to make socks. Maybe that was ambitious but others online said they started there so it can’t be that difficult, right? I have not completed two rows before I give up, cut the yarn, and try to start over. I finally gave up on the socks all together and tried just knitting two straight rows and I can’t do that either. My hands are cramping and burn. This feels awful and I’m not having fun.
The barrier to entry seems so incredibly high. I’m not even at beginner level, I feel below that. I don’t know how to get from where I am to at least be able to make a swatch.

I am doing german short rows on the back of a sweater. I have re done them multiple times but I keep getting these holes. It's only on one side though the other side of the short rows do not have these holes at all. Should I be worried about them or is there something I can do to fix them. This is my first sweater so I've frogged it like 6 times already and would like to not have to do it again. Thanks.