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How to cast on with 2 colours

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In this DROPS video we show how to cast on with 2 colours.

This is a similar cast on technique as you use on a long tail cast on, but here we are casting on with 2 strands in different colors.
Start with a slipknot holding the strands double, this one is later removed, so that all sts cast on are all with 1 strand of the yarn. To cast on with 2 colors is a great start on a 2-colored work, like intarsia, fair-isle patterns, stripes or twined knitting.
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Video #255, listed in: Learn to knit, Cast on, Other

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Country flag Pat wrote:

How do I cast on with one strand of delight and one strand of navy. Are both colours cast on separate or twined together.

19.04.2025 - 15:36

DROPS Design :

Dear Pat, are you referring to 2 colours of the same yarn or 2 different threads of yarn? Could you indicate which pattern you are working so we may better help you? If you are casting on to work with 1 single thread but you will use different colours at different times (i.e. stripes) you can cast on as shown in this video. If you are working both threads together you don't need to separate them; just work as if you had two strands of the same yarn together, even if they are different threads. Happy knitting!

19.04.2025 - 17:09

Country flag Laura wrote:

Mia mamma faceva un avvio simile e poi rimuoveva il filo di colore diverso: questa tecnica permette di farlo? Mi ricordo che le coste rimanevano piú morbide ed elastiche di quelle che faccio io con l'avvio base. Grazie per l'attenzione

08.10.2024 - 12:06

DROPS Design :

Buonasera Laura, no, questo video è adatto all'avvio su un capo con una lavorazione a più colori; forse quello a cui fa riferimento è l'avvio provvisorio. Buon lavoro!

02.11.2024 - 11:50

Country flag Rachel Figueroa Mullane wrote:

I would like to knit your Perly May sweater pattern. The instructions state, "...LOOSELY cast on 54-58-64-70-76-82 sts on circular needle size 9 mm / US 13 with 2 strands Bomull-Lin or Paris. Then work ridges in GARTER ST - see explanation above, work only with 1 strand.." Would the knitting instructions stated on the pattern be similar to this video? I'm a beginner knitter, so am still trying to get used to instructions... Thank you!

22.07.2016 - 04:15

DROPS Design :

Dear Mrs Figueroa Mullane, in the Perly May jumper, cast on the sts with 2 strands of yarn as there were just one (there will be 2 strands of yarn for each st), then continue working with only 1 yarn. Casting off that way with 2 strands of yarn will avoid a tight cast-on edge. Happy knitting!

22.07.2016 - 09:38

Francisca Arias Natho wrote:

Excelentes todos los videos, los felicito.

22.09.2013 - 20:59

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