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Double Knitting: Pattern

In double knitting every other stitch belongs to the front and every other to the back.
In this Drops Video we have a red and a green side, i.e stitches are red and green alternating and you should look at them as pairs. In our example we work a very basic pattern, where you work the stitches in opposite colors.

So when we come to the 1st stitch marked in chart, that means next 2 stitches should be switching colors. We therefore work the first stitch red instead of green on the green side, and the following stitch we work green instead of red.

On the next row where we shall switch 3 stitches in a row, that means 6 stitches should be worked alternating.
We did not use stitch markers in our video, but for some more complicated patterns it can be a good help.
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Video #513, listed in: Learn to knit, Texture Knitting, Knitting tips & tricks, Other texture stitches

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Country flag Anette Dupont wrote:

Det er nemmere end man tror rent faktisk strikker man jo bare rib fingrene skal ikke absolut være så højt i vejret når man strikker jeg har garnet i almindelig højde bund farven over pegefingeren og mønsterfarven over pege finger og langemand sidste og første maske strikker jeg med begge farver det andet ser besværligt ud

17.05.2017 - 15:45

Country flag Teresa wrote:

Is there any difference in in technique when double knitting in the round?

28.10.2016 - 19:47

DROPS Design :

Dear Teresa, you should be able to work in the round the same way, just insert a marker to mark beg of round. Happy knitting!

31.10.2016 - 11:53

Country flag Chila Westergaard wrote:

Ville være skønt hvis der var lyd på videoen.

06.08.2016 - 12:07

Country flag Susanne Hansen wrote:

Det går ALT for hurtigt. Ikke velegnet til nybegyndere

29.07.2016 - 17:23

Country flag Dominic wrote:

MERCI POUR VOTRE VIDEO, mais serait-il possible de savoir comment il faut monter les mailles et faire le 1er rang d'avance un grand merci

17.06.2016 - 13:47

DROPS Design :

Bonjour Dominic et merci. Retrouvez d'autres vidéos sur ce thème en cliquant sur les liens ci-après: Montage à 2 couleurs, Montage invisible, Mailles lisières, Rabattre les mailles ou comment les rabattre de façon invisible. Bon tricot!

17.06.2016 - 15:48

Country flag Lliou Bernabé wrote:

Comment augmenter des mailles avec cette technique sans créer d'erreurs ? Par avance merci de votre réponse

23.10.2015 - 07:49

DROPS Design :

Bonjour Mme Bernabé, vous devez augmenter avec chacune des couleurs, en maintenant bien les fils de leur côté pour que les augmentations soient de la bonne couleur. Bon tricot!

23.10.2015 - 09:44

Country flag Marretje wrote:

Ik wil dit zo graag leren maar krijg het gewoon niet voor elkaar. In het filmpje gaat het veel te snel en er wordt ook niks gezegd. Is er een andere tip om dit te leren?

10.09.2015 - 15:36

Country flag Annesoleil250 wrote:

Bonsoir comment fait on pour démarrer un ouvrage avec cette technique et pour les diminutions. Je souhaiterais faire un paletot resterai le pour mon fils.. D ´avance merci

20.02.2015 - 23:26

DROPS Design :

Bonjour Annesoleil250, vous trouverez sous l'index de la vidéothèque comment monter les mailles ici et là, tricoter les m lis et rabattre les mailles ici et là. Bon tricot!

21.02.2015 - 09:41

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