This is the first sweater I ever knit. Many of you will recognize the pattern - Patons book 440. I was taught that you only carry your floats for 3 stitches before catching them.
Some knitters will catch their floats after 6 stitches. If you carry your floats too far it can pull your knitting in and you end up with puckers in the colourwork. There is a new technique called Ladder Back Jacquard that I’ve heard about on Instagram and finally watched a video this morning.Ladder Back Jacquard - invisibly manage long floats in stranded knitting.
Take out some scrap yarn and try this. It will be a game changer.
Thank you to everyone who entered.
My sweater is growing and I’m hoping to get a big junk knit over the weekend. We aren’t going to the cottage over the weekend but dad and Beth might sneak up on Tuesday. Now back to the Olympics. We watched the men’s 10,000km run earlier today. What an amazing race!