Stranding - 3 yarns per row!
Anastasiya has a few motifs that use 3 yarns per row - like the very first motif after the ribbing! It took me a while to get my head around how to do this.....as usual with all things, there are many ways you can handle 3 strands per row, and here are a few ways I've tried.
The main thing, as in all stranding, is to set the position of your yarns, and keep them that way
Background shade - top
Pattern shade - bottom (2 shades per row - middle on rows with 3 shades per row)
Accent shade - always along the bottom.
I've tried to show different techniques of stranding 3 shades per row to help you customize your own personal stranding style.
BACKGROUND AND PATTERN shades held in the right hand - ACCENT shade in the left:
BACKGROUND in the right, PATTERN in the left, with the ACCENT shade being worked with the left hand:
Holding all three shades in the right hand - BACKGROUND, PATTERN and ACCENT:
Holding the BACKGROUND shade in the Right, the PATTERN shade in the left, the ACCENT shade in the right:
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An excellent tutorial Anne - thanks!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great tutorial, Anne. You do the stranding so effortlessly and the results are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThanks Anne!
ReplyDeleteNow I don't have to ask you how to do it. :)
Great tutorial, Anne. I'm intrigued by the little cups holding your yarn, presumably made for the purpose since they have a notch for the yarn to exit. Where did you get them?
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