{"id":1998,"date":"2020-02-07T14:33:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T14:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?p=1998"},"modified":"2021-05-06T16:09:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T16:09:01","slug":"stranded-knitting-and-color-dominance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?p=1998","title":{"rendered":"Stranded knitting and color dominance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Runterscrollen f\u00fcr Deutsch \/ Scroll down for German<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is your preferred way for stranded knitting? One color in each hand? Both in the left? Both in the right? Over the same finger? Over different fingers? Or do you have a knitting thimble? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6786-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1999\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6786-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6786-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6786-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption><br><a href=\"http:\/\/Knitting thimble for stranded knitting\">Knitting thimble for stranded knitting<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> No matter which is your preferred way, unless you&#8217;re <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4_Em5fz00S0\" target=\"_blank\">Arne and Carlos<\/a> your tension is probably not perfect. Mine sure isn&#8217;t. And as much as I love everything Norwegian, the way Arne and Carlos <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YJdlBzrYKss\" target=\"_blank\">achieve their perfect tension<\/a>  looks kind of tedious to me. So I&#8217;d prefer to stick with my method of having one color in each hand and live with my tension not being perfect. This leads us to the topic of the blog post &#8211; color dominance  in stranded knitting.  Take a look at these hats I&#8217;ve knit: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6781-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2000\" class=\"wp-image-2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6781-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6781-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6781-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6782-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2001\" class=\"wp-image-2001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6782-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6782-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6782-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In both hats, the bottom row of hearts is unobtrusive, it recedes into the background. The top row of hearts pops much  more. So how did they get this way? For the bottom row I used the background color as my dominant color, for the top row I used the contrast color as my dominant color. Let&#8217;s take a look at the inside of the hats so you can see what is going on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6784-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2002\" data-link=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?attachment_id=2002\" class=\"wp-image-2002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6784-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6784-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6784-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6783-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2003\" data-link=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?attachment_id=2003\" class=\"wp-image-2003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6783-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6783-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6783-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See the noticeable floats from the contrast color on the red? They are big and on top of the background color floats. They are bigger, so they have more yarn. So the stitches also have more yarn. And a stitch with more yarn is bigger. Ta-dah, we have a dominant color. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When working with two strands of yarn, one strand goes below the other. This strand has to travel a little bit farther from stitch to stitch so it takes up more yarn and becomes your dominant color. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The general rule of thumb is that the strand that is the farthest to the left becomes dominant. But don&#8217;t rely on that &#8211; for me it&#8217;s the other way round. The yarn in my right hand is dominant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the hat again with the contrast color as the dominant color throughout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6785-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2004\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6785-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6785-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6785-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, what should you take away from this blog post?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Unless your tension is perfect, one color is dominant &#8211; it will &#8220;pop&#8221; more &#8211; than the other. <\/li><li>Make a swatch to see which of your yarns is dominant.<\/li><li>Choose the look your prefer.<\/li><li>Stay consistent within a project. When you start by holding your contrast color to the left and the background color to the right, keep with that. If you are like me and tend to forget about your projects as soon as something new and shiny comes along, make a note somewhere.<\/li><li>If you like the hats I&#8217;ve made, the pattern will be available next week and it will be FREE for my newsletter subscribers! So <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cxivR9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"sign up for my newsletter (opens in a new tab)\">sign up for my newsletter<\/a> before February 12th, 2020 and you will receive the pattern in your inbox!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Farbdominanz beim Jacquardstricken<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Was ist Deine liebste Methode f\u00fcr Jacquardstricken? Eine Farbe in jeder Hand? Beide links? Beide rechts? Beide \u00fcber den gleichen Finger? Jede \u00fcber einen anderen Finger? Vielleicht hast Du auch einen Strickfingerhut?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6786-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1999\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6786-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6786-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6786-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption>Strickfingerhut f\u00fcr&#8217;s Jacquardstricken<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Was auch immer Deine bevorzugte Methode ist &#8211; wenn Du nicht gerade <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Arne und Carlos (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4_Em5fz00S0\" target=\"_blank\">Arne und Carlos<\/a> bist, ist Deine Fadenspannung vermutlich nicht perfekt. Meine ist es definitiv nicht. Und so sehr ich auch alles Norwegische liebe, die Art und Weise, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"wie Arne und Carlos ihre perfekte Fadenspannung erreichen (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YJdlBzrYKss\" target=\"_blank\">wie Arne und Carlos ihre perfekte Fadenspannung erreichen<\/a>, sieht f\u00fcr mich ziemlich m\u00fchsam aus. Deshalb bleibe ich bei meiner bevorzugten Methode &#8211; ein Faden in jeder Hand &#8211; und lebe mit meiner nicht perfekten Fadenspannung. Das f\u00fchrt uns zum Thema dieses Blogposts &#8211; Fadendominanz beim Jacquardstricken. Schau diese beiden M\u00fctzen an, die ich gestrickt habe: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6781-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2000\" data-link=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?attachment_id=2000\" class=\"wp-image-2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6781-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6781-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6781-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6782-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2001\" data-link=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?attachment_id=2001\" class=\"wp-image-2001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6782-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6782-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6782-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> In beiden M\u00fctzen ist die untere Reihe Herzen unauff\u00e4llig,  sie verschwindet fast im Hintergrund. Die obere Reihe sticht viel mehr hervor. Wie sind die M\u00fctzen so geworden? F\u00fcr die untere Reihe habe ich die Hintergrundfarbe als meine dominante Farbe benutzt, f\u00fcr die obere Reihe ist die Kontrastfarbe meine dominante Farbe. Was heisst das nun genau?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6784-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2002\" class=\"wp-image-2002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6784-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6784-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6784-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6783-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2003\" class=\"wp-image-2003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6783-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6783-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6783-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\n<!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Siehst Du, wie auff\u00e4llig in der oberen Reihe die Spannf\u00e4den sind? Sie sind gross und liegen \u00fcber den Spannf\u00e4den der Hintergrundfarbe. Sie sind gr\u00f6sser, also bestehen sie aus mehr Garn. Die Maschen haben also auch etwas mehr Gran. Und eine Masche aus mehr Garn ist gr\u00f6sser. Tada, wir haben eine dominante Farbe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wenn mit zwei F\u00e4den gearbeitet wird, liegt einer der F\u00e4den auf der R\u00fcckseite unter dem anderen. Dieser untere Faden legt einen etwas weiteren Weg zur\u00fcck von Masche zu Masche, verbraucht deshalb etwas mehr Garn und wird die dominante Farbe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Faustregel ist, dass der Faden, der am weitesten links gehalten wird, der dominante ist. Verlass Dich aber nicht darauf &#8211; bei mir ist es genau umgekehrt. Der Faden in meiner rechten Hand ist dominant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hier ist die M\u00fctze nochmal mit der Kontrastfarbe als dominanter Farbe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6785-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2004\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6785-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6785-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_6785-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Was solltest Du also aus diesem Blogpost mitnehmen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Wenn Deine Fadenspannung nicht absolut perfekt ist, ist eine Farbe dominant. Sie ist auff\u00e4lliger als die andere. <\/li><li>Mach eine Maschenprobe um zu sehen, welche Deiner  Farben dominant ist. <\/li><li>Entscheide Dich, welcher Look Dir besser gef\u00e4llt. <\/li><li>Bleib innerhalb eines Projektes konsistent. Wenn Du am Anfang die Kontrastfarbe links und die Hintergrundfarbe rechts gehalten hast, bleib dabei. Wenn Du so bist wie ich und st\u00e4ndig durch neue, tolle Projekte abgelenkt wirst, mach Dir eine Notiz. <\/li><li>Wenn Dir die M\u00fctze gef\u00e4llt: Die Anleitung wird n\u00e4chste  Woche ver\u00f6ffentlicht und f\u00fcr Abonnenten meines Newsletters ist sie KOSTENLOS! Also registrier Dich vor dem 12.2.2020 und Du wirst die Anleitung n\u00e4chste Woche in deinem Emailpostfach haben! <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Runterscrollen f\u00fcr Deutsch \/ Scroll down for German What is your preferred way for stranded knitting? One color in each hand? Both in the left? Both in the right? Over the same finger? Over different fingers? Or do you have a knitting thimble? No matter which is your preferred way, unless you&#8217;re Arne and Carlos &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/?p=1998\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stranded knitting and color dominance<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1998"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2105,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions\/2105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knittedinswitzerland.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}