I dislike showing progress photos so while I finish up the three pairs of socks I'm knitting I thought I'd post a quiz. Try it out to see how much you know about color knitting. Keep score and scroll down to the bottom of the post for the answers.
1. In the photo below, which color will be dominant or more noticeable?
A. Black
B. Purple
C. Both colors will be dominant.
D. Who cares? Colors shouldn't be dominant; they should be passive.
2. What is this type of colorwork (photo below is of reverse of work) called?
A. Stranded Color Knitting
B. Fair Isle Knitting
C. Intarsia
D. Medieval Eastern Estonian Color Knitting
3. How many different ways are there to hold the yarns for stranded color knitting?
A. THERE IS ONLY ONE RIGHT WAY. The lady at the LYS insists this is true.
B. Two
C. At least three with many more variations on those methods.
D. I'm pretty sure the way I hold the yarns is the wrong way.
4. What is it called when a long loop on the back of stranded color knitting is purposely caught on the back of the work?
A. Floating
B. Spinning
C. Weaving
D. Looping the loop
5. What is the difference between Fair Isle Knitting and Norwegian Knitting?
A. Fair Isle can be any kind of color knitting at all - all the knitting books say so.
B. Norwegian knitting uses a strand of yarn in each hand.
C. Fair Isle only uses two colors per row and doesn't usually have long floats.
D. Norwegian Knitting is much thicker because it is so freaking cold there.
6. What is this wacky gadget seen below called?
A. Scandinavian Cat Toy
B. Strickfingerhut
C. Tvaandstickning
D. Dubbelmossa
7. What is the Philosopher's Wool method of stranded color knitting?
A. It involves thinking deep thoughts about the meaning of life while knitting.
B. It involves using two colors per row in bright colors.
C. It involves catching the floats more frequently on the back of the work.
D. It is exactly the same as any other stranded color knitting.
EXTRA CREDIT QUESTION -
8. Who designed this colorful sweater?
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ANSWERS:
1. A. Look nearest the needle- the black strand is BELOW the purple which will make it dominant.
2. C
3. C
4. C
5. C. Deduct a point from your score if you guessed A.
6. B
7. C
8. Kaffe Fassett's incredible Foolish Virgins sweater
SCORING - If you scored 1-4 points you're well on your way to being a color knitting addict. If you scored 5-7 points, you know more about color knitting than most knitting magazines. If you scored 8 points - congratulations! You're a color pro!