Because I'm still bogged down in the mitten booklet it is time for another quiz on working with multiple colors! Play along and see how well you do - I think this quiz is a little easier than my last quiz (HERE).
1.In this photo of the reverse of the Dale of Norway Salt Lake City sweater, the bottoms of the yellow lines are pointing out:
A) Bad Stitch Tension
B) Places where Floats were Woven
C) Locations Where the Knitter Changed Which Yarn was in Which Hand
D) Moth Holes
2. When knitting with two colors it is important to:
A) Have Fun!
B) Make Sure Your Floats (unused yarns on the back of the work) Are Not Too Tight
C) Find the Best Way for Your Hands to Hold Both Yarns
D) All of the Above
3. What is the most accurate term for all types of knitting where two or more colors are carried along the row?
3. What is the most accurate term for all types of knitting where two or more colors are carried along the row?
A) Fair Isle Knitting
B) Intarsia
C) Old Lady Knitting
D) Stranded Color Knitting
4. The technique used for the pattern on the back of the hand on the Placitas gloves knit in the round (shown in the glove on the right) is:
A) Intarsia
B) Duplicate Stitch
C) Fair Isle
D) Crochet
5. Ribbing that uses more than one yarn color is:
A) Corrugated Ribbing
B) Less Elastic than Single Color Ribbing
C) More Likely to Curl
D) All of the Above
6. Why does the glove on the right look smoother than the glove on the left?
A) It is a trick of photography.
B) Blocking!
C) The knitter was more relaxed while knitting the glove on the right
D) I can't tell the difference between the two gloves
7. Extra Credit Question - Where exactly is Fair Isle located?
7. Extra Credit Question - Where exactly is Fair Isle located?
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ANSWERS:
1. B Look for the places where the floats look diagonal.
2. D
3. D Fair Isle is a specific type of stranded color knitting.
4. B although technically you could use intarsia in the round.
5. D
6. B Almost every single item of stranded color knitting benefits greatly from good blocking.
7. EXTRA CREDIT: It is the southernmost Shetland Island in Great Britain.
Scores - 0 to 3 - Keep Trying - it really isn't as hard as it seems!
4 to 6 - Very Good - soon you will be knee deep in colorwork charts and yarn.
7 - Excellent - you're a color master!