Colors That Climb- a NEW! tutorial is available.

Colors that Climb, or Vertically-Stranded Color Work, is a technique I have been teaching since 2009. It’s been my playground since learning Rovaniemi knitting in 2008, then departing from it to make it more knitter-friendly and interesting by working it into different fabrics and patterns.

In order to incorporate the contrasting colored stitches into the knitted fabric without overdoing it, and without having a yarn management problem on your hands, please follow these instructions. If you guess how to do it, you are likely to make it more difficult.

Within a few days of this writing, all of my Ravelry.com patterns that use the Colors That Climb technique will have have been updated to include a three-page tutorial. I realize not all of you can learn from me in person, so I hope this helps you accomplish something new to you.

Here is a PDF of the tutorial. Designers, feel free to link to this page for your patterns that use the Colors That Climb technique.

Unchained Socks three sizes

Bold Move Skirt nine sizes

Colors That Climb Sampler