The appearance of knitted products depends on the choice of quality threads by needlewomen, on their personal skill, as well as on the pattern. It is possible to get a huge variety of spectacular reliefs by knitting many types of loops, as well as combining them with each other. In addition, there is a technique for creating patterns on a knitted fabric using threads of two or more colors. Knit with yarn of different shades according to the instructions of the scheme, and you will be able to form spectacular two-tone patterns with knitting needles on the knitted fabric. Using the technique of forming two-color patterns, needlewomen can knit stylish things on the simplest canvas made with front satin stitch. In the photo below you see one of the examples of a pattern on the front surface, tied with threads of two colors. In this case, the figure is made according to the scheme. You can create such a simple scheme yourself by choosing a drawing that you like.
In order to transfer such a homemade pattern to the canvas, you need to master the method of making a two-color pattern. You will get this opportunity by studying all the photo and video materials of this lesson.
Novice needlewomen can be advised to knit a two-color pattern with knitting needles using a smooth canvas, that is, the front surface. This fabric is made exclusively of front loops (LP) and purl loops (PI). In this case, you just need to correctly alternate the colors of the threads you need at the moment. Reception of alternation will depend only on what kind of drawing you need. It can be just dots, or other small relief.
The drawing in the photo is a lazy jacquard, which has the most primitive and uncomplicated patterns. Lazy jacquard is most often used for knitting children's clothes with knitting needles. But maybe you don't need dots, but horizontal or vertical stripes, then the alternation will be completely different. Once you've mastered the simple technique, move on to more complex patterns such as geometric shapes, then snowflakes, deer, and Christmas trees. It should be noted that two-color patterns are knitted with knitting needles not only by alternating colors, but also using different loops. This can be LP and PI, the technique of using yarns, removed loops (P), as well as broaches. Experienced craftswomen often knit such motifs using more sophisticated techniques such as broaches, crossed stitches and shifted stitches.
Two-color patterns for children
If you take a close look at the two-tone knitting threads, it is not always possible to determine for what age they are more suitable. Most of the two-tone motifs are perfect for both adults and kids. If you need to choose a color pattern for a child, then you probably refer to the two-color knitting patterns. It is much easier to choose a motif with knitting needles for children than for adults, because most shades are suitable for small citizens, as well as many patterns with colored yarn. We make a difference only depending on the gender and age of the child. For newborns and children under the age of ten, you need to take yarn in very bright colors. As for older children, colorful, but more restrained drawings are suitable for them. When choosing a pattern with knitting needles for boys, you need to focus on the theme that suits them, as in the photo.
For little princesses, bright pink and blue shades, as well as flower patterns, are more suitable.
Novice craftswomen can be offered the simplest option for making children's two-color drawings. It consists in knitting rows alternately of two threads of different shades. We knit with different threads in even and odd rows, and we get stripes that form a two-color pattern that looks quite original. Experienced needlewomen, who find such simple stripes too primitive, can be offered a more complex scheme. It consists in the formation of removed loops, performed periodically, at the same distance. The second technique is knitting crossed loops, which perfectly decorate winter sweaters and hats for children, make them warm and voluminous. In this case, the shade of the threads changes after two rows, front and back, forming the original relief and volume of the canvas.
At the end of this lesson, a video master class on knitting a two-color pattern with knitting needles for children is offered. There are 14 rows on the diagram, of which two are auxiliary, and 12 make up the vertical rapport. The horizontal pattern rapport has six loops. Repeat all the steps in the video tutorial to get the experience of forming a two-color motif with knitting needles.
Video: Simple children's pattern
Patterns for adults
Unlike knitting patterns for children, two-tone patterns for adults are knitted using multi-colored threads in calmer and muted tones. Typically, for this purpose, schemes are selected with the image of geometric shapes. It can be the shape of a mesh, knitted in the form of rhombuses, as well as other geometric shapes, plaits and braids.
As you can see from the attached photos, two-color patterns are made with light and dark threads, but without the presence of flashy brightness. It is necessary to note one important feature of two-color patterns, which are formed by alternating tones in rows. The fact is that their schematic drawings often do not coincide with the pattern that appears on the product. Often, each new pattern combination creates a two-tone pattern that you might not expect.
Video: Learning to knit patterns of two colors
Choosing a knitting lesson for yourself, you will gain the opportunity to create unique and beautiful clothes for your family members and not only. And it doesn't matter that you can't knit the thinnest openwork napkin or tablecloth that is done exclusively by crocheting. It is much easier to work with knitting needles, and especially when there are a huge number of patterns with two-color patterns of various levels of complexity. In this article, you will get acquainted with several schemes of two-color patterns and their detailed description.
Elementary two-color patterns with knitting needles are easy to make in the form of a striped surface, so in this article we will consider interesting knitting patterns.
The first two-tone knitting pattern is made in the form of a braid. It is knitted using two contrasting yarn colors. Here is a diagram with a detailed description from start to finish. After finishing the tenth row in height, start repeating again from the first to the tenth, and then from 3 to 10.
The next pattern will also be easy. It is versatile due to its small ornamentation. This knit is used for Chanel style items such as jackets, sweaters and sweaters. It is perfectly combined with other ornaments. Clothes made with this technique are not rigid in their composition, but quite stable in shape. Having studied the diagram in detail, you can make sure that it is easy to implement.
Another option will be a little more complicated, since at first glance its pattern is made with a multi-layer structure. Experienced craftswomen will immediately be able to deal with the symbols by carefully studying it.
When making two-tone patterns with knitting needles, do not over-tighten those loops that need to be made elongated. Before starting to engage in such knitting, look at the video how those needlewomen who managed to get their hands on this matter do it.
Video: Knitting a two-color pattern for beginners
Learning to make a lazy pattern
The pattern that is constantly repeated in the knitting process is called "". He received this name with knitting needles in honor of the French weaver who invented this technique of weaving colored yarn. There is one small drawback in this method. From the inside out, a broach of threads is formed, which interferes from the inside when putting on such a type of product as a sleeve of a sweater, a children's sock or mittens. Clothes begin to quickly deform and stretch, losing their appearance.
For this, an easier version of knitting a pattern similar to jacquard was invented. He is called "lazy" due to the fact that the wrong side has a neater look without broaches. The pattern is obtained by alternating the knitted loops with the removed ones. The first two rows must be knitted in one color, and the next two are knitted in another. As a result, the knitted loops will differ from those removed, in a contrasting color. On the opposite side of the even rows, the loops, tied earlier, are made purl, and the others are removed. Here are some tips to help you get the right two-tone lazy pattern:
- do not remove two loops in a row;
- the same loop is not removed again, it is knitted in the next odd row;
- when you start and finish the row, leave one more in addition to the edge loops, which will not be included in the pattern.
Before moving on to practice, watch the current video of knitting lazy patterns.
Video: Two-tone lazy knit
Children's patterns schemes
Knitting for children occupies a separate niche in needlework. A feature of such two-color patterns is that in this case, you can select different color combinations, depending only on the age of the children. Drawings that will look ridiculous on adult things are in perfect harmony with children.
Over time, almost all craftswomen have small balls of yarn from finished products. As a rule, they are all of different colors and compositions, it is a pity to throw them away, but there is not enough for the whole product. It is these multi-colored balls that can be used for multi-colored knitting, for example, made using the lazy jacquard technique. Consider two-color knitting patterns, schemes and descriptions for them.
Choosing yarn and knitting needles
You can knit two-color patterns from absolutely any yarn, both from thick woolen and thin cotton. The two threads do not have to be of the same brand and composition, but the thickness should be approximately the same. If you are not sure how it will behave in the future, tie the sample, wash and dry it. So it will become clear whether one of the threads is shedding, as well as whether the canvas will stretch or, conversely, will not shrink.
To knit two-color patterns with knitting needles (diagrams and descriptions will be given later), choose those knitting needles that fit the yarn in size. If you need a very dense windproof product, then you can take the knitting needles one size smaller, if you want a looser fabric, then take the tool one size larger, only then do not knit too loosely. Otherwise, broaches may be visible on the front.
Lazy jacquard
Two-tone can be done with lazy jacquard. This does not mean at all that you do not need to make an effort to work, it is just that, unlike the usual jacquard, the lazy one is a little easier to perform, there are no long broaches in the work, and the scheme is cyclical.
Such patterns are available to novice needlewomen, since there is no need to control the tension density of the broaches, cross them correctly, and also calculate the loops for a long time so that a large pattern fits into the product.
The yarn changes every two rows, that is, first the front and back rows are knitted with a thread of one color, the next two - in another, and so on.
Another feature of lazy jacquard (two-color knitting) is that some loops, based on the pattern, are removed on the right knitting needle without knitting. In this case, it is important where the working thread remains - behind the working blade or behind it. As a rule, in the front rows, the yarn is left behind the work, and in the wrong rows - in front of it.
Woven effect
Can you create an imitation by knitting? Two-color patterns (you can find a description of their patterns in our review) can look like fabric, for example, tweed or, as in this case, fabric with a relief pattern. This knitting is quite dense and inelastic, consider this when choosing a model. Such knitting is suitable for products that must keep their shape well, for example, a knitted jacket or a skirt to a figure.
In order to knit the sample, you need to dial an even number of loops, plus two edge loops and plus two for the symmetry of the pattern. Cast on, for example, 12 stitches.
- Let's start working with blue yarn. Knit the first and second rows with the front stitch.
- In the third row, we go to the orange thread and knit in this way: the first loop is the front one, then we change the next four to the right knitting needle untied, and the thread is left in front of the canvas, the next four are knitted again with the front ones, we change the next one without knitting, thread, as before , in front of the canvas.
- In the fourth, switch to blue yarn again. We knit the first four loops with the purl, remove the next 4 on the right knitting needle, the yarn in front of the fabric, the next two
- We continue to knit the fifth row with an orange thread. Three front, four we remove, the yarn in front of the canvas, three front.
- In the sixth row, two purl, remove four, the yarn remains behind the canvas, four purl.
- The seventh row (orange yarn), we begin by removing one loop, the yarn before knitting, four front, four remove, one front.
- In the eighth, we remove four loops, the yarn is behind the canvas, we knit 4 with the wrong one, we remove two.
- We knit the ninth row with a blue thread. Two front, four remove, 4 front.
- We start the tenth by removing one loop, again purl four, remove four, one purl.
- The eleventh one will start with four removed loops, then four front loops, two are removed.
- The twelfth begins with three loops removed, purl four, remove three.
- In the thirteenth, two off, four front, 4 off.
- In the fourteenth we will knit one purl, remove four, purl four, remove one.
Repeat the pattern starting from the third row.
Honeycomb pattern
This is a very simple and beautiful pattern. "Honeycomb" two-color knitting needles (diagrams and descriptions of the work will be further), even novice needlewomen can do. To work, you need two types of yarn in contrasting colors.
For a sample, cast on an odd number of loops.
- We start the first row with the yarn of the main color. We make a yarn over, remove the next loop on the right knitting needle, then purl one. We continue to alternate to the end.
- In the second row, we change the yarn to a contrasting color and knit the wrong one, then remove the yarn from the previous row to the right knitting needle, while leaving the yarn in front of the working blade. Thus, we alternate to the edge.
- We knit the third row with a thread of the first color. We make a yarn, we remove one loop on the right knitting needle, the next two loops we knit together with the front one.
- In the fourth, we change the thread and start with two knits, remove the next one on the right knitting needle. We alternate to the end of the row.
- In the fifth row, we change the thread again, make a yarn, remove the loop, knit the next two together with the purl.
The rapport is repeated from rows 2 to 5.
Jacquard
The most famous and descriptions of which can be found in any publication on needlework are Norwegian. These are the same snowflakes, Christmas trees and deer that flaunt on winter sweaters, hats and scarves. They are rarely made of three or more colors; they are usually knitted from yarn of two contrasting colors.
The most important thing in such knitting is to carefully follow the pattern, each cell of which is equal to one loop of the canvas. It is better to start doing such a voluminous job if you already have experience in knitting. Here you need to be extremely careful and be able to correctly make all the calculations so that the drawing from the diagram would ideally "fit" into the future product.
All thread broaches pass from the inside out, and on the front side a beautiful pattern of loops of a contrasting color is obtained. Two-tone knitting looks very nice and stylish.
Two-tone elastic
Another original way to work with two types of colored yarn is colored elastic. Two-color patterns with knitting needles (schemes and descriptions of elastic bands of such a plan, by the way, are very diverse) begin with a set of an odd number of loops in one color. Further, 1 LP, yarn is knitted with the same thread, one loop is removed.
- In the second row, a yarn is made with a thread of a different color, one is removed, the next two together.
- The third row begins to knit from the opposite end of the knitting needle (for such knitting, take straight non-circular knitting needles). Tie two together, yarn over, remove one.
- In the fourth row, go to another yarn and make a yarn, remove one, purl two together.
- In the fifth row, change the thread and end of the knitting needle again. Two together, yarn over, take one off.
Repeat from the second row.
Other types of two-color patterns
What else are there In fact, there is no limit to fantasy. Knitted two-color openwork patterns with knitting needles look very beautiful and delicate (schemes with a description can be found in any knitting magazine). These can be openwork waves or Missoni-style zigzags. This kind of knitting looks very beautiful in a cloth knitted from mohair yarn. You can use these patterns to make a light stole or scarf, as well as a summer cardigan or vest.
Knitting in a circle
Knitting (two-color patterns in this case) can be done in a circle. This way the product turns out without seams, which is very convenient, for example, for knitting hats or sweaters with raglan sleeves. Jacquard can also be knitted on circular knitting needles, but for this you need to look at the pattern a little differently. Read it in one direction only - from right to left.
If you have a lazy jacquard in front of you, then all broaches should be on the wrong side.
What to tie?
Knitted two-color patterns with knitting needles, the schemes and descriptions of which were above, can be applied to almost any product, especially if it requires tight knitting. It can be a warm winter set of a hat and a scarf, a sweater with deer or mittens with snowflakes. Jacquard looks great on children's things: overalls, jumpers, sweaters. Lazy jacquards are often used when working with large warm things, for example, coats or jackets. The products are very dense, keep their shape perfectly and do not deform after washing.
It looks very much like Christmas trees, and in our colors, there are so straight blue spruces under the snow! The pattern uses the principle of lazy jacquard - all the highlight is in the removed loops. Suitable for children's blouses, vests, hats and more. The sample requires two matching yarn colors.
Legend:
- L - front loop;
- And - purl loop;
- p. - loop;
- KP - edge loop.
Video master class on knitting a two-color pattern with knitting needles:
Description of the process of knitting a two-color pattern:
The description indicates the first two rows, they are distribution and are not included in the pattern. The rapport of the two-color pattern is 14 stitches.
Knitting pattern for a two-color pattern with knitting needles (for rotary knitting):
- 1st row (yellow): KP - knit L, * 3L, 1p. remove the thread at work, 6L, 1p. remove the thread at work, 3L *, KP remove the thread at work.
- 2nd row (yellow): KP - we knit I, then we knit the loops I, and the removed stitches, without knitting, remove the thread before work. KP we remove the thread before work.
- 3rd row (blue): This row starts the pattern rapport. KP - L, 3L remove for additional knitting needle and leave at work, the next p. - L, return 3p. and knit like this - (2L, 1p. remove the thread at work), 6L, remove 1p. and leave before work, 3p. knit like this - remove the first thread at work, next. Knit 2 knit. We return one p., Knit L. *, KP, remove the thread at work.
- 4th row (blue color): KP - I, * knitted items we knit AND, removed - remove the thread before work *, KP remove the thread before work;
- 5th row (yellow): KP - L, * 3L, remove 1p. leave before work, the following 3p. we knit like this - 1 remove the thread at work, 2L, return the item to the knitting needle and knit it L. Next 3p. remove for extra knitting needle and leave at work, trace. p. - L, return 3p. and knit like this - (2L, 1p. remove the thread at work), 3L *, KP - remove the thread at work;
- Row 6 (yellow color): KP - I, * knit loops AND, removed by p., Without knitting, remove the thread before work *, KP remove the thread before work.
Repeat the pattern to the desired height from rows 3 to 6.
Aroused great interest among our readers, so we decided to please you and make a selection in which you will find many knitting patterns for lazy patterns.
Lazy patterns are also called false or lazy patterns. Lazy patterns are lazy because they do not require much experience and take much less time than classic patterns. When knitting lazy patterns, the change of threads in a row does not occur: every two rows are knitted from one ball in one color, and the pattern is obtained due to the elongated loops removed in a certain order. This technique allows not only to make the work easier and faster, but also to avoid tight knitting and uneven loops, which is not uncommon when knitting classic patterns if experience is not enough.
So, let's see how to knit lazy patterns and what rules their knitting technique obeys.
- Two rows in a row are knitted with a thread of the same color: front row and reverse, purl. Thus, the change of threads of different colors occurs along the side edge of the knitted fabric, on the right.
- In the odd, front rows, in the removed loops, the thread is left at work, and in the even, purl rows - before work. Thus, broaches, as in classic jacquards, are obtained on the seamy side.
- In even, purl rows, the loops are knitted according to the pattern, that is, the same as they lie on the knitting needle (usually purl), and the removed loops are again removed untied, taking into account the previous rule.
A selection of lazy patterns
The diagram shows the front and back rows.
Pattern repeat 8 stitches (+ 5 stitches for symmetry). We repeat in height from the 1st to the 4th row.
IMPORTANT: We knit 2 adjusting rows with white thread, 1 row with front, 2-row with purl, then according to the scheme.
Row 1,2 - blue thread, 3,4 row - white thread.
Legend for the scheme:
Empty cell - FACE HINGE (front - in front rows, purl - in purl)
IMPORTANT: When repeating the rappoport in the 5th row (like the 1st) "We knit a loop with 2 knit crochets."
2. Lazy stairs
Pattern scheme
The diagram shows the front and back rows. Pattern repeat 6 sts wide (knit 1 st in front of rapport and 1 st after). We repeat in height from the 1st to the 12th row.
3. Lazy crosses
Pattern scheme
The diagram shows the front and back rows. Pattern rapport 10 sts wide (knit 1 st before rapport and 2 sts after). We repeat in height from the 1st to the 20th row.
4. Florentine Frieze
Description for this pattern (this description is taken from the forum http://vares.mirbb.com/t33-topic). What kind of handicraft women we have, one of the participants in this forum made it herself from a drawing. This pattern is made exactly according to this description, only without crochets.
Here, the pattern uses yarn in two contrasting colors.
Cast on the number of loops, a multiple of 4 +1 +2 edging. We knit the edge ones, as we are used to, I will not mention them in the description.
1 row (white yarn - B) - all knit
2 row (B) - all purl
3 row (dark yarn - T) 1 person, 1 remove, thread BEFORE work - so knit to the end of the row
4 row (T) - purl all loops
5 row (B) 1 persons, remove 1 loop, thread BEFORE work, 1 remove, thread BEFORE work, 1 remove, thread BEFORE work - so on to the end of the row. It must end in 1 person.
6 row (B) 1 out, 1 nakid, Remove 3 loops, thread BEYOND the work (i.e. broach on the front side of knitting), 1 person, 1 yarn Remove 3, thread at work - until the end of the row.
7 row (T) - knit all loops, do NOT knit yarns, discard when knitting from a knitting needle (to increase broaches for checkmarks)
8 row (T) - purl all loops
9 row (B) - 1 person, 1 remove, thread at work, a long broach, which was formed 3 rows below, put on the loop on the left knitting needle and knit a loop with the front broach, 1 remove, thread at work, 1 person, 1 remove, thread at work, again we put a long broach from the bottom row on the loop on the left knitting needle and knit them together with the front one and so on, to the end of the row.
10 row (B) 1 person, 1 remove, thread before work, 1 out, 1 remove, thread before work, 1 person, 1 remove, thread before work, so knit to the end of the row.
11 (T) - facial
12 (T) - purl
Then the pattern is repeated from 3 to 12 rows, only you need to change the color of the thread. Now, where there was white yarn, it will be dark and vice versa.
