Create beautiful stranded colourwork, not just from the right side but also the wrong side with this game changing float management skill. Ladderback jacquard will help you manage floats by keeping them short to avoid any snagging, while also opening up the possibility of knitting patterns which require longer gaps between colours.
In the workshop we will explore 2 ways of using ladderback jacquard; the first by adding a ladderback stitch while knitting stranded colourwork and the second by creating the ladderback stitch after you've finished knitting colourwork.
This is a workshop at Swiss Yarn Festival, Switzerland.
Tickets are available from January 10th 2026.
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Intermediate knitter; students should be comfortable to knit with two colours doing simple stranded colourwork / Fair Isle knitting in the round.
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US 6 / 4mm needles for knitting small circumference (DPNs or circular needles for magic loop)
Stitch markers
Tapestry / darning needle
DK-weight yarn (preferably nothing slippery—think yarn you would use for colourwork) in the following approx. amounts:
MC (main colour) 20g
CC (contrast colour ) 20g