How to Stop Floats Snagging in Fair Isle Knitting

Do your Fair Isle floats snag fingers, jewellery, or the back of your work? This video shows you exactly how to trap them — covering all four situations you'll meet in stranded knitting, so you'll never be caught out. In this tutorial I demonstrate how to trap floats in every combination: trapping the contrast yarn on both right-side (knit) and wrong-side (purl) rows, and trapping the main yarn on both knit and purl rows. I also explain why keeping your yarn placement consistent matters for colour dominance — and how your choice of which yarn to trap affects the look of your finished fabric. What we cover: • Why floats need trapping (and when) • Trapping the contrast yarn on knit rows • Trapping the contrast yarn on purl rows • Trapping the main yarn on knit rows (the tricky one!) • Trapping the main yarn on purl rows If you haven't watched Part 1 yet on yarn management, start there first — the link is below. 🧶 Fair Isle Part 1 — Managing Your Yarns:    • Stranded Knitting: Keep Your Floats Neat a...   If you found this helpful, please give it a thumbs up — it really does help more people find the video. 💻 Visit my School website for my knitting & crochet courses: https://coolwoolschool.com/ 📌 Subscribe for more knitting and crochet tutorials:    / @coolwooldesign   #FairIsle #StrandedKnitting #KnittingTutorial #Colourwork #KnittingTechniques