Confident Knitting: Catching Floats Holding One Yarn in Each Hand

This video shows you how to catch floats in stranded colourwork when holding one yarn in each hand for even, consistent colourwork. See our video for holding both yarns in the right hand here:    • Confident Knitting: Catching Floats with B...   Get technique tutorials every fortnight, direct to your inbox, with our newsletter. Receive a free pattern and tutorial when you subscribe: http://eepurl.com/djlZCT This video is part of our Confident Knitting series. The pattern featured in this video is the Variance Hat by Janette Budge which can be found, along with in-depth photo tutorials, in our book, Confident Knitting. You can purchase Confident Knitting at: UK retailers: https://www.actechniques.co.uk/retailers Modern Daily Knitting (USA): https://www.moderndailyknitting.com/s... Strickmich (EU): https://www.strickmich-shop.de/en/Boo... 0:00 Introduction 0:32 What Is a Float? 1:33 Stranding Too Tightly 2:24 Stranding Too Loosely 3:11 How Often Should You Catch a Float? 4:40 Some Rules of Thumb 6:55 Catching In at the Same Spot 8:37 Holding One Yarn in Each Hand for Colourwork 9:35 Catching in the Pattern Colour Yarn Behind the Background Yarn 11:06 Catching the Background Colour Behind the Pattern Colour