Adding Borders To Short Row Colourwork

Woolly Wormhead

Woolly Wormhead

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I'm often asked how to add borders to short-row colourwork motifs - and it's not difficult!

Because we only use one yarn at a time - we don't carry or float the unused yarn - it means that we need to get a little bit clever about dealing with those left-hand selvedges. So what's the solution? Yup, you guessed it - short rows!

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Short-Row Colourwork

0:00 Introduction to the technique
1:28 Principles of fabric balance
2:53 Preparing the knitting swatch
4:04 Working the colourwork motif
6:12 Balancing the border stitches
10:12 Finalising and closing the design