Things You'll Need:
- Two colors of yarn
- Knitting needles
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Step 1
Determine whether you are able to knit Continental, or German, style. This method requires you to carry the yarn in your left hand, as in crochet. The left and right hands work together: right hand puts needle through loop, left hand moves yarn, right hand catches it with needle and pulls it through.
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Step 2
If you can knit by carrying the yarn in either your left hand (Continental) or right hand (American,), then determine which color will be carried in your left hand. It is probably the "main" color for the row, the one that will be used more.
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Step 3
Knit one stitch in the main color, and one stitch in the pattern color. The illustration shows the pattern color carried in the right hand. If you are not switching hands, pick up each colored yarn in turn, with the right hand.
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Step 4
The unused yarn lies along behind the color you are knitting. Be careful not to pull it tight, since knitting is stretchy, and these strands along the back must stretch, too. You don't want them too loose, either, since the knitting will be uneven and the strands may catch on buttons or fingers.
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Step 5
When your pattern requires you to knit a line of stitches in either color for more than about six stitches, you will want to catch the unused color's strand into part of the knit stitch to secure it. Don't knit it, but allow it to lie inside the stitch.
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Step 6
When you catch a strand this way, and continue to strand it along, it will be secured when it is needed in the pattern. The long strand should not be tight, nor should it be looping along very loosely. Try pulling the knitting slightly, to see how it will stretch. Tighten the strand if it has more length than is needed for the stretch.
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Step 7
At the end of each row (either circular or flat), when you change to the next row of pattern, watch your knitting to make sure that the pattern looks right. Most two-color patterns are geometrical and it should be obvious if you've got the correct row.
