Forget everything I said about an update to Stranded Color Knitting. Unfortunately I didn't save a lot of the photos (or the two hats) from 4 years ago. I did do an update but it was minimal with a few photos switching from B&W to color. Plus I added the photos from HERE and I added these links to the resource section:

Knitty’s Techniques with Theresa in Winter 2006 has an excellent discussion of stranded color knitting at http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/FEATwin06TT.html . Techniques with Theresa also has an informative article on working in yarn tails here: http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall04/FEATfall04TT.html

Philosopher’s Wool has a short video of their Two-Handed Color Knitting Method: http://www.philosopherswool.com/Pages/Streamingvideo.htm

KnittingHelp.com also has a short video on stranded color knitting: http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/advanced_techniques/

Youtube Video showing stranded color knitting:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lthgPvmkbkQ

Most importantly I re-charted the Norwegian star chart for the 2nd hat. The one in the booklet was inexplicably missing some of the grid lines in the bottom right. Please print this out and add to your booklets. I'm sorry about that. I do know one person managed to knit the hat even with the former chart.



Tomorrow I'll have a progress photo of the Selbustrikk mitten. It is a pattern designed for men and probably will be a bit large for any of the women on my Christmas knitting list. Fortunately I have a friend Brad who works at the Durango Mountain ski resort (formerly Purgatory) and wears anything wool I make, mittens or gloves, for skiing. I was quite surprised when he asked for these Nordic mittens when I was knitting them. DH wouldn't wear these in a million years.