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| Close-ups of two-color Pinstriping |
To work a two-color pinstripe, hold two different colors of yarn behind the fabric and draw first from one, and then from another.
In the above photo, both the red (left) and the brown (center) pinstriping were worked "upside down," that is: the pinstriping was applied in the opposite direction from how the underlying fabric was knitted. Further, in both the red and the brown pinstripe, the column was worked using the background color as the alternate color. As you can see, this combination of yarn and direction unite to create a distinct chevron. By contrast, where the background color is not part of the column, as with the two teal-colored yarns at right, the chevron effect is much more subtle, and this is especially true where the pinstriping is applied in the same direction as the underlying fabric was knitted--as the teal yarns were.
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| 2-color pinstripe, back |
Regardless of which direction you are applying the pinstripe, the back of the fabric looks best if you consistently draw each color always from one side or another. This keeps each color marching up its own side of the back of the column, as shown on photo to left.
The tension of two-color pinstriping is perhaps a bit tricky to adjust, and although it gets easier, it is never going to be very fast. Yet, given how much more trouble it would take to achieve this look with any other knitting technique...
Next post: A pinstriped hat with a few tricks of its own.
--TK
