How To Catch Your Floats In Fair Isle Crochet

Learn how to catch your floats in Fair Isle crochet with this easy step-by-step tutorial. Catching your floats keeps the unused yarn neatly secured behind your stitches and prevents long loops from snagging or getting caught. This technique is especially helpful when working Fair Isle crochet patterns with larger sections of colorwork. A left hand tutorial is available at the bottom of the page.

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The final tutorial in this Fair Isle crochet series will show you how to work Fair Isle colorwork in rows. You’ll learn how to manage your colors when working back and forth instead of in the round, including tips for keeping your color changes neat and your floats under control. This technique is especially useful for Fair Isle crochet scarves, blankets, panels, and other projects worked in rows. Click here to be taken to it.

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