I’ve been fascinated by double knitting for a while, so I decided to try it out.
Double knitting is knitting with two colours in such a way that the knitted fabric is reversible, and the colours of the pattern are inverted.
The two sides look like stockinette knitting, and the fabric is double-thick for extra warmth.
There are two different ways of accomplishing this. Either you knit holding both strands at the same times, and then you knit the front and purl the back.
Alternatively, you can knit using only one colour at a time, and slip each stitch that is to be knit with the other colour. You will need to use circular needles, because at the end of the row, you slide the stitches into position and work the row again using the other colour. Whichever way you choose, the result is the same; a beautifully knit, reversible fabric.
For this project, I’m using contrasting colours of Wollmeise 100% sockenwolle (again!). The needles are size 2.75, and my colours are Granatapfel (pomegranate) and Maus Alt (old mouse – that would be a speckled gray). The pattern is my own.
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