Knit Stars Masterclass with Lorilee Beltman: Colors That Climb

In this joyful workshop, Lorilee Beltman introduces “colors that climb,” her playful take on vertically stranded colorwork that lets contrast stitches travel straight up through your fabric like little beads of color. You will learn how to manage yarns with center pull butterflies, stack knits and purls into tidy columns and “caterpillars,” and mix the technique into garter, lace, cables, and textured ribs without changing your gauge or fit. Along the way, Lorilee helps you understand different knitting styles so you can translate any demonstration into your own hands, then walks you through designing with vertical color in existing patterns and in her Aurora scarf. By the end, you will see your knitting as a canvas for climbing color, ready to experiment, improvise, and make the technique entirely your own.