Fair Isle help!
 

Inspired by Ingrid, I've decided to make a baby sack instead of a blanket for someone at work (his baby girl is due in Sept.). And i decided to make a Fair Isle chart to myself and try it out... So here's the question: in the video Amy pulls yarn n.2 behind a few stitches done with yarn n.1 thus leaving strands of yarn at the back. If i hide yarn n. 2 by crossing it with yarn n. 1 before each stitch, so in the back it looks inside the loops - am i doing something wrong? Are there any drawbacks to that?
Thank you...

I usually just keep the strands across the back loosely. There really isn't any need to twist them--I think you're making a lot of extra work for yourself. If you keep the yarns in the same place as you go--one on 'top' of the other--then you should never have to untangle your yarns. When I say 'on top,' I mean like this--

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I don't know that there'd be any drawback in the end product, but I also don't see any advantage. If you have a long strand in back, then you should catch it to keep it from being too long, but otherwise it's not necessary to do anything special.

Best is to knit continental with one and English with the other. Never the two shall meet.

That's the way I do it, too. Not everyone can work that way though. Here's a video where I learned if you want to check it out. You may have to use Internet Explorer though.
http://www.philosopherswool.com/Page...amingvideo.htm

I knit Fair Isle all with my right hand, one over the pointer and one pinched. I just don't like using my left hand.:shrug: