Color knitting techniques

Close up of stranded knitting from the front

This is what will be seen on the exterior of an item. (This garment is in the Norwegian style of stranded color-work, which has some different motifs and traditional use of colors, compared to the Fair Isle style.) These are called "birds eye" stitches and are used to make decorative dots on a mostly solid-colored area (also doubling that area's thickness of yarn, making the garment warmer).http://www.flickr.com/photos/lollyknit/822174880/