So I have an exam tomorrow and here's what I've done with my time: I grabbed leftover 10ply wool yarn and cast on a number of sts onto 40cm circulars, picked a random chart on google images and... just started doing stranded colourwork.

This is because I didn't want to study. But also because I've got a massive ambitious project for next year's winter: dalegarn's Albertville 1992 olympics jumper.

I've never done colourwork in my life. It's always intimidated me. But I took the plunge and... I have a swatch of hearts!

Here's what I did: main colour for that row on my left in continental hold, minor colour on my right, English throwing style. Caught my floats every 3-5 sts depending on how long the reds were. The image here is a very wet piece of work that I will be attempting to steek tomorrow.

I need all the information on colourwork and steeking though. If I were you who only just learnt colourwork, what are the pieces of advice you'd say?