Intarsia Knitting Basics

This video shows how to knit in intarsia. My pattern, "Intarsia Heart Dishcloth by DetroitKnitter" is available for free at https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid....

This video also includes: adding a new yarn color, twisting the yarn at color changes, left slanting, right slanting and vertical color changes, weaving in the ends.

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[angeleyez111406]

that is not intarsia.... thats fair isle. Intarsia has multiple colors not just 2 colors

[MarleneD1216]

@angeleyez111406 Intarsia is a knitting technique in which blocks of colors are knit separately. There can be more than one color, but never is more than one strand of yarn used at at time which is why intarsia is generally used for larger blocks of color due to the number of yarn strands that are used. Fair Isle and stranding is a technique where every color in that row is carried behind the public side. Fair Isle locks every other stitch and stranding spans several sts.

[misslady1908]

Is there software ti create knitting patterns?

[MarleneD1216]

@misslady1908 Yes. I didn't use knitting software to make this chart though rather my photo editing program. I scanned some graph paper then used the fill tool to shade in my shape. You can look up words like knitting chart creator to help you find some. I'm sure you can find some good reading about it too maybe in the forums on Ravelry and KnittingHelp.

[MarielHawke]

This is great! Probably the most helpful intarsia vid out there I've seen (having watched 3 or 4, while prepping my first intarsia project). One question- you say don't twist the left slants. Does that mean a left slant from the point of view of the right side of the work? Or a left slant from whichever side of the work you're facing? It looks like you did all your increases of the middle color on knit rows here, so it never came up, but it would be really good to know!

[dremv]

Thanks for showing the beginning. This is the hard part and this is what the other videos don't show.

[misslady1908]

@MarleneD1216

Thank you!! ;-)

[baduhenna]

I am happy to find this video, as I have a pattern for intarsia....though at the present I used fair isle for it. Once I figure out how to interpret intarsia, which I will use your video for help...those dice bags will be made again with intarsia.

[Ivyness]

Awesome!! Thanks!

[sweetpooh06]

i totes giving u love for this this answered my prays n questions thank :D

[1stcamarochick]

@1stcamarochick sorry that was 201 knitting motifs,blocks,projects & ideas not 210 oops

[1stcamarochick]

I want to knit stars instead of hearts and knit a blanket instead of a dishrag. i have about 4 starts to choose from in a very handy book called "210 Knitting motifs,blocks,projects & ideas" by Nicki Trench. I'm an advanced beginner.Im kinda confused about the twists so the best way to learn is by mistakes so im gonna go for it and see what happens. sometimes things just arnt clear until you make those newbie mistakes & then go ahhh i see. thank you for posting a vid your hearts perfect