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Explanation of Intarsia
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Is someone able to explain what intarsia is, I gather its a form or style of knitting? Thanks Cheers Sandra |
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Explanation of Intarsia
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:25:04 +0800, Sandra Bodycoat wrote:
Hi Is someone able to explain what intarsia is, I gather its a form or style of knitting? Thanks Cheers Sandra Here is a definition of Intarsia from: http://www.maggiesrags.com/tips_color.htm quote In intarsia, there are large blocks of single colors, that make an abstract or representative picture. It is not practical to carry the yarn across the back of large areas without using it, so a separate small ball or bobbin of yarn is used for each area of a color across the row. When you come to the edge of a color block, and want to start a new color, the new strand is always picked up from underneath the old one. As you work your way up the knitting, this twists the strands around each other, connecting the edges of each color to the next. end quote If you Google for "knitted intarsia" (there is also a woodworking variety) you will find many different websites which explain what is is and how to do it. -- You˘re only young once, but you can be immature forever |
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Explanation of Intarsia
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:25:04 +0800, "Sandra Bodycoat"
wrote: Hi Is someone able to explain what intarsia is, I gather its a form or style of knitting? Thanks Cheers Sandra I've heard it's also called picture knitting, and Mary Thomas's Knitting Book calls it geometric knitting and explains that the colors are not stranded or woven. It can be 2 color like fair isle, but the color blocks are larger than would be practical to strand the yarn, so separate balls for each section of color are used. An example that comes to mind is argyle knitting. It usually uses intarsia for the diamonds, and then Swiss darning/duplicate st to make the single strands of X's that go through both colors. http://www.socknitters.com/argyle/index.htm This is a tutorial on how to knit an argyle sock. There are closeups of the inside of the sock so you can see color changes. Just click the links at the top of the page for Lesson 1, etc. Leah |
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Explanation of Intarsia
"Bernadette" wrote in message news On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:25:04 +0800, Sandra Bodycoat wrote: Hi Is someone able to explain what intarsia is, I gather its a form or style of knitting? Thanks Cheers Sandra Here is a definition of Intarsia from: http://www.maggiesrags.com/tips_color.htm quote In intarsia, there are large blocks of single colors, that make an abstract or representative picture. It is not practical to carry the yarn across the back of large areas without using it, so a separate small ball or bobbin of yarn is used for each area of a color across the row. When you come to the edge of a color block, and want to start a new color, the new strand is always picked up from underneath the old one. As you work your way up the knitting, this twists the strands around each other, connecting the edges of each color to the next. end quote Yes, this is fine for patterns where there is an equal number of stiches for each colour but not when there are differences. The yarns would twist horribly. There's no problem in simply watching the yarns and keeping them straight by using whicever is 'on top'. I never use short lengths on bobbins, just straight from the bll or cop. Mary |
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