Explanation of Intarsia

Hi
Is someone able to explain what intarsia is, I gather its a form or style of
knitting?
Thanks
Cheers
Sandra

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.

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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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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