intarsia

Color Contest – Part II

[Translate] If you haven’t started in on the contest yet, don’t fret, there’s still time. You can get all the contest rules and part 1 from yesterday’s post. Here is the second part of the contest – a quiz! Most of the answers can be found in the posts about color work from the last 3 weeks. If you’ve been reading (or know all there is to know about color) then you have a leg up. As before, you must submit your answers to me by email at mrhugzzz@gmail.com. Correct answers will be given a number by the order […]

Tuesday’s Tips …

[Translate] Okay, I promise I won’t miss 4 straight days of posting ever again – promise. I have been busier than normal with my other life and haven’t been able to finish the color work posts I have been working on. I will be able to get them done in the next two days though, and will announce the contest in a rare Saturday post – make sure you check it out. As for today, yup, it’s time for Tuesday’s tips, so here we go … Butterfly your thumb – We’ve been talking about doing intarsia as a means […]

Stranded and loving it …

[Translate] Yes, today being Tuesday should be Tuesday’s tips, but unfortunately I have a cold and was unable to post this yesterday, so I’m doing it today. This is the last week of the color escapade we’ve been doing, and there are a few surprises in store. I should let you know that there will be a contest at the end of his, and one of the prizes will be the book The Essential Guide to Color Techniques by Margaret Radcliffe. If you missed the review of it, search back a couple of weeks when we started all this […]

Tuesday’s Tips …

[Translate] Look both ways before crossing the street. Oh, wait, that’s a tip I learned in elementary school, not a knitting tip. Sorry, but don’t worry, I have some more tips for you again this week. Here we go … Yogurt is good for you – and so are the containers that are left over from the big and small ones. For the big ones (750g), they make great containers for beaded yarn. If you’re knitting with beads, you can string them onto your yarn and wind it into the container for easy knitting. You can use the small […]

Intarsia … blocks of color everywhere…

[Translate] Another way of adding color to our work is through a technique called Intarsia. Intarsia is defined as a decorative inlaid pattern in a surface – especially a mosaic worked in wood. In knitting, the term mosaic is very descriptive of Intarsia. It is created by having a mosaic of colors put together (usually in a stocking stitch texture) in a piece. The effects for Intarsia are stunning and may look daunting, but the actual technique is not as complicated as you may think. As a matter of fact, with a little patience and practice, you’ll be making […]