Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1: Introduction To Intarsia

    • 1 - Introduction to Intarsia

    • 1-1. Wrapping your head around intarsia!

    • 1-2. What is intarsia knitting_

    • 1-3. Comparison with a stranded fabric

    • 1-4. Stranded fabric examples

    • 1-5. Intarsia fabric example

    • 1-6. Why both with all these bits of yarn_

    • Fine Print

    • Knitting Glossary

  • 2

    Chapter 2: Chart Preparation

    • 2 - Chart Preparation

    • 2-1. Looking at types of charts

    • 2-2. Preparing your chart

    • 2-3. Simplifying your chart

    • 2-4. Making a shade card

    • 2-5. To count stitches or not_

    • 2-6. Easy or tricky_

  • 3

    Chapter 3: Yarn And Tool Preparation

    • 3 - Yarn and Tool Preparation

    • 3-2. Butterflies or bobbins_

    • 3-1. Yarn palette preparation

    • 3-3. Measured lengths

    • 3-4. Useful tools

    • 3-5. Choosing needles

    • 3-6. Gauge considerations

  • 4

    Chapter 4: The First Few Rows

    • 4 - The First Few Rows

    • 4-2. Weaving in tails on the horizontal (right hand and RS facing)

    • 4-1. Reading your chart (RS rows)

    • 4-3. Weaving in tails on the horizontal (left hand and RS facing)

    • 4-4. Weaving in tails on the horizontal (right hand and WS facing)

    • 4-5. Weaving tails up and down or over and over_

    • 4-6. Weaving in tails on the horizontal (left hand and WS facing)

    • 4-7. Reading the chart from the purl side

    • 4-8. Linking yarns_ Old over New (WS)

    • 4-9. Linking yarns_ Old over New (RS)

  • 5

    Chapter 5: Onwar

    • 5 - Onwards

    • 5-1. How the yarns link arms

    • 5-2. The missing link

    • 5-3. Living with and resolving tangles

    • 5-4. Diagonal slopes (WS)

    • 5-5. Diagonal slopes (RS)

    • 5-6. Joining a new piece of yarn

    • 5-7. Darning hints - when is a hole not a hole_

    • 5-8. Shallow diagonal slopes (RS)

    • 5-9. Shallow diagonal slopes (WS)

    • 5-10. Horizontal colour change (RS)

    • 5-11. Horizontal colour change (WS)

    • 5-12. Example - Garden Path Vest

    • 5-13. Balance theory

  • 6

    Chapter 6: Reading WS Rows

    • 6 - Reading WS Rows

    • 6-1. Inverting the chart

    • 6-2. Working from the right needle to the left

    • 6-3. Emergency yarn join

    • 6-4. Using marker yarns for reference

  • 7

    Chapter 7: Transformation Tips

    • 7 - Transformation Tips

    • 7-1. Naturally occurring holes

    • 7-2. Ends near edges

    • 7-3. Vertical yarn joins

    • 7-4. Neatening a short tail vertical yarn join

    • 7-5. Un-simplifying!

  • 8

    Chapter 8: Res

    • 8 - Rescue Techniques

    • 8-1. Unpicking row by row

    • 8-2. Unpicking a single section

    • 8-3. Laddering back

    • 8-4. Duplicate stitch

    • 8-5. Surgical replacement