6. Intarsia Charts
Intarsia Moon
Intarsia is a way of creating color designs made of big blocks of color. It is usually knit flat. In this chapter you will practice Intarsia on a simple moon chart, below.
To decorate the blocks of color with small details, see Duplicate Stitch, the next chapter.
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How to Make a Bobbin
Designing in Intarsia
A great book to use as a reference for designing projects with Intarsia motifs is Picture Knits by Betty Barnden.
It includes over 50 designs of flowers, animals, birds, children’s designs, and alphabets. She also includes detailed instructions and illustrations about the techniques, plus easy projects to which to add your designs.
Patterns for Practice
Here are two awesome Intarsia patterns for you to try: