Intarsia is one of many knitting techniques that uses multiple colors to create patterns. Often these patterns are pictures—for example, flowers or boats or rainbows; sometimes they are geometric, using squares or circles or triangles. Intarsia classically is knit flat, and that’s how we’ll approach it in this class. You’ll learn how to read an intarsia chart, how to handle multiple colors at the same time, and how to manipulate the yarn so you don’t have any holes or bumpy sections in your finished piece.

Date/Time: Saturday, September 26, 2026 9:00 AM-Noon

Supplies:

• Worsted weight or DK yarn in at least 3 contrasting solid colors. All of your yarns for this class should be the same weight. Partial balls are fine.
• Straight or circular needles in a size that makes a fabric you like with the yarn you’re bringing. We’ll be working in stockinette stitch – knit on the right side, purl back on the wrong side. Bring needles a size larger and a size smaller as well. (If you do not have needles in those sizes, it is not necessary to go out and buy some. Just bring what you have.)
• Standard knitter's tool kit items: scissors, measuring tape, stitch markers, pencil and paper, sewing-up needle, etc.

Homework: None

Skill Level: Intermediate: Confident Beginner level skills plus some experience with yarn over patterns, cables, ribbing; comfortable with pattern interpretation. Has completed several projects.

Elizabeth Durand