December 16: Intarsia
16 Dec 2024
Discover our beginnings as an independent pattern design company specializing in intarsia, a technique we transformed and revolutionized.
To help one of you embark on your intarsia journey today, we're excited to give away a copy of our Intarsia book, the Intarsia Basics and Intermediate Intarsia home learning kits, and a SWAK hoodie. Watch the video to learn how you can enter for a chance to win!
Yay Jennifer Elkhair! You're the lucky winner.
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20 years ago I did large hearts on the fronts of some of the granddaughters knit jumpers. I did have a few frustrating holes where the colors met. My solution was to embroider a simple chain stitch outline. Wish I'd known your mom's techniques back then. Looking forward to learning this before the great grands come along!
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Size L sweatshirt
I took an intarsia class at SWAK, and that class and book saved my bacon when I was knitting the Penga cardigan as a store sample. The cardigan uses stranded knitting, intarsia, and duplicate stitch. I can attest to the tidiness of stacking ends, as Keely showed in the video, because there were over 800 ends to wrangle in that cardigan! I wouldn't say I'm an expert -- I'd still have to refer to the book, I'm sure -- but I'm definitely fearless now when it comes to intarsia!