shows back side of cloth, at beginning of intarsia knitting

hi fellow knitters-

here we are... day 2...and ready to start our Intarsia knitting!

This is not complicated - just a bit of attention needs to be paid to the project at hand - if you are like me and watch tv while knitting, you may want to put music on instead!

NOTE: I will not be posting each day's rows in an email or at the blog - because the designer asks for a link back to her site - it's a free pattern.

If you missed Day 1, go directly to the pattern link.

You can get the entire pattern at the link here:  http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2010/02/intarsia-knitting.html

Now is where you need your separate *bobbins* of white yarn [small balls of yarn]

You will start the first one when you come to the first CC [contrast color/red] -

You drop your white yarn, wrap/twist the new red yarn around, and knit directions for CC stitches, then pick up another bobbin of white yarn, twist the red and white, and proceed to end of row.

Now, when you get to the next row, you have your white yarn there, knit across -picking up red yarn at design - then drop and pick up that side's white yarn ball for remainder of row stitches.

Twist/wrap yarns - when changing yarn colors, to prevent a space/hole in the design.

SUGGESTIONS:

- Use stitch markers if you think you may forget to Slip first stitch of every row and Purl last stitch of every row.

- Highlight/color/underline the CC [red] stitches - it will help you immensely while knitting to see what is coming up in the row

Back side of cloth, finishing Intarsia knitting rows

You can get the entire pattern at the link here:  http://detroitknitter.blogspot.com/2010/02/intarsia-knitting.html

 - the PDF file also includes a Chart, for those of you who like to knit from those.

I will not be posting each day's rows at the blog - because the designer asks for a link back to her site - it's a free pattern.  Also available at Ravelry website.

Finished Intarsia Rows

Till tomorrow, Day 3 - Happy Knitting! ~ Linda

Meeting with her Valentine Zebra, Rosie acts shy [when she is anything but!]

Pattern can be downloaded at:   DetroitKnitter.blogspot.com