Tag: intarsia

Train Knitting

Filed in Skill Building by on January 4, 2016 0 Comments
Train Knitting

As you read this, I’m on the California Zephyr, rolling west to California from Utah. For the last 3 weeks, I’ve been on the road, driving from Maryland to Utah, then down to Arizona, then back to Utah and now to see Gwen in The Golden State. I’m looking forward to being in her home […]

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Intarsia in the Round

Intarsia in the Round

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Inspired by Kaffe

Filed in Just Stitches by on February 12, 2014 0 Comments
Inspired by Kaffe

A swatch a week, inspiring us to try something new. That is the idea behind the #52Swatches. So I pulled out one of my oldest books. This past weekend as I was teaching about color I read a bit out of Kaffe Fassett’s autobiography. The book describes the time that I was first introduced (figuratively […]

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Fine Finishing — Dealing with Ends

Filed in Uncategorized by on February 19, 2010 1 Comment

If you read Wednesday’s post, you know I am working on an intarsia piece and thus thinking about ends.  Personally, I am a BIG FAN of weaving in ends as you go (honestly — I am lazy).  Lucy Neatby (and many others) have this very efficient way of doing it, much like catching a long […]

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