Thank you so very much for all of your videos! I know it takes more time and effort than we get to see! Because of your videos, my husband is asking to learn to knit. You are such an inspiration! ❤
@@MichiaMakes it sure does take a lot work..at time I feel a little bit too much >.< but glad to hear that your husband got inspired. having a mutual hobby can be soooo great!
How did you weave in the tails so neatly? It looks magnificent! I am knitting a character for my grandson’s blanket and thought about using intarsia or duplicate stitch.
funny....I've watched this tutorial THREE TIMES now: once before trying intarsia--didn't comprehend at all. Again after making a mess of the first project--made a bit more sense. The last time it all clicked and I made a nice-looking block of color. Guess I'm just a slow learner, as your video really is excellent and very clear!
Glad to hear that it finally clicked. And I can just repeat what I always say: Knitting isn't a race and your mind and hands need time to truly process information. :)
As the saying goes third times a charm? haha but also mistakes are part of learnimg and I find the bigger mistakes I make the more I seem to remember it once it clicks!
This is definitely a clearer explanation than I've seen before but I already know I'm gonna be watching it 3 or 4 times. Danke NimbleNeedles. Your videos are my new favorites. The one about knitting advice that has nothing to do with actual knitting made me laugh when you said not to "just finish this last row" when you're tired. I taught my daughter that sewing machines are like gremlins. You should never feed them after midnight. Apparently the same holds true for all the fiber arts. Guten Abend und viel Glück. Yep! That's all of my high school German. :)
This is THE intarsia video to watch for newbies like me. I really like your tips about how to trap new colors a stitch before using them, which is something that isn't mentioned in many of the other videos I watched. My first project is coming along beautifully, and I have you to thank! :D
I had absolutely and totally sworn off intarsia FOREVER, I made such a mess of every other project! Gaps, holes, weird tension, the lot! Well, I came across a pattern I just HAD to make, and yes, it was intarsia! Hahaha! Bought the yarn, got all ready, then froze! Having now discovered this AMAZING video, I will begin with complete confidence. Thanks Norman, brilliant video, brilliant explanation. I never realised you didn't string the background colours across the back, for starters. I've been knitting since 1964, and I never stop learning 😃👍❤️🧶
Just about to start my first intarsia project - had so many questions and had watched a number of videos, but this one answered all of them really clearly, and has given me the confidence to get started. Thank you Norman!
I’ve done a little intarsia, but when I haven’t done it in a while I need a refresher! 😊 The usual advice to “pick up the new color from underneath” always confuses me - perhaps as a continental knitter, it looks different to me than it does to an “English” knitter who wrote the instructions. Your tip to make sure the old yarn get TRAPPED between new working yarn and project was the key for me! Thank you for your helpful words and kind tone, as always! ❤
Thank you Norman. I'd heard a lot of other knitters recently talking about Intarsia and how difficult they find it. Having no idea what Intarsia is, I went searching in the Nimble Needles library. Then I laughed out loud. This is how I was taught to knit large motif's into garments nearly 40 years ago, but it wasn't called Intarsia, it was just called knitting a motif 😆 So now I'm trying to understand why so many knitters seem afraid of, or bamboozled by the technique. I mastered it as a teenager because to be fashionable it was essential to have at least one pullover with Garfield on the front, even better if his rear view was on the back too. :D You've taught me plenty of new names for old techniques since I found your channel a year ago.
English is not my first language and I thought I would watch beforehand what I'm getting into with this pattern I want to buy. And hell, now I'm more confident than before, that I will throw my future project on the To-Do list, right after getting everything to start. But that's not because of your very excellent and easy tutorial. Thanks for that! Please keep going ❤️
Thank you for your Excellenta step by step Intarsia method I don’t give u more than my deep appreciation Pls know you make a difference in this world Now…. A not so frustrated knitter 69yrs old from California I will practice square n then redo my Angel pattern on Christmas stocking Thank you again n again
I thought this technique was impossible for me, especially because I am a beginner knitter. So I'm happy to report that I made a few samples after watching the video and they look very cute. Intarsia doesn't scare me at all anymore. Thank you Norman!
I've always found tutorials for things like these quite confusing and too long but this one is really easy to understand for a beginner! Thank you for the video!
This is a great tutorial for a Intarsia beginner like myself. Being able to see the whole thing done using continental, instead of switching back and forth, made it even easier for me to focus. Thank you!
Well, I am making a stuffed animal for my granddaughter with an outfit of her volleyball shirt. She is #25. I watched this video a few months ago and thought I remembered how to accomplish this. OMG, after ripping it out twice, I went to find the video and watch it again. It's still not perfect, but I am happy with it. Thanks Norman!
Oh my goodness!! I am soon happy to have found this video, I can finally knit Christmas jumpers. I've struggled and ultimately given up on multi coloured projects, but I Now can't wait to knit some cute Olaf jumpers!! Thank you so much!
Thank you Norman, for making intarsia so clear. Most demonstrations make a diamond but I wanted to make a square, so thank you. I am fascinated by your knitting technique, watching to try to see you actually making the stitches but you are too quick & smooth. I could watch you all day. I am an English knitter & haven't been able to master European. Maureen.
thank you SO MUCH for this tutorial this is the only one i’ve found that was this descriptive and helpful, i definitely will be looking at your tutorials first when i need to learn another technique!!
Thank you sooo much for this tutorial. You patiently explained each step of Intarsia, and now I will be able to knit an Intarsia baby blanket for a friend. (I started, then had to frog out quite a bit due to tension problems, but now understand!)Thanks, again.
This was so helpful and wish I had seen this video when I was making a baby blanket that had intarsia sheep. It turned into a mess because I didn’t see how to keep the stitches even and tight. (plus it also didn’t help that I was using a fluffy yarn for the sheep so that I couldn’t see my stitches very well.). As always, thank you for your videos, they are so clear and concise.
Your videos are my absolute favorite, and this one is no exception. The hesitancy in your voice is exactly how I feel about this process. I kept saying in my head “god, I hate intarsia”..but when I saw my results, I though “wow this is beautiful”. I tried doing duplicate stitch, but it really wasn’t looking great for what I needed to do…was trying to figure out how to not knit this pattern flat…at the end of the day, I am figuring out that I can still alter the pattern to knit in the round, knit it flat for the intarsia portion, then round again, and seem up the intarsia section. Hopefully I can make it still look elegant…maybe hold the flat intarsia section on waste yarn then come in and Kitchener it? Seems like the most cohesive looking way to do it. Maybe I’m delusional 😅
grafting can really do magic. so yeah, but you probably are looking at the matress stitch if you want to join in the round. Remember to increase by one stitch on either side cuz the matress stitch will "eat" one stitch.
Love your channel and your calm demeanor. Thank you so much for my Intarsia men's sweater knitting pattern which I want to start knitting for myself, woman, in January. I just received a knit/crochet journal by post today and plan to organize my projects in the order I want to make them. I see this pattern as a Christmas gift from you. I see that you do not waste time as I asked for the pattern a few minutes ago and received it instantly. Thank God it arrived quickly as I want to order the Pascuali yarn you mentioned in another video. Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones. Good luck in 2021.
Already for some time I was thinking of intarsia, one of the knitting techniques I still needed to do (maybe I learned it decades ago and forgot). I saw your tutorial and knew: I can do this! Soon I'll start a sweater for my grandson with intarsia colour blocks. Now first I knitted a swatch with only one black block on a grey background (so that's three bobbins). It's even easier than I thought! There's one thing: you said there were many ends to weave in. I weave them in while knitting. So the darning needle is only needed to seam the parts of the sweater together!
Hello Norman, thank you for the great tutorial! There're so many things I found really useful and appreciative of this tutorial. Very clear, well explained and detailed. I love the idea of you showing each bobbing following your chart and that you're a continental knitter which helps me a lot when many tutorials are done in English style. I'm so glad I came across your channel:) Thank you! Great teacher❣️ From Japan
Norman your tutorials always help me immensely. The way you explain things slowly and in detail is perfect for my way of learning. Thank you for all your hard work!
This will be my first (ever) attempt at intarsia. Great tutorial - thank you for sharing. I will let you know when I've finished my project ... probably 2022 😅😅
Norman you've saved my life with this! I'm knitting a house so intarsia is used quite often in my pattern and I've not come across it before. Each other video I've watched I had no clue and always messed up my work but this looks so much easier! Thank you for being so clear with it
Thank you! I think I can actually learn this now! Never really understood the "twist" but your video makes it pretty clear. When the caption doesn't cover up the picture, which happened sometimes!
sorry about that. This is an early video of mine and back then I was not aware of the issue. I'm trying to keep the focus on the upper 2 thirds these days. It's not always possible with knitting being so dynamic but I try my best. still, thank you for raising a valid issue!
Excellent explanation! I have been wanting to try intarsia but was a bit anxious about it. Now I will move ahead with a small project and apply your techniques. Thank you!
Thank you for this! I have a snowflake pattern for mittens and there are a couple places it is just one stitch color difference- so I’m a bit confused how to do this- but I’ll review your video again and I really appreciate your clear directions!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Your tutorials are so helpful, after watching a few times and then practicing on small pieces of knitting I feel ready to start my project! Thanks again! 👍🏻
I’m already subscribed to your channel and I enjoy your videos, your content is amazing! I was recommended this video by someone on Reddit and I think I finally understand it from your instructions. I plan to give it a go tomorrow, I am a left-hander that knits right-handed and I get tangled very easily trying new techniques so wish me luck 😂 And thank you so much for this 😊
Thank you so much for this easy to follow instructional! I kept it open and kept (re)watching while I went through the intarsia portion of my latest project. You are so easy to follow. I love it because I knit continental style too so it's perfect for me to follow your directions. Thanks again! I'm sure I will be back and have already recommended another one of your videos to a friend.🧶
I came into this video thinking that learning another technique would be difficult and that always overwhelms me a bit but you really really laid it out in a way that makes even me confident that I can tackle it. I really love wve about this video. The explanations are clear and concise. Your charts are cute. Your handwriting is elegant. Heck even your voice is beautiful and calming! I can't wait to tackle my first intarsia project now, you've really got me super hyped ☺️
I already made a start on my first intarsia project after deciding that floats or lbj just wouldn't do. It was really helpful to see *when* in the process you tighten the end stitches, as I was ending up with loose end stitches in some places somehow on the purl rows.
you are very welcome Graciela. Argentina is such a beautiful country. Originally i planned to spend my 40th birthday there next year. but that probably won't work out :(
Wauw really great tip! I will definitely use the double twist when switching colors. Could you give us a video or tips on how to manage yarn when you have many corlors? I started knitting a baby blanket with 10 different colors and after every row I have to stop to untangle everything. 😭 it's taking forever! Pretty sure there is a smarter way to do this but I don't know how.
Thank you so much for the helpful hints! The first time I knitted in a pattern, I didn't know it was called intarsia and hadn't researched. Needless to say, I had more than a few gaps. 🙃😥
I wanted to see how you add a new color on the purl side. I make these weird shapes and sometime I I traduce a new color on the wrong side. You’re a very knowledge teacher/knitter thank you!
Hi Norman, as it has been said before, your videos and explanations are so well done and so informative. Thank you. I love the double-twisting tip as it keeps it so much neater. i have a tip for anyone doing Intarsia knitting which can be quite overwhelming when one is using many colours. i use a food colander ( mine is Tupperware and about 30 years old and it also has a lid with holes in it) but a colander, which you turn over and you bring each different yarn through a different hole, which keeps some form of control. then the yarns can be twisted . and untwisted. it doesnt have to be a colander, it can be any container that has lots of holes in, like those plastic "lacy finish" basket type. But maybe it can help someone im definitely excited to do more intarsia after your video.
Thank you for this explanation - really clear and I could see exactly what you were doing at every stage. The best video I have watched for intarsia, many thanks.
Thank you for your information. It's very clear for me as a beginner. My only problem is that about 9 minutes in, I couldn't see what you were doing because of the captions. I'll give it my best shot regardless. Thank you!
I have a double knitting project on the needles right now that would look great with a little pop of intarsia. I would love to see a video about double knitting intarsia if that sounds interesting to you. I'm wondering what challenges I might run into (I should probably do a practice swatch). If I make the intarsia the same colour on both sides, do I need two separate bobbins of that colour?
Your channel is fabulous and I’ve learned basic knitting techniques quickly with your help! My current project uses intarsia and asks me to add in a new color on the Perl side. I tried but I could see the joined stitch on the right side so I knew that was wrong. Do you have tips or a video? Thank you so much!
This is the most clear and wonderful tutorial on Intarsia ... thank you for doing this :) I've actually made 1 sweater so far with this style and I hadn't seen this video, some other one, and I did alright but if I had known this I can guarantee that sweater would be better xD I'm working on an American Flag blanket where the stars will take this kind of work and I stopped right before all that cause I just couldn't remember what to do or how to tackle it again ... so thank you again this gave me the confidence to know to make the bobbins and just got for it! :) Glad I found out about you and your vids, now I just wish I would have taken up knitting so so so long ago ... lol Edited to add, how would you weave in the tails on that kinda thing btw? Any hints/tips that makes sure they stay put or whatnot? I mean I have woven in many ends over the years but it would still be lovely to hear from a professional :)
I have a full tutorial on how to weave in ends here on my youtube channel with 10 different techniques. Maybe check that out! th-cam.com/video/aa59mMrgmCQ/w-d-xo.html
Hey Norman, i found a lot of you knitting tutorials to be helpful for myself! Thank you so much. Could you help me how to not tangle the different balls into each other on bigger projects? Is there even a way to prevent that other than putting the yarn balls into place every time after twisting? Love
Very helpful to as I have just become interested in this technique. Do you have a way of calculating how much yarn to put on the bobbins? I think it is the number of rows and stitches for the design and triple it to get an approximate length but I’m not sure. Thank you for your videos, they are very good.
Basically you'd have to knit a swatch and unravel it. Then you know how many stitches you've knitted and how mich yarn u used. Use that factor to calculate with 5-10% buffer
This was really helpful and I am so grateful that you showed me because all the other videos made no sense but I just have a question. On the graph are you knitting from the bottom or the top part of the design?
well, a graph typically has numbers on the right (and left). And you just follow the numbers. typically it starts at the bottom. but if the numbers are the other way round, then do follow it that way.
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Hi do you happen to have a pattern for the alphabet...??
@@nateskeezefan sorry, not yet
Thank you so very much for all of your videos! I know it takes more time and effort than we get to see!
Because of your videos, my husband is asking to learn to knit. You are such an inspiration! ❤
@@MichiaMakes it sure does take a lot work..at time I feel a little bit too much >.<
but glad to hear that your husband got inspired. having a mutual hobby can be soooo great!
How did you weave in the tails so neatly? It looks magnificent! I am knitting a character for my grandson’s blanket and thought about using intarsia or duplicate stitch.
funny....I've watched this tutorial THREE TIMES now: once before trying intarsia--didn't comprehend at all. Again after making a mess of the first project--made a bit more sense. The last time it all clicked and I made a nice-looking block of color. Guess I'm just a slow learner, as your video really is excellent and very clear!
Glad to hear that it finally clicked. And I can just repeat what I always say: Knitting isn't a race and your mind and hands need time to truly process information. :)
As the saying goes third times a charm? haha but also mistakes are part of learnimg and I find the bigger mistakes I make the more I seem to remember it once it clicks!
Hi Marilyn, I’m the same- I got lost halfway through the Domestika course and came to TH-cam.
This is definitely a clearer explanation than I've seen before but I already know I'm gonna be watching it 3 or 4 times.
Danke NimbleNeedles. Your videos are my new favorites. The one about knitting advice that has nothing to do with actual knitting made me laugh when you said not to "just finish this last row" when you're tired. I taught my daughter that sewing machines are like gremlins. You should never feed them after midnight. Apparently the same holds true for all the fiber arts.
Guten Abend und viel Glück.
Yep! That's all of my high school German. :)
No, you are not slow---that is a perfect description of my process! LOVE that click when my brain 'gets' it !!
This is THE intarsia video to watch for newbies like me. I really like your tips about how to trap new colors a stitch before using them, which is something that isn't mentioned in many of the other videos I watched. My first project is coming along beautifully, and I have you to thank! :D
Some see it as long-winded but I always try to show the whole picture and educate beyond just the basic idea. Glad u like that approach ☺️
NimbleNeedles: "It just requires a bit of patience and some careful planning"
Me: oh no I'm screwed
Haha. Well, it does. But I think if you picture the awesome results, I'm sure you will find the strength within 😊
@@NimbleNeedles Thanks! I think this is the wrong technique for my current project but I'll definitely come back to it in the future!
mirimiriela480 what other technique is there to place other colours in your project
@@yusrad6581 I ended up trying fair isle!
Indeed 🤭
I had absolutely and totally sworn off intarsia FOREVER, I made such a mess of every other project! Gaps, holes, weird tension, the lot!
Well, I came across a pattern I just HAD to make, and yes, it was intarsia! Hahaha! Bought the yarn, got all ready, then froze!
Having now discovered this AMAZING video, I will begin with complete confidence. Thanks Norman, brilliant video, brilliant explanation. I never realised you didn't string the background colours across the back, for starters.
I've been knitting since 1964, and I never stop learning 😃👍❤️🧶
Just about to start my first intarsia project - had so many questions and had watched a number of videos, but this one answered all of them really clearly, and has given me the confidence to get started. Thank you Norman!
I’ve done a little intarsia, but when I haven’t done it in a while I need a refresher! 😊 The usual advice to “pick up the new color from underneath” always confuses me - perhaps as a continental knitter, it looks different to me than it does to an “English” knitter who wrote the instructions. Your tip to make sure the old yarn get TRAPPED between new working yarn and project was the key for me! Thank you for your helpful words and kind tone, as always! ❤
You’re a genius I couldn’t figure out how to avoid getting gaps but this is so helpful
awesome! hopefully you found your solution!
You are the best knitting teacher ever! Thank you, Norman. You're my go-to teacher when I want to learn a new technique.
I’ve never thought about using this technique but I can see that you make it look pretty easy. I could listen to you talk all day, very soothing.
Thank you Norman. I'd heard a lot of other knitters recently talking about Intarsia and how difficult they find it. Having no idea what Intarsia is, I went searching in the Nimble Needles library. Then I laughed out loud. This is how I was taught to knit large motif's into garments nearly 40 years ago, but it wasn't called Intarsia, it was just called knitting a motif 😆 So now I'm trying to understand why so many knitters seem afraid of, or bamboozled by the technique. I mastered it as a teenager because to be fashionable it was essential to have at least one pullover with Garfield on the front, even better if his rear view was on the back too. :D You've taught me plenty of new names for old techniques since I found your channel a year ago.
I agree..it's actually quite simple..at least if you don't have 20 million bobbins 😅
The idea of that Garfield jumper sounds so cute
@@annamarie5192 I still have the pattern book 🤣
English is not my first language and I thought I would watch beforehand what I'm getting into with this pattern I want to buy. And hell, now I'm more confident than before, that I will throw my future project on the To-Do list, right after getting everything to start. But that's not because of your very excellent and easy tutorial. Thanks for that! Please keep going ❤️
This is awesome - looked at many intarsia videos but this is the best….joining 1 stitch before is the magic strategy!
It really is! thx for sharing yourfeedback with me
Thank you for your
Excellenta step by step
Intarsia method
I don’t give u more than my deep appreciation
Pls know you make a difference in this world
Now….
A not so frustrated knitter 69yrs old from
California
I will practice square n then redo my
Angel pattern on Christmas stocking
Thank you again n again
I thought this technique was impossible for me, especially because I am a beginner knitter. So I'm happy to report that I made a few samples after watching the video and they look very cute. Intarsia doesn't scare me at all anymore. Thank you Norman!
I've always found tutorials for things like these quite confusing and too long but this one is really easy to understand for a beginner! Thank you for the video!
I’ve tried and failed with intarsia many times… but with this video I finally got it! Top notch tutorial
awesome! have fun with this amazing technique! :)
This is a great tutorial for a Intarsia beginner like myself. Being able to see the whole thing done using continental, instead of switching back and forth, made it even easier for me to focus. Thank you!
Thankyou, I’ve knitted a sample and my intarsia has improved so much! 🎉
Hi Norman, This is a very well organized and easy to follow tutorial. Thank you!
It was a pleasure. Happy to hear you liked it ☺️☺️
Well, I am making a stuffed animal for my granddaughter with an outfit of her volleyball shirt. She is #25. I watched this video a few months ago and thought I remembered how to accomplish this. OMG, after ripping it out twice, I went to find the video and watch it again. It's still not perfect, but I am happy with it. Thanks Norman!
Yeah, this techniques does need some practice 😅
I really enjoy watching your videos, your instructions are clear, the camera angle is perfect and your work is so neat.
Oh my goodness!! I am soon happy to have found this video, I can finally knit Christmas jumpers. I've struggled and ultimately given up on multi coloured projects, but I Now can't wait to knit some cute Olaf jumpers!! Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful, Susanne. Feel free to come back in case you have any further questions :)
Thank you Norman, for making intarsia so clear. Most demonstrations make a diamond but I wanted to make a square, so thank you. I am fascinated by your knitting technique, watching to try to see you actually making the stitches but you are too quick & smooth. I could watch you all day. I am an English knitter & haven't been able to master European. Maureen.
i have a video here that teaches how to knit continental: th-cam.com/video/zLSaApeG-vY/w-d-xo.html
it's much slower ^^
thank you SO MUCH for this tutorial this is the only one i’ve found that was this descriptive and helpful, i definitely will be looking at your tutorials first when i need to learn another technique!!
I learnt intarsia with this video! Thank you so much, you're a life-saver and a great pedagogue.
Norman, you are such a fabulous teacher, truly gifted. Thank you for sharing your expertise and lovely personality with the knitting world!
Wow, thank you!
Thank you sooo much for this tutorial. You patiently explained each step of Intarsia, and now I will be able to knit an Intarsia baby blanket for a friend. (I started, then had to frog out quite a bit due to tension problems, but now understand!)Thanks, again.
You are so welcome, Lacey - and do feel free to comment again in case you need any help
This was so helpful and wish I had seen this video when I was making a baby blanket that had intarsia sheep. It turned into a mess because I didn’t see how to keep the stitches even and tight. (plus it also didn’t help that I was using a fluffy yarn for the sheep so that I couldn’t see my stitches very well.). As always, thank you for your videos, they are so clear and concise.
I've watched a couple of Intrasia tutorials, none beats this one! Thank you Nimble Needles😁 you're instructions are clear & precise!!
Glad it was helpful!
Your videos are my absolute favorite, and this one is no exception. The hesitancy in your voice is exactly how I feel about this process. I kept saying in my head “god, I hate intarsia”..but when I saw my results, I though “wow this is beautiful”. I tried doing duplicate stitch, but it really wasn’t looking great for what I needed to do…was trying to figure out how to not knit this pattern flat…at the end of the day, I am figuring out that I can still alter the pattern to knit in the round, knit it flat for the intarsia portion, then round again, and seem up the intarsia section. Hopefully I can make it still look elegant…maybe hold the flat intarsia section on waste yarn then come in and Kitchener it? Seems like the most cohesive looking way to do it. Maybe I’m delusional 😅
grafting can really do magic. so yeah, but you probably are looking at the matress stitch if you want to join in the round. Remember to increase by one stitch on either side cuz the matress stitch will "eat" one stitch.
This is so helpful! I am a crocheter. My husband begged me to make a sweater that has a knitting pattern only. I think I did a pretty good job ☺️
Вы так понятно объясняете. Спасибо за качественный контент!
Love your channel and your calm demeanor. Thank you so much for my Intarsia men's sweater knitting pattern which I want to start knitting for myself, woman, in January. I just received a knit/crochet journal by post today and plan to organize my projects in the order I want to make them. I see this pattern as a Christmas gift from you. I see that you do not waste time as I asked for the pattern a few minutes ago and received it instantly. Thank God it arrived quickly as I want to order the Pascuali yarn you mentioned in another video. Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones. Good luck in 2021.
Already for some time I was thinking of intarsia, one of the knitting techniques I still needed to do (maybe I learned it decades ago and forgot). I saw your tutorial and knew: I can do this!
Soon I'll start a sweater for my grandson with intarsia colour blocks. Now first I knitted a swatch with only one black block on a grey background (so that's three bobbins). It's even easier than I thought!
There's one thing: you said there were many ends to weave in. I weave them in while knitting. So the darning needle is only needed to seam the parts of the sweater together!
Be careful, weaving in so many ends as you go can be quite visible.
Hello Norman, thank you for the great tutorial! There're so many things I found really useful and appreciative of this tutorial. Very clear, well explained and detailed. I love the idea of you showing each bobbing following your chart and that you're a continental knitter which helps me a lot when many tutorials are done in English style. I'm so glad I came across your channel:) Thank you! Great teacher❣️ From Japan
こんにちはMariko。どうもありがとうございます！ドイツからのご挨拶。
Thank you for the double twist as the color changes. Nice!🙋🏼♀️💐
Norman your tutorials always help me immensely. The way you explain things slowly and in detail is perfect for my way of learning. Thank you for all your hard work!
You are very welcome, Jay!
This will be my first (ever) attempt at intarsia. Great tutorial - thank you for sharing. I will let you know when I've finished my project ... probably 2022 😅😅
haha...no, I bet you'll get the hang of this pretty fast and finish much earlier!
Norman you've saved my life with this! I'm knitting a house so intarsia is used quite often in my pattern and I've not come across it before. Each other video I've watched I had no clue and always messed up my work but this looks so much easier! Thank you for being so clear with it
Glad it was helpful!
Great work, thank you for the detailed description of knitting you do so with excellence.
Thank you! I think I can actually learn this now! Never really understood the "twist" but your video makes it pretty clear. When the caption doesn't cover up the picture, which happened sometimes!
sorry about that. This is an early video of mine and back then I was not aware of the issue. I'm trying to keep the focus on the upper 2 thirds these days. It's not always possible with knitting being so dynamic but I try my best.
still, thank you for raising a valid issue!
Amazing tutorial, made a swatch successfully and I’m excited to try a pattern! Thank you!!
Excellent explanation! I have been wanting to try intarsia but was a bit anxious about it. Now I will move ahead with a small project and apply your techniques. Thank you!
Thank you for this! I have a snowflake pattern for mittens and there are a couple places it is just one stitch color difference- so I’m a bit confused how to do this- but I’ll review your video again and I really appreciate your clear directions!
Thank you very much for the great tutorial. I love hou you cover all the small problems that may appear
Really good tutorial. Just started my first major intarsia project. Wish me luck! I am going to implement some tips you provided. TY.
Happy to hear that. But i bet you don't need any luck - I'm sure you will finish it quite beautifully!
I have ALWAYS been afraid to try this technique. Now I can't wait to give it a go. Thank you :)
Have fun!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Your tutorials are so helpful, after watching a few times and then practicing on small pieces of knitting I feel ready to start my project! Thanks again! 👍🏻
awesome! And it's always a good plan to practise on a swatch before you move on to a bigger project
Amazing video, thank you! I feel like I mastered it within minutes thanks to you!
Glad to be of help. It's a really simple technique...until you join in too many bobbins 🤣
I’m already subscribed to your channel and I enjoy your videos, your content is amazing! I was recommended this video by someone on Reddit and I think I finally understand it from your instructions. I plan to give it a go tomorrow, I am a left-hander that knits right-handed and I get tangled very easily trying new techniques so wish me luck 😂 And thank you so much for this 😊
i love that you knit European style, like me!!!!
Thank you for this tutorial. I love the clean back.
Thank you so much for this easy to follow instructional! I kept it open and kept (re)watching while I went through the intarsia portion of my latest project. You are so easy to follow. I love it because I knit continental style too so it's perfect for me to follow your directions. Thanks again! I'm sure I will be back and have already recommended another one of your videos to a friend.🧶
awesome. and thank you for sharing my work, rosanne!
I came into this video thinking that learning another technique would be difficult and that always overwhelms me a bit but you really really laid it out in a way that makes even me confident that I can tackle it. I really love wve about this video. The explanations are clear and concise. Your charts are cute. Your handwriting is elegant. Heck even your voice is beautiful and calming! I can't wait to tackle my first intarsia project now, you've really got me super hyped ☺️
Glad it was helpful!
I already made a start on my first intarsia project after deciding that floats or lbj just wouldn't do. It was really helpful to see *when* in the process you tighten the end stitches, as I was ending up with loose end stitches in some places somehow on the purl rows.
awesome! haave fun with your project and feel free to come back if you have any questions beyond this video :)
you are a very clear teacher Norman- thank you! 🥰🙏
Glad you think so!
Wow! Thank you so much!! 😄This is the most helpful and clearest tutorial ever!! Keep up the good work!!😊
Love, from Amsterdam
You're very welcome. Happy to hear I could help you along ☺️☺️
Very good explanation and demonstration is easy to follow. Thank you.
Happy to hear I was able to help 😊😊
I am from Vietnam .I like your video.
You are an amazing teacher! Thank you for this video! ❤️😁👍🏻
Thank you for your kind feedback. Happy to heart that :)
Wow, this has been a challenge for me. I can wait to try it again. TY
Really great tutorials. You are the best. From Argentina my warmest thanks
you are very welcome Graciela. Argentina is such a beautiful country. Originally i planned to spend my 40th birthday there next year. but that probably won't work out :(
Well done describing and showing the technique. Can’t wait to try this!
Wauw really great tip! I will definitely use the double twist when switching colors. Could you give us a video or tips on how to manage yarn when you have many corlors? I started knitting a baby blanket with 10 different colors and after every row I have to stop to untangle everything. 😭 it's taking forever! Pretty sure there is a smarter way to do this but I don't know how.
well, maybe this helps: nimble-needles.com/tutorials/advanced-intarsia-knitting-10-tips/
Thank you so much for the helpful hints! The first time I knitted in a pattern, I didn't know it was called intarsia and hadn't researched. Needless to say, I had more than a few gaps. 🙃😥
Glad it was helpful and I was able to fill these gaps :)
You make it look so easy. Im a thrower but I'm going to try this. I have a pattern id love to do but I have only just managed stripes!
I wanted to see how you add a new color on the purl side. I make these weird shapes and sometime I I traduce a new color on the wrong side. You’re a very knowledge teacher/knitter thank you!
the exact same way...but obviously mirror inverted - as long as you are knitting stockinette stitch. the technique remains the exact same.
Thank you Norman!!! I love your videos.
Your captions are on top of the knitting.
This is one of my earliest videos. I try to keep it in the upper 2 thirds these days
This was very understandable and I will be able to do this on socks I'm making for the first time! Thank you! 👍
I also have a tutorial on how to knit intarsia in the round here. This technique is used for flat knitting only.
Absolutely fabulous videos!
Hi Norman, as it has been said before, your videos and explanations are so well done and so informative. Thank you. I love the double-twisting tip as it keeps it so much neater. i have a tip for anyone doing Intarsia knitting which can be quite overwhelming when one is using many colours. i use a food colander ( mine is Tupperware and about 30 years old and it also has a lid with holes in it) but a colander, which you turn over and you bring each different yarn through a different hole, which keeps some form of control. then the yarns can be twisted . and untwisted. it doesnt have to be a colander, it can be any container that has lots of holes in, like those plastic "lacy finish" basket type. But maybe it can help someone im definitely excited to do more intarsia after your video.
thx for adding that tip :) I am sure others will find it helpful
Thank you for this as its been so easy to follow so I'll give it a go
Your tutorials are do detailed and incredibly helpful. Thank you so much!
Thank you for this explanation - really clear and I could see exactly what you were doing at every stage. The best video I have watched for intarsia, many thanks.
Awesome, thank you!
Just love this site so much.
very happy to hear that, Roslyn!
THANK YOU NORMAN!!!!!❤
THAnk You so much . .I love your teaching style 💞
Thank you, I keep getting gaps in my project so I'm going to try the twisting method!
Did it work?
@@NimbleNeedles Yes there are no more gaps!
Thank you for your information. It's very clear for me as a beginner. My only problem is that about 9 minutes in, I couldn't see what you were doing because of the captions. I'll give it my best shot regardless. Thank you!
you can always disable the captions :)
This video was invaluable!! Thank you so much!
You rock, Norman!
I love this style
This is very helpful-thanks for all the hints-I look forward to trying this.
Glad it was helpful and have fun knitting your first (?) intarsia project :)
Very helpful! Thanks, Norman!
This was such am outstanding video! Thank you so much for this. So easy to follow, really grateful you made this thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love this tutorial! Very clear and informative! Thank you
Hi! Please can't you show how to knit Fair Isle. I have just found your videos and I am so thankful for them. Have a nice day!
It's already on my list..and i've kept on postponing it for the longest time. I'll see what I an do :) :)
I have a double knitting project on the needles right now that would look great with a little pop of intarsia. I would love to see a video about double knitting intarsia if that sounds interesting to you. I'm wondering what challenges I might run into (I should probably do a practice swatch). If I make the intarsia the same colour on both sides, do I need two separate bobbins of that colour?
Hmm..I am loosely planning am advanced intarsia tutorial but...not sure when and how
Great tutorial!
Thank you! ☺️❤
This is so helpful! Very well explained!
Glad you think so, Sonya!
Your channel is fabulous and I’ve learned basic knitting techniques quickly with your help! My current project uses intarsia and asks me to add in a new color on the Perl side. I tried but I could see the joined stitch on the right side so I knew that was wrong. Do you have tips or a video? Thank you so much!
I can offer you this video! th-cam.com/video/xuu_lpzq3rI/w-d-xo.html
This is the most clear and wonderful tutorial on Intarsia ... thank you for doing this :) I've actually made 1 sweater so far with this style and I hadn't seen this video, some other one, and I did alright but if I had known this I can guarantee that sweater would be better xD I'm working on an American Flag blanket where the stars will take this kind of work and I stopped right before all that cause I just couldn't remember what to do or how to tackle it again ... so thank you again this gave me the confidence to know to make the bobbins and just got for it! :) Glad I found out about you and your vids, now I just wish I would have taken up knitting so so so long ago ... lol
Edited to add, how would you weave in the tails on that kinda thing btw? Any hints/tips that makes sure they stay put or whatnot? I mean I have woven in many ends over the years but it would still be lovely to hear from a professional :)
I have a full tutorial on how to weave in ends here on my youtube channel with 10 different techniques. Maybe check that out! th-cam.com/video/aa59mMrgmCQ/w-d-xo.html
Brilliant, many thanks, that was very clear.
Hey Norman, i found a lot of you knitting tutorials to be helpful for myself! Thank you so much. Could you help me how to not tangle the different balls into each other on bigger projects? Is there even a way to prevent that other than putting the yarn balls into place every time after twisting? Love
if you switch between turning your work clockwise andd counterclockwise your yarns/bobbins shouldn't twist.
Very helpful to as I have just become interested in this technique. Do you have a way of calculating how much yarn to put on the bobbins? I think it is the number of rows and stitches for the design and triple it to get an approximate length but I’m not sure. Thank you for your videos, they are very good.
Basically you'd have to knit a swatch and unravel it. Then you know how many stitches you've knitted and how mich yarn u used. Use that factor to calculate with 5-10% buffer
Thank you, really nice tutorial😊
BRILLIANT thanks for showing ......will try that method KEEP SAFE x BLESS
This was really helpful and I am so grateful that you showed me because all the other videos made no sense but I just have a question. On the graph are you knitting from the bottom or the top part of the design?
well, a graph typically has numbers on the right (and left). And you just follow the numbers. typically it starts at the bottom. but if the numbers are the other way round, then do follow it that way.