Anyway, I originally wound up a whole load of bobbins to hold the individual strands on for the work. No good. Too heavy and too easily got into a difficult mess with the bobbins getting caught in the yarn. Took too long to untangle.
I recalled reading that Kaffe Fasset did not use bobbins but just long strands of yarn. I thought this would get very tangled up. It does but it is not a problem! I have found this by far the easiest way to knit intarsia, the yarn is easily knitted and I have not had to stop once to untangle.
You can see from the pictures what the back and front look like.
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I can vouch for this. The back does take a lot more work with extra ends
to sew in but it is so much easier to occasionally untangle metre long
lengths than bobbins. I feel the extra work is worth the decrease in
hassle.
Lix
(BTW - Lovely jumper Colin!)
Colin,
As usual, your work is wonderful to look at! You mentioned wishing to do Fair Isle but nervous about steeks - well, I'm about the same way with intarsia!
Maybe I can try something small when my sweater is done - and I will try this method - weaving in ends doesn't bother me at all - or not very much.
Hmmm, thanks for this, Colin. I'm learning, learning, learning, but I'm afraid I am pulled away from the machines for a few weeks as I have to make a gown to wear to a formal fundraiser for the Humane Society: The Fur Ball. hahahahahaha!
I color the graphic look of the sweater. I would never have guessed that knitting with loose yarn would be easier than bobbins. But then bobbins get heavy. Can't wait to see it finished.
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