What is Intarsia?

Wind up some small balls and get hooking

Intarsia is different to both Fair Isle and tapestry crochet, which share similarites. With intarsia you use separate balls of yarn for each colour section. To prepare an intarsia sample, wind two small balls in pink yarn and three small balls in cream yarn. Start a new practice piece, as before (2 rows of 10 dc in cream).

Step 1 Work Row 3 as *2 dc in cream, 2 dc in pink; repeat from * to end. As you work, use a new ball for each colour change and twist the yarns together as before. Let the unused yarns dangle free on the WS. Turn and your work should look like this on the WS.

Step 2 Follow the chart for Row 4, using the relevant ball of yarn for each 2 dc colour section. Since this is a WS row, keep the unused yarn dangling free at the front of the fabric. Your finished row should look like this (on the WS).

Step 3 Turn and continue to follow the chart using the intarsia technique. Your finished fabric should look like this on the right side…

Step 4 … and like this on the wrong side.