Some frogging was needed 😮
I have completed half the squares for the nautical blanket – yay! I started on the intarsia square on the last evening of my hols.
It should be a neutral background with a navy anchor. Have to admit I have never really got to grips with this type of colour work. I much prefer to weave in the colours on the reverse as I find myself having to sew up holes when I am sewing in my ends 🤔
As can be seen from the above photo I haven’t got that far into the square, it has curled up and I had a real tangle of yarn and guess what I made a mistake and hadn’t noticed for four rows. Normally I would carefully unpick each row until I had worked my way back to the mistake but the yarn was in such a robble that I made the decision that it all had to go 🙄
I now have half a dozen little balls of yarn, all neatly wound up. I have bought the next issue today and the next squares are single colour – one cabled the other a bit lacy. I am going to put off the intarsia for a while 😉
I hope that your holiday projects are going better than mine?
Woolly wishes,
Jane ♡♡♡
WOOLLY WEDNESDAY 
I’m sure it will all go much smoother next time – that one was just a practice run!
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I am still debating whether to just weave the yarn in on the reverse? But thank you for your faith ❤
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I really like the light blue square – very nice pattern. Sometimes we just have
to stop a project for awhile (put it in ‘time out’ so to speak). I’m almost done
knitting a rather complicated baby blanket. When I had knit a good 2 feet I
was ready to just unravel it all and give up. A good friend was quite distressed
that I would consider doing that – so I just put it aside for a few days. That
helped. Perhaps knitting the next ‘single color’ square will help you get your
knitting “MOJO” back! Best wishes!
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Thank you. Here’s hoping ❤
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Yes, intarsia is not my favorite technique. I’ve done it, and done it competently, but don’t enjoy it and would rather do something that is not only challenging, but fun, too!
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Glad I am not alone! Well I can’t say I have ever done it competently but I do find it a bit of a chore 😉
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It’s been a while since I knitted an intarsia item. I find that it requires a certain kind of design to get the best out of this technique. I stick with stranded knitting where color is needed.
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I know where you are coming from. Thank you ❤
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I also struggle with intarsia work. My tension leaves much to be desired.
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Who came up with intarsia? Everyone seems to have issues with it 🤔
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This made me laugh out loud at work!
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I have never tried intarsia. I am not sure I would enjoy knitting it. I like the results, though.
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When done properly it looks fab. My efforts are a bit holey 😃
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