Intarsia on the Machine

Intarsia (picture knitting) is a technique that allows color changes in the middle of the row without having floats across the back of the knitting

color work Intarsia machine knitting stitch patterns

Intarsia (picture knitting) is a technique that allows color changes in the middle of the row without having floats across the back of the knitting

No matter what machine you use,
you can knit Intarsia

1Built -in intarsia

Some machines have carriages with Intarsia built in.

2Separate Intarsia Carriage

Some machines have a separate Intarsia Carriage.

3Manual Intarsia

Intarsia can be created manually by using hold and MULTIPLE passes of the carriage

Select the Needles for color 1
Place all other needles in hold position
Set the carriage to hold
Thread the carriage with color 1
Knit the needles in work
*Put the needles that were just knit in hold and put needles for color 2 into work
Thread the carriage with color 2
Knit the needles in work*
Repeat from * to * (steps 6-7-8), following the chart. Knitting 1 color at a time and passing the carriage multiple times to knit all the stitches of the row