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Offered:

Thursday, September 4th
FULL / CLOSED

Friday, September 5th
FULL / CLOSED

Experience level: advanced beginner

Using the beloved DEGEN flower motif as a jumping off point, we are going to dive into the wild world of intarsia.

This class might have been called ‘gamefying intarsia’ as it is a fresh, modern take on this ancient knitting technique.

Originally, the technique referred to a method of woodworking during the Italian Renaissance where it was used to create intricate designs in furniture. These days, knitted intarsia is having a bit of a renaissance itself as designers like Gucci, Chanel, and Missoni have incorporated the technique into their collections, but no one is doing it quite like Lindsay Degen.

DEGEN knitwear designs are decidedly original and easily recognizable. We are so lucky to have Lindsay leading us through this workshop as adding intarsia to our knowledge base of knitting techniques opens up a world of possibility. Intarsia is technique that allows for limitless design possibilities.

Kit fee: 0

Materials:

• Materials list (what students need to bring)
• Bring a bunch of yarns to play with.  Bringing similar weights will be great but we can experiment with different weights as well.  Please bring about 6 yarns of varying colors.  If you are bringing stash yarn please bring at least 100g / color.
• Needles of the appropriate size for your yarn.
• Colored pencils or markers for drawing
• Any inspiration imagery for motifs (can be landscape photography, drawings, images of flora or fauna etc.)
• No kit fee. Lindsay will bring graph paper and the printed pattern for everyone.