Intarsia cast-on

[@rachelsharpe4783]

THANK YOU!!!!! I knew there HAD to be a way but I didn't know how to explain it! You make it look so easy! Now I'm all excited again to restart my project!

[@YarnsubHQ]

You're very welcome :)

[@MarthaM4858]

Great video. I had been searching everywhere for an Intarsia cast on. Thank you

[@anneshirleyduncan]

Tysm 🌸 For starting from the beginning. No other channel has done this. That I've found. They always start after they have a few rows down.

[@marydecker8126]

Brlliant...love your ideas and your newsletter!

[@YarnSub]

Thank you :)

[@graceseo2466]

Thanks for the clip. This is what I've been looking for.

[@xo.kellynicole]

Thank you!! I have been struggling to get my lines straight!!!

[@YarnsubHQ]

So glad to help!

[@lavanyalanka6681]

very clear explanation and illustration.

[@surir76]

Thank you!! You save me a million years to find out this technique! :) Biggg Hug!! ^___^

[@sophiestree]

Genius. Thank you. I love this

[@jennyleach5403]

This is brilliant! Thanks for doing all the hard work for me :-)))

[@daniellen2016]

you're brilliant. I've been trying to do this myself!

[@EmmaIsWatchingYoutube]

When you go back to casting on gray after doing blue, I don’t understand if the thread you use for the loop is the end of the previous gray cast on (if so which end) ?

[@YarnSub]

Hi, thanks for your question.. no, the new stitches in each color are made with a new piece of yarn, so that I'm not having to strand anything across the back of the work.

[@EmmaIsWatchingYoutube]

@@YarnSub Thank you so much for answering so fast!! It makes more sense now :)

[@rachie0301]

Do you have multiple balls of the same colour here.. I only have 1 ball of the colour yarn I need. How can I make this work?

[@MsDanni86]

I have used this method and it was sooooo simple! I’m only early in to my make... I’m worried the colours won’t knit together, they look like it’s not going to... will it come together as one? x

[@YarnSub]

Hi, yes, you just pull gently on both ends and it should all come together. Don't pull too tight else it gets a bit messy!

[@A_T216]

Are you using 2 separate balls for each colour, or are you snipping the yarn after the first set of each CO colour? Thanks for the succinct tutorial!

[@YarnsubHQ]

For intarsia you use a separate ball of yarn for each block of colour. So here I'm using 2 separate balls of the blue and 2 separate balls of the grey.

[@A_T216]

@@YarnsubHQ thank you for the clarification!

[@jellosquash]

i want to use this for the cuff of a sock. is it stretchy enough for that?

[@YarnsubHQ]

I always use the cable cast-on (which the intarsia cast-on is based on) when I cast on sock cuffs and I don't find it too tight. Having said that, it is a cast on that it's easy to work tightly, which would then of course give you problems. If you're not used to doing it, the key is not to pull too tight as you finish each new stitch. Make sure it's easy to get the right needle behind the first stitch on the left needle. Let me know if that doesn't make sense!

[@jellosquash]

@@YarnsubHQ this does make sense thank you !

[@paulaknit]

Thanks

[@happywoolknit]

So,beautiful

[@amarasharon]

Very Clever!

[@YarnsubHQ]

Thank you :-)

[@iamsueb7788]

Thank you so much 💝

[@adhoc13]

Can this technique be used with other cast ons, or is it for use with cable cast on?

[@YarnsubHQ]

Hi, it's just for the cable cast-on, I guess you could do it with other cast-ons, but the area of the color change wouldn't match the rest of the cast-on edge.

[@thatbearlife]

Thank you!

[@MarielikestoCrochet]

Thank you because my brain was not connecting how this would work and I need to make a rainbow scarf

[@YarnsubHQ]

@@MarielikestoCrochet Sounds beautiful. Good luck!

[@eachiepeachie]

Youre not making it clear what to do with the ends!

[@YarnsubHQ]

I usually weave them in and out of the loops locking the 2 colors together at the back. If the yarn is too slippy to stay in place then I'll also sew them into the back a bit higher up, in the section of color that matches the end I'm sewing in.

[@robinbrinton5974]

How do you do it if the wrong side is the right side. Thanks

[@YarnsubHQ]

Hi Robin... Since it's the cast on row, you just have to make sure that Row 1 will give whichever pattern you want to be on show. So if it's reverse stockinette, Row 1 would be a purl row. I'm not sure if I've understood exactly what you mean though - if that hasn't answered your question, can you give an example?

[@reesegetwellchannelgully8132]

God you have successfully not shown me what kind of needle you are using Hhahahahah