Have you tried my new Annetarsia technique yet? It makes knitting intarsia fast and rhythmic. Here’s a cheat-sheet of tips that will help make your intarsia knitting projects fun and successful.  These are tips that I am posting on Twitter all month, but they are here – if you need to refer to them!

• The time you spend in preparing Yarn supplies allows you to knit, uninterrupted.
• Leave the ball of yarn at home. Knit free, with well-managed yarn supplies. Have fun with color!
• Bury the ends in links now, or later. You are the boss of the ends.
• Small bits of yarn go a long way, with annetarsia.
• Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate! We need fuel to do annetarsia so fast!
• Are you knitting in good light? You want to see your terrific annetarsia.
• Follow charts for Motif, but if you get off track, who will know?
• When your yarn supplies have a party, shake the work gently. Mess may resolve itself.
• Place post-it note ABOVE the row you are knitting, so you can see the motif being knit.
• Reward yourself for finishing a section of color. Annetarsia is fun.
• Carry extra yarn supplies in ziptop baggies, in case you need them.
• Have chenille needles and small scissors with you, so you can do annetarsia anywhere.
• Bobbins keep your yarn close to the needle. Avoids tangles but slows annetarsia.
• Tangles? Unwind butterfly that is stuck, and re-wind. Mess may resolve itself.
• Pro: Bobbins = security. Con: Bobbins = Slow progress.
• Spread your fingers to get as large a butterfly as possible.
• Single strands should be shorter than your height,for easiest use.
• Butterflies get messy as they are used up. Re-wind as needed.
• Un-knitting a row is OK, if you want to change something you JUST NOW knit.
• Don’t remove your needles from work and rip out. Duplicate stitch can be the hero.
• Duplicate stitch can change the color of a stitch. Shh, don’t tell anyone, they’ll never know.
• Keep links relaxed between sections. You can tighten links later, but you can’t loosen them up.
• You are the boss of your knitting!