Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
A short video showing you how to join in a new length of yarn when working intarsia. Using short lengths rather than whole balls makes intarsia easier.
The pattern mentioned in the video is the Watercolor Cowl, designed by Kaffe Fassett, from MDK Field Guide No. 16 Painterly.
To purchase the pattern book, visit: moderndailyknitting.com/shop/mdk-field-guide-no-16-painterly
Other tutorials in this series:
Intarsia Joins: youtu.be/QO-4ZpxFCf8
Weaving in Ends in Intarsia: youtu.be/YxX-Tl-rQ34
Estimating Yarn Lengths for Intarsia: youtu.be/UtW824Ynwoc
More to come...
0:00 Introduction
0:32 Running Out of Yarn Length
1:30 How to Thin Felted Tweed Yarn to Join
2:22 Overlapping the Yarns to Join
2:35 Folding the Yarns Back on Themselves to Join
3:05 Dampening the Yarn
3:22 Felting the Yarns Together
3:52 Security of the Join
A short video showing you how to join in a new length of yarn when working intarsia. Using short lengths rather than whole balls makes intarsia easier.
The pattern mentioned in the video is the Watercolor Cowl, designed by Kaffe Fassett, from MDK Field Guide No. 16 Painterly.
To purchase the pattern book, visit: moderndailyknitting.com/shop/mdk-field-guide-no-16-painterly
Other tutorials in this series:
Intarsia Joins: youtu.be/QO-4ZpxFCf8
Weaving in Ends in Intarsia: youtu.be/YxX-Tl-rQ34
Estimating Yarn Lengths for Intarsia: youtu.be/UtW824Ynwoc
More to come...
0:00 Introduction
0:32 Running Out of Yarn Length
1:30 How to Thin Felted Tweed Yarn to Join
2:22 Overlapping the Yarns to Join
2:35 Folding the Yarns Back on Themselves to Join
3:05 Dampening the Yarn
3:22 Felting the Yarns Together
3:52 Security of the Join
