Golden yellows and Gloed, a shaped intarsia knitting pattern in Making No. 10 INTRICATE. How to knit shaped intarsia and what is Gloed? (the short version….)
As long as I can remember, I have loved yellows. Especially the golden yellows of autumn light, after summer, when there is peace in the air. So I am more than happy that my pattern Gloed Knit Wall Art has been published in Making No. 10. This issue is filled with an amazing collection of golden yellow projects (knitting, crochet, sewing and more).
Shaped Intarsia
Shaped intarsia is a knitting technique that creates flowing and meandering shapes of different colours. The difference with intarsia knitting is that crisp colour transitions and flowing lines are created by increases and decreases. An increase in one colour is compensated by a decrease in another colour and vice versa. More on shaped intarsia in a future post.
Gloed and its colours
Gloed (which is Dutch for Glow) is a knit wall art or a lightweight lap blanket. It depicts a landscape with different golden yellow hills. For each hill I combined a strand of fingering weight yarn with a strand of lace weight yarn into a marl (see next post on winding two-tone yarn balls).
These golden yellows are inspiring colours to me. You can follow my palette, or find inspiration elsewhere. Whether you are looking for high- or low-contrast combinations, your stash can be an endless colour palette. You may combine oddments from stash, your favorite mini skeins, and small quantities of handspun. It would be a great use of those yarns you dyed with natural dyes last summer.
For yarn quantities see pattern details either on Ravelry or in Making No. 10. Share your projects and use #gloedmakingzine or #gloedamsterdaph to join in online.
I just can’t wait to see your version in a different palette!
photos by Making