Learn the ins and outs of intarsia knitting with master Anne Berk!
Master knitter and designer Anne Berk takes you on a journey of intarsia knitting. She explains the difference between intarsia and stranded knitting, how to manage your yarns while knitting intarsia, demonstrates knitting techniques in the round, and more.
With the Knitting Daily Workshop: Inside Intarsia with Anne Berk DVD, you'll learn:
--Beginning basics of intarsia, such as how to read a colorwork chart, join new yarns into your work, orient stitches properly while weaving in your yarn ends, and more
--Knitting intarsia techniques for knitting intarsia in the round,plus how to convert knitting patterns with an example of an argyle sock pattern knit both flat and in the round
--How to fix common intarsia knitting mistakes, such as forgetting to link yarns when switching colors, what to do if you use the wrong color or drop a stitch, and more
Plus, with the purchase of this DVD, you'll receive access to two of Anne Berk's patterns--a coffee cozy and a stylish, colorful beret to practice your new intarsia knitting skills. Anne Berk was certified by the Knitting Guild of America as a Master Knitter in 2003. Anne especially enjoys teaching about techniques that improve the quality and appearance of handknits. She has been a knitting instructor since 1998. Anne has designed for ShibuiKnits and Simply Shetland, and taught "Argyle Socks" at Sock Summit 2009. Anne is also an optometrist in private practice in Portland. Item #: 10KN26
ISBN: 9781596683181
Run Time: Approximately 117 Minutes
Disk: 1
I really learned a lot from Anne Berk's Intarsia Workshop DVD. As a beginning self-taught knitter ready to learn more advanced techniques, Anne’s instruction was invaluable. I thoroughly enjoyed her “don’t take it all so seriously” demeanor and appreciated her attitude that it’s only yarn and this process should be fun. This really put me at ease and gave me the confidence and the excitement that I too would be successful. And I was! I knitted the coffee cup cozy project included with the workshop on straight needles and my stitches looked even and professional my first time out. I haven’t tried intarsia knitting in the round yet, but I feel really confident that I can tackle projects in the round, as I was able to fully understand the process with the video instruction, even with my limited knitting skills. The lessons in the many ways to catch yarn on the back are extensive and consistent and are the most empowering skills I learned from the DVD. I have planned a few intarsia projects that I never would have considered before the purchase of this DVD.
The only negatives I can share is that the patterns included with the workshop were hard to find until I noticed that a special website had been set up for them as printed on the physical DVD.
I would also comment on the section on weaving in yarn ends. The camera work was too distant to see what Anne was actually doing and it took me a few times watching to catch on that Anne was splitting actual strands of yarn when weaving in the ends. I was also befuddled when Anne was instructing us to alleviate holes when weaving in ends by completing stitches “that should have been there” because of the distant camera work again. After several viewings, I assume the same techniques used in duplicate stitch are the mechanics needed? My beginner’s skills may be the issue.
All in all, this DVD was a great purchase for me. Anne was the perfect teacher for this subject matter. I have often thought that I wish Anne had a similar DVD on Fair Isle techniques. Just a suggestion?
Not all I thought it would be
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I was drawn to this dvd by the desire to learn to knit Intarsia in the round, as per the description of the dvd. Although I did get a rough sense of how that could be possible (after watching the segment multiple times), I left this Intarsia workshop feeling pretty disappointed. Although I have been knitting for about 7 years, I've never done any real Intarsia work, so I was very excited about learning. Unfortunately, Ann Berk & the directors of this show failed to cater to those of us who are beginners in the technique. I felt completely lost from the get-go and I re-watched it from beginning to end several times because I just thought I must be missing something! Alas, it seems to be just the failure of the host and show producers to translate Ms. Berk's methods in a manner that can be understood by someone not in the room with her. Her work is beautiful and I'm sure she's a great designer and teacher, but this disc failed to not only not help me, but managed to make me feel like somewhat of a knitting idiot in the process since I couldn't get it.
Feels incomplete, not quite for beginners
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I have been knitting for years, but am not confident about my color knitting techniques, and was hoping to get a good ground level how-to with this DVD. Unfortunately that didn't happen. Watching this DVD felt as though I was jumping into the middle of a multipart intarsia workshop course. If you are a complete beginner to color knitting, you will be totally lost, so the description is rather misleading in that sense. There are some good tips for intermediate to advenced color knitters. The 'intarsia in the round' segment was especially useful. I'm sure that in person, Anne Berk is a terrific teacher. It's just that this DVD does not really do what the label says.
Knitting Daily Workshop: Inside Intarsia with Anne Berk DVD
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Master Intarsia Knitting with expert Anne Berk, now on DVD
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