1. Intarsia takes a lot more yarn than fair isle.
2.When doing intarsia, make sure you keep track of where you are in the pattern.
3. Intarsia is a royal pain to rip out.
4. When in doubt, start a new pair of mittens in a dozen colors.
5. Dark chocolate improves any bad knitting situation.
Yes, I did start the intarsia landscape socks but they are now history due to lack of yarn and a huge mistake. I am so used to knitting in the round that I actually managed to do an entire row backwards. Duh.
I started my second pair of mittens from Anna Zilboorg's Magnificent Mittens. They are fun fingertip-down designs with a gauntlet cuff. I have a lot of different colors of Classic Elite Tapestry - not a huge amount of each color - but there should be enough if I use as many colors as possible in each mitten. Do I need mittens? Not at all, I have about a million pairs. Should I be finishing Malin & Trondheim? Most definitely.
Here's a bunnies and carrots hat (pattern by Woolsmoke Woolworks, sold at Naked Sheep). This one is the baby size in various worsted weight stash yarn.
