I'm not a big fan of using bobbins when knitting intarsia. For those who don't know, Intarsia knitting is when you knit blocks of colour but don't want to carry the yarn not in use along with you as you knit along. It makes for very neat colourwork, and lots of colours per row can be used. It differs from the other method of doing colour work which is Fair Isle Knitting. When knitting Fair Isle, only two colours per row are used and the yarn not in use is trapped into the fabric and carried along until it is needed again. By carrying the unused colour you end up with a double thickness fabric. Intarsia allows you to create a less bulky, single layered fabric and is excellent for knitting motifs rather than all over patterns. The downside with Intarsia knitting is that you are working with multiple strands of yarn which need to be kept in check. Some people choose to put the various strands of yarns on to individual bobbins, but I prefer to use shorter lengths of yarn (to discourage tangling) and just leave them hanging. The butterfly method as shown in the video below seems to be the half way house between using a bobbin and letting your yarn dangle. I'm going to give it a go. If it means not having to join in new yarn so often then I'm all for it. If you're still not sure what the heck I'm going on about, here's a video demonstrating Intarsia Knitting.
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