Intarsia Practice

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I think I have finally cracked Intarsia! Thanks to the following tutorials:

http://knittingincolor.blogspot.com/2008/02/intarsia-part-two-before-i-start.html
http://www.purlbee.com/intarsia-knitting-tutorial/

Will post photos tomorrow. I can feel a little child of the 80's toy coming on..... :)

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