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Intarsia

Meaning in fashion & textiles, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In fashion & textiles, intarsia means: Knitting separate areas of colour using separate yarn supplies.

In Turkish: intarsia örme

How it is used

Useful for large colour blocks in knitwear; each area can use its own yarn supply.

Example sentences

  1. The large red square was knitted in intarsia rather than embroidered afterwards.

    The coloured shape is formed as part of the knitted structure.

  2. The intarsia design required several yarn supplies for the separate colour areas.

    Separate areas influence how the knitting machine is supplied with yarn.

Common collocations

  • intarsia knitwear
  • intarsia pattern
  • knittingThe process of making fabric or garments by forming yarn into connected loops, by hand or on circular, flat or warp knitting machines.
  • knitMade from yarn formed into rows of connected loops, which makes the fabric naturally stretchy, as in T-shirts, sweatshirts and jumpers.

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