Intarsia/Stranding?

#1

I want to knit a blanket with a few different colors . How do I know if I should knit it intarsia or by stranding? Also, How do I begin that? I have watched the video but I dont know where to add my new color so I can start intarsia knitting! This is all really confusing!Please help
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#2

Intarsia has blocks of color in one spot, sometimes forming a picture or a letter. Stranding is carrying colors across a row; knitting a few stitches with the main color, a few with the contrast color or two. You might be thinking of striping where you knit 1 to 10 rows in different colors. So it depends what you have in mind for your colored blanket as to how you do this because each is a completely different technique.

#3

If you’ve looked at the KH videos here’s some more help if you need to see two different perspectives.
http://www.community.knitpicks.com/notes

To start a new color you just start knitting with it just like any other time you do it. If it leaves a gap (probably will) you use the tail to fix that later when you weave it in.

Which one you use depends on the design you choose.

#4

Thanks for sending me to Knitpicks . I now understand that I need to wrap in to cange colors mid row!