Often called "picture knitting," intarsia knitting is a colorwork knitting technique used to create blocks of color or graphic images by switching different balls of yarn throughout your flat garter-stitch knitted piece. In this class you will learn the basics, leaving with the skills to follow intarsia knit patterns or create designs as you go. It's a deeply rewarding craft that introduces artistic skills akin to drawing into the act of knitting.
This class is best suited for folks with a basic familiarity with knitting.
Date: Saturday, May 30, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Lunch will be provided.
Ages: 8+
Materials Fees: $5
Location: Art House La Crosse, 1232 Caledonia St, La Crosse, WI
Instructions: Please bring knitting needles (US Size 5 preferred) and two different colors of yarn. You are also welcome to bring a water bottle and any snacks you may want outside of lunch.
Sliding Scale Course Fee Guidelines (not including Materials Fees)
Supporter Level Ticket: $125
If you move through the world with financial ease and the means to fulfill many of your wants as well as your needs – you are able to eat out when you want, abundantly meet your needs through employment or can comfortably not work, have access to family wealth, own property, etc. – consider paying at this level, which will help us ensure the long term sustainability of our programs while keeping our offerings accessible to those with access to fewer resources.
Sustainer Level Ticket: $100
If you are able to meet your needs with relative ease while budgeting your educational and entertainment spending – for instance, you are able to take classes and eat out occasionally as long as you are mindful – consider paying at this level, which will help sustain the work of the Folk School at a modest level.
Supported Level Ticket: $75
If you struggle to fund your basic needs and have limited access to resources in your family and community, or if you would not be able to access this offering without a discounted payment option, consider paying at this level. We value your presence and contributions to our community and do not want any economic circumstances to be a barrier to attendance!
Instructor Bio — Grace Mitchell
Grace Mitchell is an artist living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She works primarily in film, fiber, and poetics.
Grace has taught creative, professional, and studio-based courses at University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. She has also led an intarsia knitting workshop at Driftless Folk School in southwest Wisconsin and Hand Spun Art Yarn as part of the Being Other Dust series using locally sourced wool from Brown Dog Farm.
In pursuit of her interest in wool, sheep, and her shepherding ancestors, Grace earned an animal husbandry certification through a summer internship on a sheep farm and wool mill in Oklahoma.