Landscape & Artistry
Interested in joining us?
We’ll spend five days knitting, exploring colour and intarsia, sharing ideas, and finding inspiration in the landscape, local crafts, and the slower pace of life.
There will be 5 workshops, day trips, good food, and of course lots of knitting.
When? September 22 – 27, 2026.
Whee? O Val Farmhouse, Alentejo, Portugal
More information: info@o-val.pt
Workshop 1
Creative Intarsia
In this workshop we’ll take a closer look at the intarsia technique. You will learn how to work the intarsia join and how to read colour charts and we will try out stockinette stitch intarsia, garter stitch intarsia as well as seamless intarsia.
Workshop 2
Marled Intarsia
Discover this modern variation of the intarsia technique – we combine intarsia with marling, the creative mixing of different yarns, colours and materials and subtle, marled motifs.
Workshop 3
Brioche Intarsia
In this workshop, the intarsia technique meets two-colour brioche. We take a look at both knitting techniques in detail and learn how to combine them to create a particularly interesting combination of three-dimensional ribs, vertical lines and colourful motifs.
Workshops 4
Moodboard
Our source of inspiration is the landscape, crafts, colours and shapes of Alentejo. In this workshop, you will create your own moodboard by gathering colours, materials, notes, photos, sketches and swatches — and begin shaping ideas for your own intarsia design.
Workshop 5
Design your own intarsia scarf
Turn your inspiration into a knit chart for your own design! Based on your moodboard, we will plan your own intarsia scarf, discuss yarn and colour combinations and create a colour chart you can immediately begin knitting from.