Annies - Fair Isle Basics & Beyond
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Fair Isle knitting is a traditional technique used to create patterns consisting of multiple colors. Named after Fair Isle, a tiny island in the north of Scotland, traditional Fair Isle patterns use a variety of colors and shades, using only two colors per row, and are generally knitted in the round without the use of the purl stitch.
In traditional Fair Isle knitting there are always two available active colors of yarn at a time; one is used to create the knit stitch and the other is carried loosely behind the work. Fair Isle patterns usually use only up to five stitches of one color at a time because too many stitches of the same color will leave a very long strand of carried yarn.
Youll often find that the term Fair Isle is used very generically, referring to any knitting where colors are alternated, leaving the unused yarns carried along the wrong side of the work. This is commonly termed stranded colorwork, which is a more generic way to describe this technique, and has opened the door to a variety of colorwork options.
In Fair Isle Basics & Beyond, youll discover 17 projects that incorporate a variation of Fair Isle and contemporary stranded-colorwork applications. Weve assembled a collection of stylish accessory designs to help you get your bearings. In First Things First, try your hand on some simple two-color approaches using chunky-and worsted-weight yarns. Then, when youre ready to spread your wings, you can test your skills on the projects in Second Steps, which expands into using some lighter-gauge yarns and incorporating up to five colors with detailed color charts.
The variety of projects in Fair Isle Basics & Beyond will continually hone your colorworking skills, and keep your family and friends toasty warm in the winter months ahead!
Keep it colorful!
Kara Gott Warner, Editor
General Information
Sweet Hearts, page
Argyle Cowl & Cap, page
Eileann Scarflette & Fingerless Mitts, page
Electric Butterfly, page
Striking yet simple to knit, these bold patterns with minimal color changes make stranded colorwork knitting accessible to everyone. Travel from Lerwick in the Northern Isles and out across the Moors of Scotland whilst these hats, mitts and cowls keep the cold wind at bay.
Both fashionable and functional, this ski band and fingerless mitts are a casual and contemporary look. With simple colorwork accents, these are easy to make and wear.
Designs by Sara Louise Harper
Adult small/medium (medium/large) Instructions are given for smaller size, with larger size in parentheses. When only 1 number is given, it applies to both sizes.
Ski band circumference: 20 (22) inches Mitts circumference: 7 (8) inches Mitts length: 7 (8) inches
- Cascade 220 (worsted weight; 100% Peruvian highland wool; 220 yds/100g per skein): 1 skein each sienna #7821 (MC) and brown/gray multi #9539 (CC)
- Mitts: size 4 (3.5mm) double-point needles or size needed to obtain gauge
- Ski band: 2 size 4 (3.5mm) 24-inch circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge
- Size E/4 (3.5mm) crochet hook
- Stitch markers, 1 in CC for beg of rnd
20 sts and 24 rnds = 4 inches/10cm in 2-color stranded St st.
To save time, take time to check gauge.
Provisional Cast-On: With crochet hook and waste yarn, make a chain several sts longer than desired cast-on. With knitting needle and project yarn, pick up indicated number of sts in the bumps on back of chain. When indicated in pat, unzip the crochet chain and place live sts on needle.
With dpns and MC, cast on 40 (44) sts; mark beg of rnd and join, taking care not to twist sts.
Work 15 rnds in k1, p1 rib, inc 4 sts evenly on last rnd44 (48) sts.
Set-up rnd: K22 (24) following Checkerboard Chart, place marker; k22 (24) following Diagonal Chart for left mitt.
Work 11 more rnds in established pats, ending at beg of rnd marker.
Thumb opening: Turn and work 10 rows back and forth for thumb opening, ending with a RS row.
Rejoin to work in the round; work even in established pats until mitt measures 7 (8) inches or 3/4 inch shorter than desired length. Cut CC.
With MC, work 4 rnds in k1, p1 rib.
Bind off in rib.
With MC and dpns, pick up and knit 20 sts around thumb opening.
Work 14 rnds (or to desired length) in k1, p1 rib.
Bind off in rib.
Work as for left mitt to thumb opening, but work Diagonal Chart for right mitt.
Thumb opening: Work to first marker, then turn and work 10 full rows back and forth, ending with a RS row.
Complete as for left mitt.
Using Provisional Cast-On method, circular needle and MC, cast on 100 (108) sts; mark beg of rnd and join, taking care not to twist sts.
Work Checkerboard pat following chart until piece measures 3 inches or desired width. Note the number of rnds worked in Checkerboard pat.
With MC only, knit 2 rnds.
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