As I was cruising Pinterest, I found some amazing Christmas Stockings on Pottery Barn. They were “Fair Isle” inspired. I had no idea what Fair Isle was — so I had to investigate!!!!
I did my research and got 2 books:
I LOVE LOVE LOVE them both. The 200 Fair Isle motifs has great borders and clear easy patterns. The Book of Fair Isle Knitting also has some great patterns — some much more challenging than I’m ready to take on now…..but I have used the Scandinavian stars patterns.
So while teaching myself to read Fair Isle patterns, I also had to teach myself the continental style of knitting — very different from the English style I typically use.
This is the YouTube video that I used:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNtnTcE7Qjs
I am working on a 3 step project that is 2/3 of the way complete. It’s my first foray into Fair Isle so take a look at what I’ve done.
I combined a border pattern from the 200 Fair Isle Motifs and a Scandinavian Star from Fair Isle Knitting.
These still are works in progress and need to be blocked — so when I’m done I’ll block and then post the patterns that I used.
Lemme know what you think, chirpers.
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