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I am being forced into Fair Isle!
2007 @ 8:15 am
Okay, not really. I had expressed interest in finally taking the plunge as Jess and I discussed her upcoming Fair Isle workshop at Brooklyn General. Actually, I think Jennifer may have started it. If we were learning together, it would be fun! Right? And then Jess’s workshop started. Whoa, those ladies were tense. The infallible Heather eluded to wearing her night guard to prevent lock jaw. I admit it, I got very nervous. Not that I don’t have the talent to eventually become as adept and swift with color work as my lovely comrades, but that I won’t be able to muster the patience. One attempt to learn was thwarted by Jennifer’s sick daughter–thank you Miss P! Now Jess is so busy with school she couldn’t possibly have time for this.
It turns out, my knit friends are conspiring against me…
My Spider Holiday exchange gift from Lisa includes yarn and pattern for Herringbone Mitts with Poms (pdf). Who could resist the hottest pattern of the winter season? I tell you, they are trying to bring me over to the dark side. The truth is, I owe Lisa many thanks for this gift–it’s just the *push* I needed to be excited about learning something new! And she got me a gift certificate to my favorite shop too, as you can see. And as for the tense ladies of Jess’s workshop–they are all Fair Isle pros! If they can do it, so can I 
In other news, I’m teaching a new class over at the General and thought some of you might be interested… a lace workshop! I may be timid at the thought of Fair Isle, but I fear no lace! The class starts on January 31 and runs for four weeks. Full details can be found here.
Comments
Yay for Fair Isle! I’m sure you’ll become a pro in no time. After all, it’s only stockinette in the round, right?
The lace class sounds like fun! Have you chosen a pattern?
fair isle fun, just in time for the holiday rush, eh? i do love fair isle, or eunny’s version. i am working row by row through her endpaper mitt pattern and it may not be done until 2009, but it is pretty darn satisfying. good luck and hapy holidays. hope mj is enjoying her season, does she get the whole hubbub yet or still too young?
I think you’ll find the product (if not the process) very satisfying. Enjoy your first time
hopefully you’ll like fair isle a lot more than i do! lace, now, i LOVE lace!
oh, i wish i could take your lace workshop. i’m lousy at it. but i can never get out by 6:30. sigh! i tried fair isle and found it too cumbersome, but i love the results!
You can do it! I think fair isle is addictive — just one more row, so I can see the pattern
And, that yarn will make some super warm mittens.