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First Fair Isle
2009 @ 7:34 am
You may remember that I attempted fair isle mittens a while back… Herringbone Mitts with the help of Jess and (now blogless) Lisa. I didn’t get very far, although I was intrigued. I let it lie though, in favor of easier (for me) projects. Then, in the dead of winter, I put a fair isle yoke sweater on Cassie. Wow, that kid looked ADORABLE. Now, this was a sweater I tried to put on Maia as a baby. She looks ridiculous. It just wasn’t her style. But Cassie, what a cutie! So, I set to work on a fair isle yoke sweater for her to wear in Winter ‘09-’10. Yea, pretty realistic with my time lines.
The yarn is all Rowanspun 4-ply (discontinued), with the exception of the pink, which is Elsabeth Lavold’s Silky Wool. I used size 6 needles throughout. The pattern? It’s an Elizabeth Zimmerman EPS (easy percentage system) sweater. My qualms with this are few, really only that the neck is too small. I’ll be ripping it back next fall and putting some sort of button at the back. The fair Isle pattern is the basic example from Knitting Workshop. It was easy enough, but I messed up one row. Please see my Ravelry for details!
Working fair isle on this larger project was a bit less frustrating for me than attempting in on dpns for mittens. I just am not a dpn gal. I am still working on how to hold the yarn properly. I used both of my hands for this project, but would like to get down to just one.
Comments
aaaawwwww, more pictures of the girls…i mean the knitting. i love them all. the sweater looks nice and roomy, good call as those kids just love to grow.
That last picture is so adorable!
The sweater is also very cute and looks great on Cassie!