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Fair Isle Wristwarmers, Some Assembly Required

Rainbow Merino and Black Alpaca Handspun

I’ve become obsessed with fair-isle knitting, particularly using a solid and a varigated yarn, rather than two solids.

I blame Natalie and Jane for this, mostly.

Well, that, and I had no idea what else to do with rainbow yarn that’s likely to be too busy for anything other than stockinette, and maybe too loud for even that.

Luckily, I remembered that Nikki bought me some black alpaca for my birthday last year (on condition that I use it for something for me), so I dug it out and spun it up (it was lovely), and hopefully, there’ll be enough of both to make a pair of wristwarmers.

Now though, the fun part – making up the chart!


1 Comment

You know how I love my Fair Isle. Whether it is a dot or something more elaborate, even intarsia gets turned into Fair Isle. Have you tried with the longer gaps, not twisting at all? If it is not a garment for a baby and especially on a head the strands bed down and become a spongy extra layer, so much more comfy if not twisted every few sts

Posted by erssie on 26 November 2007 @ 1pm