A LITTLE BIT OF FAIR ISLE

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I abandoned a recent wrist warmer project yesterday. I don't abandon often, but the yarn looks like....well, like it can only redeem itself with felting. It is splitty and uneven and the stitch definition is lousy. I haven't given up on it entirely....

So I switched to the fair isle leg warmers for Al. I'm not really following a pattern, just infusing some fair isle from this chart into them. Fair Isle is a fun challenge for me. Each time I finish a go round and land on the start perfectly, I am a tiny bit thrilled.

The Liberty wool that we picked for the secondary color is darker than the skein projected. I'm getting to the lighter grey portion. I wish the pattern popped a bit more...

Did any of you see the clips of the children whose parents told them they ate all their halloween candy? Sorry, but I thought it was hysterically funny.

Grace is selling some of her stash and it is good looking stuff. I think I just nabbed a skein
Lovin Comfort Knits is her blog. You can also access her site from my comments.

Happy Darker days!


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SissySees said…
Beautiful! I love the subtle hints of color, and the main color is STUNNING.
12:09 PM
Katherine said…
Beautiful colors! I love the subdued look and the rich background. I'm thinking of abandoning the Deadmau5 hat due to the ear problem so don't feel alone. Some projects are like that!!
12:36 PM
Celia said…
I hate having to frog. Glad you were able to make something better.
1:18 PM
Grace said…
Thanks for the plug

Still yarn available including Posh from England and a few others

Need more help with the Paypal? Or you can always send a check!!!
1:25 PM
Nancy said…
Great job on the Fairisle knitting.
2:28 PM
Allison said…
Ooh I love it! I think it will pop more when you get to the lighter part,
2:18 AM
Kim said…
Abandoning something in favor of Fair Isle? You are a much braver knitter than I!
8:29 AM
Judy S. said…
Wow, Kathy! You went from a short-in-length project to a long one with Fair Isle. I am very impressed! (I have a tough time with multiple colors getting the joins to look good.) I know what you mean about feeling good when the row works out; it's the same for me with lace charts...and oh so icky when it doesn't, right? Have a great day!
9:37 AM
Cheryl said…
Pretty!!
One trick I learned about choosing yarn for colourwork (either fair isle or mosaic or striping) is to take a B&W picture of your yarns side by side, if you can see a difference in them in the picture they will contrast well, if not you'll have a lack of colour pop!
8:24 AM
Bianca said…
This is looking nice! Think they would give you warm hands too.
12:21 PM
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