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Fair Isle Toque #2

The second Fair Isle toque is complete.


Drying on it's own balloon mold

This is a free Classic Elite Yarns pattern called DIY Fair Isle Hat designed by Meg Myers.   As you can see if you click on the link, the pattern is made with a taupe background and variegated red foreground.  When I was visiting my LYS last week, Helen recommended the cream and light blue I used.  These colours represent a classic Fair Isle colour combination.  What I love is the play with the diamond design and the different-to-me decrease that creates a dramatic set of lines creating a flower at the top.



It is called a DIY Fair Isle pattern because attached are two grids for you to use for designing your own patterns.  Perhaps some day I'll try that but for now I'm quite happy to successfully knit this complicated looking toque.  There feels like one more Fair Isle toque in me before I move on to other things.  Today I did some shopping in my own LYS, upstairs and lo and behold, I think I own a variegated yarn that will work with the leftover charcoal Rowan Tweed I had from my Selbu Modern.  One more and then it will be time to move on to something else, perhaps Fair Isle, perhaps not.  More about that development later.

Another Christmas gift rolled in over the weekend, Clara Parkes 2013 book, The Yarn Whisperer.  Clara has made a name for herself in the knitting world by founding and publishing KnittersReview.com, a free weekly online newsletter about knitting products (tools, yarns, books, etc.)  The book I received traces her life, with that of a life with yarn drawing parallels as skills in both develop.  Of course, I've begun devouring it and truly love the approach Clara is taking.  Lee, thanks for the great gift.


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