Wednesday, October 4, 2017

A Year of Stitches Week 36

Last week, I offered a very colorful Fair Isle chart.  It had on some rows more than 2 colors.  This is not typical of true Fair Isle.  Typical Fair Isle, from that specific island north of Scotland, and perhaps that region, uses only 2 colors per row.  So here is a 2 color set of charts.  They are deceptively simple. 

Did you find the long floats on some of the motifs to be finger catchers?  I know I do.  The only garment where I can't catch a float and create a snag is usually a hat.  Floats are caught after 2 stitches.  Also don't carry a color for more than 5 stitches (catch the float in the middle).  It creates more headaches than it's worth.  This is where bobbins come in handy. 

What do you think of the crochet version vs. the knit version?  And now the charts.


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