{"id":1881,"date":"2018-02-11T07:26:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T07:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.wordpress.com\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2018-02-11T07:26:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T07:26:34","slug":"fabulous-fair-isle-four-fancies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.co.uk\/?p=1881","title":{"rendered":"Fabulous Fair-Isle &#8211; Four Fancies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1882\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/28.jpg\" alt=\"28\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had a whole heap of snow up here in the North-East of England. More than we usually do (but still: not as much as some bumper years, and certainly not as much as proper SNOWY countries!) So our winter woollies have been especially necessary this year.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, I bought a whole load of gorgeous Rooster Almerino yarn (over here, in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loveknitting.com?a_aid=7d8ae305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">loveknitting<\/a> sale) &#8211; 50% baby alpaca and 50% merino wool, it&#8217;s so snuggly-soft and the colours are just lovely. I went for some&#8230; oh, I don&#8217;t know. What would you call them? I quite like &#8216;muted candy&#8217; colours. 4 of them. 2 balls of each. And I have four hats out of that haul, with a fifth in production.<\/p>\n<p>It all began with this, and the love for the colourwork I&#8217;ve missed so much the past few months came flooding back:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1891\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/31.jpg\" alt=\"31\" width=\"1080\" height=\"895\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pretty soon, I had a second underway (trusty scribbling book at my side, making notes as I went. Planning isn&#8217;t my strong suit &#8211; I&#8217;m far more fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants, aka let&#8217;s-see-if-this-works&#8230;):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1892\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/30.jpg\" alt=\"30\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By this stage, I had decided that a main colour of each of the four was the way to go, and a third began:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1890\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/29.jpg\" alt=\"29\" width=\"1080\" height=\"873\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each different, each unique, each soft and snuggly and pastelly-bright.<\/p>\n<p>Until there were four:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1887\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/9.jpg\" alt=\"9\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I went about charting them, knowing I&#8217;d got about as much use out of those beautiful colours as I could (and those of you who know me know I&#8217;m usually a bit of a greys and browns kinda gal, so this was stretching my comfort zone a bit).<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example of one of the strips of fair isle:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1889\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/21.jpg\" alt=\"21\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1519\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have to say, it&#8217;s been some time &#8211; what with one thing and another&#8230; oh, you know&#8230; LIFE &#8211; since I felt quite so inspired and had quite so much fun with a project as these four. They seemed to positively <em>fly<\/em>, needles clacking and smoking, out of my head and then <em>onto<\/em> heads.<\/p>\n<p>It fills me with joy when I see people I love sporting something I&#8217;ve made for them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1885\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/3.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"1450\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Ted, reading in his hat.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the four is slightly different; not just in fairisle motifs, but also in size and pattern. The yellow one above, for example, is the smallest, snuggest, &#8216;beaniest&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>And this one:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1886\" src=\"https:\/\/aliceinknittingland.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/5.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>is the tallest, and slouchiest.<\/p>\n<p>The blue and the pink are somewhere in between.<\/p>\n\n<p>All of them are available as patterns to buy as one download of four, if you fancy having a crack at them yourself. And if you do, please, <em>please<\/em> tag me? I so love to see other people&#8217;s interpretations of my designs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loveknitting.com\/four-fair-isle-hats-knitting-pattern-by-alice-neal?a_aid=7d8ae305\">The patterns can be found here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, have a pop at them with a different worsted \/ aran. As long as you use 4mm and 5mm needles, you&#8217;ll be on track for the same look. And if winter hangs on the way it&#8217;s threatening to, you still have time!<br \/>\nHappy knitting \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<p>Alice x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had a whole heap of snow up here in the North-East of England. More than we usually do (but still: not as much as some bumper years, and certainly not as much as proper SNOWY countries!) So our winter woollies have been especially necessary this year. 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