Like knitters often do, I ended up with a lot of left over wool from a calculating mistake in a previous project. The colors worked so well together I decided to use them in a little Fair Isle style project.

With winter approaching I settled on a knitted cowl. I love Fair Isle, but I hate all the loose strings in the back of the work, so I added a knitted a lining so you can wear your cowl without getting your earrings caught in the strings. I used a dark green wool, but you are free to use any other color of your choice. This project requires one balls of wool of each color (6 colors), and two balls for the color used to line the cowl.

I’ve also added a slightly different color scheme, should you want to knit it in lighter colors.

I used Sisu from Sandnes garn, but you can use any leftover wool for this project.