Sometimes our hands are just itching for that two-colour stranded experience—sometimes called fairisle. If you’re having one of those moments, this piece is perfect. And it doesn’t matter how little experience you have, because this piece is easy! The 6 stitch and 10 row chart is remarkably simple (4 rows are solid, 4 rows are 3x3), the yarn is bulky (so it goes fast), and your colour choice is easy because the piece is shown in a variegated plus a plain. (You could, of course, use many colours: a note in the pattern indicates where multiple colour changes could occur.)

The larger piece has a built-in, 360º twist (which occurs right after the cast-on). This makes it more interesting, but you can choose to make it without the twist—as the smaller version is shown.