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cap_08 Fair Isle ultra-light
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The three twin (or triplet?) caps
The three twin (or triplet?) caps
The yarns: the lighter grey one was slightly thinner than the dark one, so I complemented the earlier with a thin light thread.
The yarns: the lighter grey one was slightly thinner than the dark one, so I complemented the earlier with a thin light thread.
Recreated the pattern from the photos of the other projects. 3×48=144 stitches around the cap.
Recreated the pattern from the photos of the other projects. 3×48=144 stitches around the cap.
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Finished
December 3, 2024
December 6, 2024

cap_08 Fair Isle ultra-light

Project info
Whirligig Vest by Kevin Ames
Knitting
Hat → Beanie, Toque
Needles & yarn
US 1 - 2.25 mm
weaving residues
4485 grams in stash
70 grams
various
Klippan Saule
yellow leftovers
in stash
10 grams
yellow
Yellow
Notes

An earlier twin cap_06 whirligigs turned out to be a sheer disaster, so I decided to knit the pattern as an ultra-light FairIsle one (which it originally is in fact). The yellow bands consist of five rows of shade sequence ABCBA, where A is the lightest and C the darkest.

3×48=144 stitches around the cap. The pattern repeat is 24 stitches rather than 48 as it may seem at the first glance.

A later twin cap_14 Fair Isle light.

Fair Isle definitely isn’t me cup of teapot: me firmest conviction is that colours are to be played with rather than to be followed strictly in a preset order.

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Finished
December 3, 2024
December 6, 2024
 
About this pattern
Whirligig Vest
by Kevin Ames
from Sweaters From Camp
13 projects, in 25 queues
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  • Project created: December 25, 2024
  • Finished: December 25, 2024
  • Updated: February 18, 2025