Fair Isle Hat #2
Finished
August 21, 2011
August 23, 2011

Fair Isle Hat #2

Project info
Knitting
Craig
Needles & yarn
US 7 - 4.5 mm
396 yards
James C. Brett Monsoon
1 skein = 196.0 yards (179.2 meters), 100 grams
Knit1 Oxford in Oxford, Mississippi
Plymouth Yarn Encore Worsted Solids & Heathers
1 skein = 200.0 yards (182.9 meters), 100 grams
Brown
Knit1 Oxford in Oxford, Mississippi
Notes

I’m making this up as i go along and am using a few fair isle patterns from Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Knitting Without Tears.

CO 96
2 x 2 rib for 2 inches
stockinette for 2.25 inches
first round of fair isle - 8 stitch repeat over 3 rows
3 rounds stockinette
2nd round of fair isle - 6 stitch repeat over 9 rows
3 rounds stockinette
third round of fair isle - 8 stitch repeat over 3 rows
3 rounds of stockinette
divide evenly with 6 markers, start decrease rounds
decrease 1 stitch before each marker
knit 1 round stockinette
repeat last 2 rounds until 48 stitches remain
decrease 1 stitch before each marker every round until 6 stitches left. finish off.

It came out a little big, I could have cast on fewer stitches. The wide fair isle section definitely draws the fabric in even though I tried to keep it loose. A couple of times I cut the yarn and fast forwarded to the next color. Some of my fair isle boo boos are visible in the second picture.

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Finished
August 21, 2011
August 23, 2011
 
About this pattern
Personal pattern (not in Ravelry)
About this yarn
by Plymouth Yarn
Worsted
75% Acrylic, 25% Wool
200 yards / 100 grams

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About this yarn
by James C. Brett
Aran
70% Acrylic, 30% Wool
196 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: August 21, 2011
  • Finished: August 23, 2011
  • Updated: August 24, 2011