Sunday 22 May 2016

Fair Isle Hat


For a bit of a change I thought I would have a go at knitting Janet of Yellow, Pink and Sparkly's Fair Isle hat pattern. I haven't done much Fair Isle knitting recently, (unlike Janet who seems to be able to regularly knock out a Fair Isle garment) and had forgotten how very pleasing it can be. I know this probably looks very tricky, but you are only working with two colours together. The knitting is not the hard bit, compared to the running in of ends when you have finished.

I just picked out these colours from my stash of wool at randon, trying to mix it up a bit with some light, dark, brights etc. The pattern really usefully tells you exactly how many grams you need of each of the eight colours, which explains why I was there in the kitchen weighing out my wool before I started.


My little model has become quite reluctant these days. (I can't understand it, as she always seems to snapping pictures of herself or her nails.) So the best way to get a photo was to pop the hat on her head while she was distracted with homework. We also ended up with some "why are you asking me to do this?" photos, but I really like the one below. We decided to go for the slouchy look. You also have a rare thing; some photos of me at the top and bottom of this post.


My only problem when it came to the knitting was that I only have a black and white printer, so had to spend a while marking on the pattern chart which colour was which. Perhaps if I am going to more Fair Isle I will have to invest in a new printer.


I am really delighted with my new hat. Thank you for the free pattern Janet. Having blocked my socks last week, I thought the hat might also benefit from being blocked. I am not sure if a slightly deflated football is an accepted method, but it seemed to work, and smoothed out some of the stitches. I am thinking of taking it in to wow school knitting club next week, as they have been asking me if you can mix up colours when you knit! 


18 comments:

  1. How wonderful to see this. It looks fabulous. So glad you liked the pattern. Your choice of colours is lovely, I like the mix of pinks and blues.

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  2. Gorgeous , I love the star you get at the top. Such lovely colour mixing

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  3. Brillinat, love fair isle but know it is so difficult to do, I would get in a mess with all the different yarns

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  4. Fab choice of colours! It looks like a really difficult pattern but well worth the effort.

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  5. The hat is gorgeous, I'm so jealous of those that can knit!

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  6. It's absolutely beautiful I wish I had the patience to make one, thank you for linking it to the stash party. :) xx

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  7. It's beautiful and I love the colors, you did a great job! Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party! Pinned!

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  8. Oh what a gorgeous mix of colours - it looks fantastic!

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  9. Great job! i like the colors :)

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  10. ¡¡Una combinacion de colores preciosa!!
    Besos

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  11. I love the way that turned out. You did a great job picking colors.
    Not a very revealing picture of you ;)

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  12. I LOVE this hat! I dont knit very often but when I do I make fair isle style things. My first item was a beanie but nowhere near as gorgeous as this. Thanks for the link. I might look it up!

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  13. I love this hat too and it's colors! Fair Isle knitting always gets a great result! Well done.

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  14. Really gorgeous! Have given up on the idea of actually doing any Fair Isle knitting myself (as there are just too many other things that I'd currently like to have a go at!), so i'll just enjoy looking at yours! thanks for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!

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  15. Congratulations Ginny your lovely hat has been featured. :) xx

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