Resources

KNITTING RESOURCES

·         Louie and Lola

·         Arne and Carlos

·         Fox and Folk eg Tomten socks

·         Socktacular book

·         Sally Ravels eg Woodcove socks

·         Beautiful Things Youtube) eg dpn fabric holder

·         Very Pink Knits for tutorials

·         Tincan Knits

·         This Handmade Life

·         Curious Handmade

·         Daffodil Rd Yarns

·         Pretty Twisted Knots (

·         Twisted Sister yarns

·         Dyeing to Knit

·         Wren and Ollie

·         White Gum Wool

·         Natural Fibre Arts

·         Fibre Smith (not sock)

·         Skein Sisters (not sock)

·         Skip Rope Yar Co

·         Waratah

·         Plinth Yarn (not sock)

·         The Australian Wool Stoe

·         The Yarn Bowl

·         Blackwattle Yarn

·         Bombed Yarns

·         Cranberry Crafts (Ulverstone)

 

BOOKS

 Charts for Color Knitting - Alice Starmore

The Art of Fair Isle Knitting - history, technique, color & patterns - Ann Feitelon

Traditional Fair Isle Knitting - Sheila McGregor

Book of Fair Isle Knitting - Alice Starmore

Pattern Review - Hobblebush Jumper for Me

Pattern:

Hobblebush from the This and That pattern book.

Overview: Bottom up Fair Isle jumper. It has no bands but I added 2 x 2 rib to all. There are German Short Rows at the back neck.

Size:

The pattern range is 12 sizes from 31 to 75" bust. I made the 5th size for a finished bust of 47" (gives me 3 ½ " ease).

Yarn:

The Fibre Co, Cumbria, worsted 10 ply, except the Mustard which is Biches and Birches 10 ply. The main colour is Scafell Pike with other colours Barrow, ...in Saddleback Slate (grey) and Catbells (copper). The yarn is a mix of Masham wool, merino and mohair and is beautifully soft with a fair bit of loft. I purchased it from the Hunter Valley Wool Store.

1 skein = 100g = 216m

4.5 skeins of main colour

Gauge:

10cm = 16 sts and 24 rounds in the single colour on 6mm needles. I used 6mm needles for the hem band but 5mm needles for the sleeve bands and neck band.

Reflections:

The sizing seems 

The yarn was divine

The Verdict:

Finished Garment Measurements

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

 

		Paul	Helen
JUMPER	CBL (incl rib)	28”	24”
	Underarm sleeve Length (long)	19”	17”
	Underarm Sleeve Length (short)		3”
SOCKS	Total Length Ball Circumference Instep length		24cm 22cm 10cm

Technique - Socks with Liz

Pattern - Bernacchi Cowl Fair Isle Class w Sally

 I took the Fair Isle Course with Sally at the Moonah Wool Shop in 2021 and it opened up a whole new world to me. 

Sally chose the Bernacchi cowl (Island Imprints) as a sample project to learn the skills of colourwork,  corrugated ribbing, a steek, and buttonhole bands -all skills that are transferrable to many other projects.

The cowl consists of 160 stitches (16 sts x 10 repeat) + 8 stitches for the steek. The chart does not show the steek stitches. Therefore, the BOR marker is 4 stitches before the beginning of the chart and 4 stitches after. The first 4 stitches of the steek are: pattern, background, pattern, background and the last 4 stitches of the steek are: background, pattern, background, pattern. ie they are the mirror image of each other.

The yarn was all Jamiesons of Shetland Spindrift 4 ply, a very sticky yarn with great loft. It takes 1 ball for the main colour and ½ ball each of two other colours. It was knitted using 3.25 circular needles on a 40cm cable and a pair of 3.25mm straight needles.

The gauge was 30sts x 32 rows to 10cm using the 3.25mm straight needles.

Carrying Floats

To carry the pattern floats underneath, knit with the yarn in the left hand.

To carry the background floats above, knit with the yarn in the right hand.

Corrugated Ribbing

Corrugated ribbing =k2, p2 in two colours

Cast on is usually in the colour of the purl stitch which is usually the main background colour. However, you can cast on in the pattern colour (frames the knitting) but this creates an obvious colour change in the purl bumps that you may not want. To avoid this, in the set-up round before starting on the chart, k2 in pattern colour and ......

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