Here are the real pictures

Couldn't Resist

Here are some funny pictures of my, Cooper, modeling my first fair isle knitting project.   She is just too cute!  I am so glad that I made this rather large because I can wrap it around my neck a couple of times without strangling myself and it also pulls down over my shoulders!

Love it! Love the colors.  Thanks Coops!

Fair Isle Ornament

This is my next fair isle project - small but I love it.   It's still slow going as I have yet to master holding 2 yarns at the same time while knitting.  This pattern from Lion Brand is free - click here for pattern.

This beautiful pattern is not worked in the round and from all that I have recently read about Fair Isle knitting Fair Isle was meant to be worked in the round.  I will be making more of these so I will have to re-write the pattern for working in the round.    This back and forth business is for the birds.  Tweet tweet. (You know how I love to knit in the round.   Less seaming = quick knit)

I think that if I work the first part of the pattern in stockinette sts and join  for working in the round just as the Fair Isle part begins I should have enough room to jam in the foam ball in at the end and sew up the short seam.  But I'm not there yet.  I'll let you know.

This is also a great way to use up small amounts of left over yarn which all knitters have laying around somewhere.   I never knew a knitter who threw away the tiniest bit of yarn that was left over from another knitting project.  I mean it may be useful someday even if it is 20 yrs down the road.

Totally Addicted to Fair Isle

I just taught myself how to knit fair isle.  I picked a very easy project - a cowl.  I am now totally addicted.  I have been knitting past 12am for the last few days.  I just don't want to put my needles down which is a sure sign of addiction.

It's true, it's not as hard as it looks.  Albeit, very slow going with this pattern of K2, P2.  I am dropping each color and then picking it up as needed.  I do want to learn how to knit with yarn in both hands but the purl sts kind of held me back on this technique.  I just wish that I gave this ago earlier.  It has opened up a whole new world of knitting possibilities.   I had to drag myself off of Ravlery again this morning.  Trolling the pattern library for over an hour.

So many pattern and so little time.  I need another set of hands to get through my project wish list.

Here is a picture of the cowl thus far.  What do you think??