I've been meaning to knit a fairisle top for ages and just never really got around to it. Watching the new version of All Creatures Great and Small inspired me to get on with doing it now.
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| Tristram in a very fetching jumper |
This was another stashbusting project, I've had the wool I used for this for ages - four colours are leftovers from projects I've made already - one jumper and three different cardigans. The other colours I bought separately with a fairisle top in mind, and they've been in my stash for a good few years.
I tried a few different colour combinations before I settled on the final versions
I charted out the pattern, because I thought it would be easier to follow a colour chart than written instructions (I find lace knitting much easier when it's charted rather than following long line by line rows of text).
I used a different colour for the ribbing - the pattern uses the same colour for the ribbing and the main colour - because I didn't have enough of the darker blue to do that. Because I used eight different colours and most of the colour changes were on an odd number of rows which meant I couldn't carry the wool up the sides, there were an inordinate number of ends to sew in. I don't think it took as long to sew the seams, add the armhole and neckline ribbing and sew the ends in as it took to knit it, but it felt like it!
I have quite a few vintage fairisle patterns and I think they look lovely, but it may be a while until I knit one with sleeves unless the patterning means I can carry the yarn up, or I can adapt the pattern to be knit in the round.
And finally, I have three cardigans which I can wear with it!
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