Hats

Hi!!!

I've recently been seeing a few items that have captured my interest lately.

Fair Isle / Stranded knitting

The colours!!!

The patterns!!!

Oh my!!!

I have tried it before, but at that time I did not understand the skill level involved in such beautiful work.  My projects turned out well and had a fair amount of wear.  Sorry, but no photos to show that skill.

But I thought I would start again - as a beginner and actually try knitting the colours with two hands.  One doing my normal 'throw' method and the other using 'continental' style.

Now normally I cannot do continental, but for some reason I find it relatively relaxing when using two yarns - go figure

So here are some of my latest creations - be kind please, still learning

Baa-ble

This one I am not parting with.

It fits and actually suits me when wearing it.

Hats & me don't usually go together.

So this one is a keeper

And those sheep - love

Pandamonium - more challenging for me than Baa-ble.  Forgive the wonky eye

Norwegian Star - minus the Earflap

Little Fair Isle Hat

And this one I adapted from the book "Aussie Fair" - Poss

Most of these will be off to one of this months Knit4Charities charities.

It's been a great stash-busting exercise and I think will continue for a while.  

So many lovely patterns and ideas are out there

Have a wonderful week