Fair-Isle knitting is the art of knitting with more than one color in a row to make knitted color designs in your projects. Fair-Isle knitting is a useful intermediate color-knitting technique that is not only steeped in history but also looks beautiful in today’s designs.

Course content:

Introduction

• Fair-Isle Knitting for Fanatics
• What You’ll Learn In This Course
• The Project You’ll Be Knitting
• Introduction to Fair-Isle Knitting
• Fair-Isle vs. Intarsia

Ch. 1 Beginning Fair-Isle Knitting

• Project: Fair-Isle Felted Bag
• Choose Your Materials
• Pattern Walk-Through
• Knit The Base Of The Bag
• Join Color B To Start Making Stripes
• Knit The Striped Bag Bottom
• Pick Up And Knit Around The Base
• Begin Knitting In The Round
• Learn To Read A Chart
• Begin Fair-Isle Knitting

Ch. 2 Tips for Successful Fair-Isle Knitting

• Fix Mistakes When Following Chart
• Maintain An Even Tension
• Pulling Your Floats Too Tight
• Fix Mistakes Far Down
• Switch Colors Consistently

Ch. 3 Things to Watch Out For in Future

• Twists Yarns to Prevent Long Floats
• Corners on Magic Loop and DPNs

Ch. 4 Finish the Bag

• Checking Back In With Your Tension
• Finish Knitting the Bag and Handles
• Garter Stitch in the Round
• Final Rounds
• Weave Ends
• Make I-Cord Handles and Loops
• Felt the Bag
• Assemble The Bag

Ch. 5 Intermediate Fair-Isle Knitting

• Tips for Fair-Isle on Round Projects
• Round Fair-Isle Projects to Try
• Knitting With More Than Two Colors

Ch. 6 Advanced Fair-Isle Knitting

• Fair-Isle On Flat Projects
• Knitting With 3 Colors in One Row
• Fair-Isle Ribbing

Appendix

• Fair Isle Felted Bag Chart