And this jumper has also seen some beautiful scenery!

Pattern: Raga (Violet M.B. McQuade) x Northdale (Gudrun Johnston)

Yarn: Shetland Spindrift (Jamieson's of Shetland)

#Knitting #ShetlandYarn #Fairisle #GudrunJohnston #JamiesonsOfShetland #Brittany #Bretagne

Back from Brittany. Sun, walks. Long swimming sessions in the sea (bliss). And even mornings putting on my Shetland jumper, finished just before the holidays.

Pattern: Raga (Violet M.B. McQuade)

Yarn: Shetland Spindrift (Jamieson's of Shetland)

#Knitting #Fairisle #Shetland #ShetlandYarn #Brittany #JamiesonsOfShetland

And it's done! Swatched in December 2015, finished in June 2023.

Photo taken before the jumper was blocked. Happy with the fit, my calculations were right.

Pattern: Raga (Violet M.B. McQuade) x Northdale (Gudrun Johnston)

Yarn: Shetland Spindrift (Jamieson's of Shetland)

#Knitting #ShetlandYarn #Fairisle #GudrunJohnston #JamiesonsOfShetland

It's steek'o'clock!

Pattern: Northdale (Gudrun Johnston) x Raga (Violet M.B. McQuade)

Yarn: Shetland Spindrift (Jamieson's of Shetland)

#Knitting #SteekOClock #ShetlandYarn #Fairisle #GudrunJohnston

endlich fertig - Fairisle rundgestrickt und aufgeschnitten (zuvor mit der Nähmaschine abgenäht), doppelte Nähte von Hand wie bei Jeans, im Vergleich zum Original mit Einheitsgröße enger und ein bisschen länger, mit Reißverschluss, das Original ist vorn offen
https://www.christel-seyfarth.com/jackets-coats
#fairisle #knitting #knittersofmastodon

https://artisan.chat/@knittytrekker/109573663257055522

My pure wool vest fits in with #Fiberuary #IntentionalHoles #DeliberateHoles theme. An easy, fun #FairIsle knit.

@knitting @yarn

For the next #swatch I charted the pattern in excel and used some conditional formatting to colour the cells.
Exchanged the violet and the blue and played around a bit.
But even the much lighter turquoise does not offer enough contrast. I suck at colour matching.

This swatch, too, will not work.
#swatching #knitting #stricken #fairisle #Handarbeitsclub

I'll try, for maximum contrast, to exchange the turquoise for something really dark.

It’s day 6 of #fiberuary colour week, so I thought I’d share a couple more #shetland wool jumpers (though they’re a bit crumpled, admittedly!). At the front is a short-sleeved jumper from Susan Crawford’s A Stitch in Time vintage knitting book, which got me knitting again after a few years off; at the back is Marie Wallinn’s Bressay pattern from her Shetland book.
#knitting @knitting #knittersofmastadon #fairisle

I have participated in #fiberuary #colour week more than I thought but #colorworkknitting and next week’s texture have been my #fibreart learning ground A few photos today from my Alice Starmore projects Mòinteach and Peigi #fairisle cardigans + a colourful Damselfly #cardigan from Alice’s book Glamourie #wool #knitting #knittersofmastodan #color Knitting has brought me through so much

theWhiskyteacher tvtip: zondag 14.30u op @ndr , MareTV - Die Schottische Shetlandinseln - Wolle Wind und Wellenberge. Wo der Nordatlantik auf die Nordsee trifft, liegt der kleine Archipel von Weltruf: die Shetlandinseln. Von den fast 100 Inseln nördlich des schottischen Festlandes zwischen den Färöern und Norwegen sind nur 16 bewohnt. https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/mare_tv/Die-Shetlandinseln-Wolle-Wind-und-Wellenberge,sendung1320156.html

#Schotland @visitscotland #Schottland #shetland #shetlandpony #FairIsle #Scalloway #Lerwick #MareTV

My self-taught knitting style is slow and clunky, and I had trouble getting the hang of it, but from time to time I have fooled around with #FairIsle type stranded colorwork. I don't do it often. But once in a while I do a little piece in the technique. This is a hat for my husband from several years ago.

Pattern: significantly modified from a fandom pattern
Yarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Sport, colorways Pampas Heather, Camel Heather, and Oyster Heather

Practice piece for gauge and pattern.
Am going w a different pattern in the end.
Inside view shows the ridge caused by faulty tension when I changed needle sides.
#knitting #colourwork #FairIsle #FairIsleFriday
I've cast on the sweater and am in endless ribbing stage.

I attended a #knitting workshop the weekend of Jan 20th and one of the classes was to do #stranded colorwork (also called #FairIsle) using two hands to maintain sanity and clean floats.

The project to try it the first time was a repeating pattern #hat that I got pretty-far-in before I realized I went TOO far, had to frog it back, and then dropped too many stitches trying to put it back on the needles.

But now I am back to the crown reductions... And it looks neat!

Folge 1: Samstagabend-Krimi mit abnähen und aufschneiden -> bisher alles gut
#fairisle #knitting #stricken #knittersofmastodon

Wore these for a week and decided they were too short. Frogged the ribbing, added about 6 rows in a new peerie pattern, and ribbed again.
#FairIsleFriday #FairIsle #knitting #colourwork

The full pattern of my new project, repeating now. Really interesting to knit @knitting #knitting #stricken #fairisle

my kind of #travel #diary: a ball of #wool from each place i visited, #knitted into a #fairisle cushion cover 💙

sheep: germany, uk, denmark, finland, sweden
dog: estonia
snow hare: alaska
musk ox: alaska

the project continues...

#Fotomontag #Airport #FairIsle

@martinatenzer Q: does the book include advice about using steeks?
I'm looking for v trad patterns with steeks and while I can find descriptions, the illustrations are harder to find. #knitting #FairIsle #steeks
Am also eyeing up a book by 1 of the authors of your book:
https://www.amazon.ca/Nordic-Knits-Birger-Berge-Traditional/dp/1646010345

The progress of the sleeves.
#knitting #yarn #fairisle #wool #crafts #hobby