This old dog learned some new tricks
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Fair Isle patterns, in themselves, are not difficult as long as only two colors are used in the same row, which is usually the case. The sweater I posted above has some rows where three colors are needed and I found that it took more attention to carrying the threads. Once a person is comfortable using two colors at once (some people carry a different color in each hand, some carry both colors in the same hand), they are set to go. The pattern takes care of itself. It's like following a recipe. More often than not the pattern is given in the form of a chart which gets repeated horizontally and vertically.
A typical chart:
]wtg, your friend's sweaters are stunning.
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So beautiful!
I have no attitude for fabric arts.
I ordered winter clothes and bedding (and barely enough of each) from LL Bean. The total was $$ but it will work in the 40's with no heat and I'm bringing it all with me when I move.
There were many items I wanted but couldn't afford to be blunt.
It was a extravagant but I was cold last winter, it was miserable, and I won't suffer like that again.
You can't do much about the sweltering sun if you don't have electricity but you can mitigate the cold.
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Top-down cardigan for knitters:
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Top-down cardigan for knitters:
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I made a sweater just like mine for Mr wtg; we are sweater twins.
A friend stopped by today when Mr wtg and I were wearing our sweaters and said we should have done a Christmas card with a photo of the two of us wearing them. We said we don't have any friends to send cards to, and she came up with the brilliant idea of simply sending Christmas cards with our sweater photo to random people. We got a good chuckle out of the thought that the recipients would be trying to figure out where they know these two oldsters from....
