fair isle friday
I don't think I'm going to make "fair isle Friday" a regular feature or anything, but I enjoy the alliteration, so here's a peek at my latest project:
Those are the earflaps for a Polar Chullo. I'm knitting it for one of Daniel's teachers, who liked her Toboggan Noggin so much that she asked me to make her another hat. She specifically requested earflaps. I kind of wanted an excuse to make a polar chullo, so I suggested this pattern. That might have been crazy because the gauge it calls for is approximately a zillion stitches per inch, but it looks like fun, so I'm going for it.
The first part is driving me bonkers, though. The earflaps are knit back and forth, and they have fair isle, too, which makes for quite a mess on the back:
I considered adapting the earflaps to be knit in the round somehow, but decided against it because the recipient wants to line the whole hat with fleece, and I'm afraid the earflaps knit double-thick would make it really unwieldy and bulky. So I just suffered through. The fun part is yet to come.
Those are the earflaps for a Polar Chullo. I'm knitting it for one of Daniel's teachers, who liked her Toboggan Noggin so much that she asked me to make her another hat. She specifically requested earflaps. I kind of wanted an excuse to make a polar chullo, so I suggested this pattern. That might have been crazy because the gauge it calls for is approximately a zillion stitches per inch, but it looks like fun, so I'm going for it.
The first part is driving me bonkers, though. The earflaps are knit back and forth, and they have fair isle, too, which makes for quite a mess on the back:
I considered adapting the earflaps to be knit in the round somehow, but decided against it because the recipient wants to line the whole hat with fleece, and I'm afraid the earflaps knit double-thick would make it really unwieldy and bulky. So I just suffered through. The fun part is yet to come.
Comments
I'm sure it'll be more fun when you get to the body of the hat!