Good morning, knitters, and happy Friday! We’ve just dipped below 80 degrees here in the deep south. In fact, for the last 48 hours or so, we’ve been hovering in the mid-60’s which has felt wonderful! Not only has it made sleeping easier (so lovely having all the windows open!) but it has brought on the most tremendous urge to knit!
I’ve been chugging away on my Featherweight while waiting impatiently for new yarns to arrive from Hudson + West and Harrisville. My sweater is nearly done; I’m on the second sleeve which just leaves the front bands to be done! I’m so excited because I think it’s something I can wear all winter in South Louisiana.
I’m also craving one of those bite-size color work projects that would characterize this season when I lived in the north. Hats spring to mind. They are so wonderfully portable and done in a heartbeat! Today, I’d like to offer a little discount on three fair isle hat patterns that you might like to make this weekend. They’re easy two-color patterns perfect for a first time Fair Isle project that require small amounts of worsted weight yarn. What a nice cozy project to cuddle up with while you binge something on TV!
Snowflakes falling on piney woods, pick-up hockey on frozen ponds, hot chocolate and crackling fires are all recalled in the new True North Hat. Whimsical and retro with a distinctly Canadian vibe, True North combines simple stranded knitting with smooth fields of stockinette and easy shaping to create a perfect first fair isle project. And the silky-soft tweedy texture really looks like it’s snowing!
During my summer sojourns, Sacket’s Harbor is the first signpost once I’ve left the interstate. It’s a quiet gem, the first leg of the Seaway Trail, and offers gorgeous, cool Lake Ontario vistas. It has a slightly retro vibe with roadside bars and cafes closed years ago by the building of I-81. I love it, and I often fantasize about how it must look in the off-season, foggy and damp with big fat snowflakes falling on icy waters. That’s my inspiration for the Sackets Harbor Hat. This hat, suitable for men and women, is a simple stranded knitting project, knit in the round, and perfect for the first-time fair isle knitter.
Everyone needs a classic toque, especially one that’s knit in fresh, bright, snowy fair isle. The Hay Bay Hat is a super simple stranded pattern, perfect for the first-time color work knitter. A deep, double fold ribbed brim provides extra warmth around the ears for those frosty days, while a roomy cap prevents hat head. A big fluffy pompom tops the whole thing off. It’s quick, easy and fun to knit and fun to give as a gift as well! Hat is designed with 2” negative ease.
Through Friday, October 25, 2019, I’d like to offer 50% off these selected patterns. Just hop on over to my Ravelry shop, choose your patterns and use the coupon code FIRSTFAIRISLE2 at checkout. I hope you’ll enjoy them!
Love,
Cheryl
