Learn more. Sweaters are a staple for fall and winter, but there's a specific pattern that pays homage to the holiday season: Fair Isle. This technique is a "style of knitting, using different ...

For a fashionable take on the winter woolly try a Fair Isle knit. Featured most prominently on the catwalk at Paul Smith in his autumn/winter 2001 collection, the Fair Isle pattern has appeared on ...

The Fair Isle knit, a two-stranded knitting ... hats during the 18th and 19th century (our beloved sweaters came much later). The two strand pattern was not only artistic, but made the tall ...