Fair Isle Jumper
Having just reached the armholes on my green cardigan, I am planning my next project: A pullover with a fair isle yoke. After getting "A Stitch in Time" last birthday from my wonderful friends, which is full of beautiful vintage knitting patterns, I'll finally start my first project from it. As usually, I am not decided 100%, as I am torn between "Fair Isle Jumper" and "Fair Isle Yoke". It's going to be my first Fair Isle project. That's why I decided to stick to the pattern instructions, at least for the fair isle parts. I am going to make it longer & long sleeved and if I decided on knitting the "Jumper" I will do a turtle neck instead of the crew one because it flatters me much more. But those are just minor tweaks that won't mean to much headache.
Die Auswahl des Garns stellt mich zur Zeit vor das größte Problem (neben dem "mich-entscheiden", natürlich). Es wäre natürlich das beste, das Originalgarn zu benutzen, das ich aus Groß-Britannien bestellen müsste. Für beide Pullover ist es das selbe: 2ply Jumper Weight von Jamieson & Smith. Preislich ganz ok, kann ich so die Farben nicht persönlich sehen und ausprobieren, wie so ein Knäul sich zu meiner Gesichtsfarbe verhält. Ähm, ja, mein Wollladen um die Ecke hat einen Spiegel, wofür ich seeeehr dankbar bin. Alternativ könnte ich natürlich ein Garn benutzen, dass ich hier im Laden kaufen kann. Aber welches? Keine Ahnung. Ich habe ja noch fast eine halbe Strickjacke lang Zeit, mich zu entscheiden...
Fair Isle Yoke
Deciding on the yarn is my biggest issue at the moment (apart from deciding, of course). It would be best to use the one used in the pattern which is 2ply jumper weight from Jamieson & Smith for both. It has to be ordered from the UK. The price is ok but I can't hold balls of yarn next to my face to see how my skin tone reacts to it. Yes, my LOS has a mirror and I am veeery grateful for it. I could also use another yarn, which I could get here. But which? I have not the faintest idea. But I still have almost half a cardigan's worth of time to decide...