Uploaded January 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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This tutorial shows how to hold your yarns for working Fair Isle patterns to give a consistent finish. It features the Shaila mittens, designed by Ella Gordon for Arnall-Culliford Knitwear's A Year of Techniques.

You can purchase A Year of Techniques from the following shops:
Purlescence (UK): purlescence.co.uk/Brochure/Patterns/Arnall-Culliford-Knitwear/A-Year-of-Techniques-PATT-AC-YEAR
Modern Daily Knitting (USA): moderndailyknitting.com/shop/a-year-of-techniques
Strickmich (EU): strickmich-shop.de/en/Books/?manufacturer=bb92ee57ee5f4b9b8dfb06e1129cb884&order=topseller&p=1