Uploaded October 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
This is not a tutorial video. It is just a video showing me knitting (like my first tatting video) at normal speed, though I do slow down in the beginning to show the movement of the second yarn. I enjoyed watching how others knit Fair Isle so I thought I would make one myself as I am currently working on a Fair Isle project.
There are many ways to knit Fair Isle. Perhaps the most common is to have one yarn in each hand. I tried to knit like that and I can, but not with any speed. I've knitted all my life with the yarn in my right hand and I just can't get completely comfortable with yarn in my left. So I tried different ways of holding the two yarns until I found a way that works for me.
I wrap one yarn around my pinky and index finger and the other around my ring and middle fingers.
I start knitting at normal speed, then slow down to show you the movement, and then speed back up.
The pattern I am working on is Flora by Alice Starmore. The cardigan I am wearing is "Hillswick Lumber" by Ann Feitelson.
This is not a tutorial video. It is just a video showing me knitting (like my first tatting video) at normal speed, though I do slow down in the beginning to show the movement of the second yarn. I enjoyed watching how others knit Fair Isle so I thought I would make one myself as I am currently working on a Fair Isle project.
There are many ways to knit Fair Isle. Perhaps the most common is to have one yarn in each hand. I tried to knit like that and I can, but not with any speed. I've knitted all my life with the yarn in my right hand and I just can't get completely comfortable with yarn in my left. So I tried different ways of holding the two yarns until I found a way that works for me.
I wrap one yarn around my pinky and index finger and the other around my ring and middle fingers.
I start knitting at normal speed, then slow down to show you the movement, and then speed back up.
The pattern I am working on is Flora by Alice Starmore. The cardigan I am wearing is "Hillswick Lumber" by Ann Feitelson.
