Or not. I love the look of Fair Isle knitting but have never attempted anything using the technique. I'd have to take a class. I wanted to try the self-patterning yarns to see if the same effect could be achieved and found the answer: No. At least not in sweaters. Socks, great, sweaters, no. I still like this sweater, which was started ages ago when I learned that Bailey was expecting a sister. I planned two matching sweaters, one for the three year old Bailey and one for the new sister. I'll make the six-month old size, I thought, just in case I don't finish in time. The new sister, Chloe, had celebrated her second birthday by the time I pulled this out of the cupboard and decided to finish up the picot edging. The knitting was done and I had anticipated having difficulty sewing the picot edging down. I didn't. Easy peasy. So easy, in fact, I wonder why I haven't used this technique more often, it makes such a nice finished edge.
And now it belongs to Ellie, who is so tiny that we'll be well into winter before she will wear it. Perfect timing. And enough yarn to knit another in the event that Ellie ever has a sister.
