Apparently Fair Isle is best worked in the round. So I gave it a try. This tank is traditional in terms of the patterns, but not so much in terms of the colours or the length. I love it. In the photo it’s modelled by my sister Bethan.
Materials
No.9 circular knitting needle
Pair of straight no.9 needles
Pair of straight no.11 needles
Yarn darning needle
200g of 4-ply oatmeal (a)
50g 4-ply purply-pink (b)
25g 4-ply blue (c)
25g 4-ply pale pink (d)
25g 4-ply lilac (e)
25g 4-ply white (f)
25g 4-ply yellow (g)
25g 4-ply turquoise (h)
25g 4-ply burgundy (i)
25g 4-ply mustard (j)
25g 4-ply purple (k)
25g 4-ply grey (l)
25g 4-ply dark grey (m)
25g 4-ply peach (n)
Body
Note: in this pattern, I use ‘to end’ loosely. Just do your best, and hope. Same for the pattern repeats in the charts.
Bottom welt:
Using yarn (a), cast on 280 sts.
Round One: (K2, P2) to end. Join.
Work in rib as set until 20 rounds complete.
Work three rows in st.st. Then work from chart a, doing the repeats, obviously.
Decrease round, k8, K2tog, to end
Work from chart b
Increase round, k19, M1, to end
Work from chart c
Go straight! For the armholes
Knit half of the sts. (133) onto a straight needle, and then work each half separately
Back:
Work from chart
Front:
Work from chart
Making Up
Sew the shoulders together
Using no.11 needles and yarn (a), pick up and k into all the sts. along one side of an armhole, then work 6 rows in 2×2 rib. Do the same for the other side.
Do the same for the other armhole.
Do the same for the neck, but start at the point of the ‘V’, and dec. 1 st. at every row where the ‘V’ is.
