Greetings from Finalnd!

[MyLacyLife]

Nice to meet you, everyone!

Warm greetings from rather chilly Finland, Northen-Europe.

I have been crocheting for as long as I can remember, always learning new stuff and scooping inspiration from life around me.

I mostly crochet clothes and also write patterns for others to try out.

It is always nice to be part of the pleasant company and as far my experiences go, crocheters always are! So thank you all for accepting me!

[spoula]

Welcome MyLacyLife, Glad to have you with us on this forum. Do you also knit any Fair Isle things?

Spoula

[MyLacyLife]

I have tried years ago to knit a baby sweater in Fair Isle technique, I finished it but still , I have to admit, knitting is not my first choice of method to create. I'll stick to crochet

[spoula]

Hi MyLacyLife, I taught myself to knit by watching you tube videos. I have a Fair Isle pattern for a little girl I want to try. I like a challenge. I agree with you Crochet is my first choice too and it works up faster.

Below is the picture off the sweater I want to make. Do you think this will be hard to do.
Spoula
Fair Isle picture.pdf

[MyLacyLife]

Hi Spoula! That is a very nice sweater and just appropriate I think, because you have to use just two colors. Not like 20 colors as in the very traditional Fair Isle. Also the pattern part is in waist area and you don’t have to worry about increacing and decreacing there and at the same time to try to stay on track with pattern-matching issues. So give it a try, you’ll never know without trying! Best luck!

[spoula]

MyLacyLife, Thanks for the reply and the explanations. The hardest thing for me in knitting is keeping the stitches on the needle and not knitting too tight. All beginners do that I am told. Ha Ha.

Spoula

[Jean Marie]

That's a cute sweater and hat Spoula. I'd say you could give the pattern a try but it's up to you. Is there anybody near you that could help you if you get stuck?

[spoula]

That's a cute sweater and hat Spoula. I'd say you could give the pattern a try but it's up to you. Is there anybody near you that could help you if you get stuck?

Hi Jean Marie, Thanks, I have had this pattern for awhile now and I keep looking at it thinking I would like to make it. No, there is nobody around me that knows how to crochet or knit. We are going to visit my mother-in-law soon and she can knit beautifully. If I get stuck she can show me what I need to do to get it going again.

We do not hold the needles the same way I am a continental knitter (left hand yarn holder) and she is a thrower (yarn in the right hand) it is difficult for both of us to watch the other and understand how we each just did the same stitch. It is very funny to watch us. I tried her way and she tried my way and it was horrible.
Spoula

[kl1000]

Welcome to the Forum. I crochet filet items

[MyLacyLife]

Thanks! I love filet, I have crocheted some curtains in filet.