Never say “never.”
I never thought I would like colorwork. Ever. Colorwork landed me in a quagmire of love, Rowan wool and really ugly stitches that upended my knitting for 10 years. I couldn’t forgive it for that.
Last month, though, after being cajoled into teaching Intermediate Knitting (I usually only teach beginners, the reason for which will become abudantly clear), a student shamed me by running over to Knittinghelp.com to learn two-handed Fair Isle. I could only teach her the one-handed, tangled-ball technique. I was mortified.
So, after reading that Michelle was also about to embark on a journey to Fair Isle with Eunny Jang’s adorable Endpaper Mitts, I thought, “Fine. I’ll copy her.”
Armed with some Shetland wool or something, I watched the Philospher’s Wool video about 60,000 times, in which Ann Bourgeois soothingly and patiently explains their method. Go watch her; she’s quite lovely. Finally, I dove in.
No ball tangling. No puckering. Only minimal swearing. Sigh. Another case, when I should’ve listened to my mother.
