Fair Isle Vest with Meg Swansen

Filmed in beautiful Washington Island in Door County, Wisconsin, this knitting vacation takes you step by step through the construction of a classic Fair Isle Vest. Knitting in the round for seamless construction, the fair isle vest is knitted in Heather, Natural Black, Honey, Oatmeal, Moorit, and Ghillie Green. From corrugated rib to armhole steeks, V-neck shaping to shoulder weaving, borders, and blocking, plus a two-color knitting demo.

Meg shows in detail:

• two types of casting on
• corrugated rib
• two-color knitting
• kangaroo-pouches
• shaped armholes
• v-neck shaping
• knitting-back-backwards
• machine-stitched steeks
• woven shoulders
• pick-up ration for neck border
• neatening
• final blocking