This is my first full size Fair Isle sweater and it was started with the Sweaters From Camp KAL about a year and a half ago. I'd made a SFC Vest and two hats and enjoyed fair isle knitting so asked the DH which sweater out of the SFC book he thought I'd like to wear. He **of course** picked the Shirt Tail Hemmed Sweater which is in my opinion, the hardest one in the book. Had fun collecting the Jamieson and Smith Shetland jumper weight yarns and bravely started off. I decided to finish the hem first as I'd never done short rows, a shaped hem or a provisional cast on. Boy did I learn a lot! Main lesson was do not use a sticky similar weight dark colored yarn for the provisional cast on. It was close to impossible to pick up the stitches for the hem. Next provisional, I'm going to use hunter orange acrylic. I'm stuck on the sleeves. As you can see from the photo, I've got one picked up and the short row cap done and ready to roll on the regular knitting. I don't know why I'm stuck, just am! Since I started this Fair Isle, I've made, finished and wear Marina and Beadwork and am up to the armholes on Erin. I promised myself to knit ten rows on the SFC every time I finished a session with any other sweater. I think I'll put this in our RV as the ONLY project thus forcing me to finish it.
Anne B in mid-Maine
