This hat will fit babies, children and adults. It is knitted in the round, shifting foreground (the design) and background motifs midway.

You can do this! The directions, charts, videos (on website) are user friendly. With a little determination, 2 ounce /240 yards of fingering weight yarn, size 2 needles and the pattern - you are all set to start your Fair Isle adventure!

Traditional Snowflake Hat

This hat is knitted using the “stranded knitting” technique: knitting with two different yarns in the same row. I use both English and Continental knitting, “throwing” the yarn in one hand and “scooping” with the other; the result is a corrugated, raised rib.

Create your own little (6” deep X 12” around) project bag using the “slip stitch mosaic” technique. Slip Stitch Mosaics are a way of creating a colorful designs very simply, can I get a Hallelujah?, you only work with one strand and color of yarn for each row or round so there is no carrying of the contrast color yarn (cc), dangling bobbins, ge...

This wonderful little notions/project bag is a perfect project for Fair Iisle beginners! The bag is 7” deep X 11” wide with a 3” wide flat base. Knowledge of “stranded knitting” is helpful, we have short (1 min.) videos on our site: http://www.stonyhillfiberarts.com/KnittingVideos.html to help you with the technique. The top closure is made by ...

This cool and comfy summer top is perfect for the beach or dinner with friends. This project is knitted in the round from the bottom up. The lace edges are “knitter friendly” patterns that add a touch of simple elegance to the garment.

The People Hat Pattern is a stranded, color work project. What some refer to as Fair Isle (although I’ve heard tell that aficionados feel very strongly about this term being bandied about loosely), the process is like knitting a picture: with each row, as the family waits for dinner, the picture grows. It is truly addicting.

This is a great beginner project for new knitters. Just follow the directions, step by step, and you will have a wonderful skirt for your little folks to wear.

This is a very simple pattern. Really. The sweater is knitted in one piece, from back to front, and then stitched down the arms and sides.

Soft and warm, this cabled head band will keep your ears warm on chilly winter days. This band is knitted straight, when the appropriate size is reached, you bind off and sew the ends together. You can stop there or go on to make a hat by picking up the slipped stitches and knitting the crown.

This project makes a rolled brim hat out of chunky yarn and a headband out of light worsted. They can be worn separately or together. You will need the following “ingredients”:

Beautifully soft and simple, cable and lace hat project. Using light worsted weight yarn, this hat’s intricate pattern is deceptively easy. This hat measures 22” around, 8 “-10” deep, made with Stony Hill’s Pacolet Valley Southern Bales Organic Cotton Yarn. Want a “slouchy look”? We got that covered in the pattern!

Simply Knitted Headband

This is a very easy cable project, suitable for intermediate beginners, that is knitted flat then sewn up the sides. The nature of the cable pattern makes the side seam easy to sew yet hard to see when finished. The pattern is written in two sizes for medium and large hands using sport weight (5.5 stitches per inch) yarn.

This delightful little bag is the perfect size for small knitting projects, makeup, notions or a quick gift idea. The linen stitch in the round is quite simple once you get going. The woven appearance is both durable and colorful. You can embellish with additional embroidery stitches, beads, and I cord if the spirit moves you.

Simply written, with just a 8 row repeat, the Cable and Lace Scarf pattern is quite painless and easy to follow. Beautiful cables with lace side panels come to life with each row. Any weight and type yarn can be used. The scarves pictured were made with Pacolet Vally Organic Cotton yarns - Mauna Kea (chunky) and Southern Exposure (DK) Heavier y...

Simply Knitted Cabled Scarf

This is a great beginner pattern, with step-by-step instructions that include illustrations. Starting with the ear flaps, you will learn simple increases to knit up from the tip on the two flaps and then join them in the round to complete the hat. The pattern comes in three sizes:

This knitted hat is very easy to make … really … after you are finished you will insert millinery wire in the brim hem…this will stop any floppage of your hat.

This is a great beginner felting pattern, all you need to know is the knit and purl stitch, simple increases and decreases and how to knit in the round. You can knit the hat plain or add a mosaic, either way this hat has an unfloppable brim, unfloppability has become a big issue with me here lately, and can be made for any size head: baby to bi...