Caorann is named in Scots Gaelic after the Rowan trees brightening the Autumn Highland landscape. This pretty knitted bauble decoration will bring a warm Fair Isle touch to your Christmas tree, or make a special hand knitted gift.

I’ve designed Caorann using small lengths of Coara Fingering / 4ply yarn from Shilasdair, the Isle of Skye Natural Dye Company. Woollen spun, Coara is woolly with a bit of a bite – great for colour work, but with a delicate weight which adds a touch of luxury, smoothness and sophistication; its glowing Madder colourway was my design inspiration.

Caorann is worked in the round, in four repeated segments; these instructions are for each segment, and include both charted and written directions. The colourwork section is designed to be very slightly nearer to the top of the bauble than the bottom.

Materials required:

Small quantities of Shilasdair Coara Fingering / 4ply
(50g skein / 203 metres/ 222 yards approx)
I used five colours, plus undyed white.

2.5 mm dpns
Spun paper bauble, 60 mm diameter
Yarn needle
2.5 mm crochet hook for casting on

See my designer page for all my patterns:
https://www.ravelry.com/designers/sarah-berry

This pattern is an updated version of the previous iteration, which was entitled Caorann Fair Isle Bauble.