I have been lusting after a gorgeous Fair Isle yoke for a while. In Shetland we saw lots and lots of beautiful yokes of course, but the one that kept jumping out at me was Ella Gordon’s lovely Ola Yoke, so while we were doing the trunk show at J&S I cheekily enlisted Ella to help me to pick some colours so that I can knit my own! I’ve chosen the magical shade 366 mix for the main body colour. If you’re familiar with your J&S shades, you will know this is an incredible combination of turquoise, yellow, pink, purple and blues (it’s also comfortably in my blue-teal-turquoise palette that will match most of my wardrobe!). It’s a complex colour that should pick up the yoke shades really well. For the contrasts around the yoke we’ve gone for green (24 mix), pale pink (FC50 mix), that versatile grey (203), deeper pink (72 mix) and a solid deep pinky-purple 43. I’m thrilled with the combination, and am really keen to get knitting, particularly as I’ve reawakened my absolute love of Fair Isle. It will also be a great simple project to do when I’m tired or at knit night etc, since there will be plenty of stocking stitch before I get to the more interesting Fair Isle on the yoke.