A seamless yoke is freshened up when a variegated yarn is used as the contrast in a basic Fair Isle pattern. Start knitting with the shaded yarn at any color segment and watch it blossom.
Finished Size:34 1/2 (37 1/4, 40, 42 3/4, 48 1/4)" bust
Yarn: Plymouth Galway Worsted (100% wool; 210 yd (192 m)/100 g): #130 green (MC), 3 (4, 4, 5, 6) skeins. Plymouth Boku (95% wool, 5% silk; 99 yd (90 m)/50 g): #2 pink/blue variegated (CC), 2 (2, 2, 3, 3) skeins
Yarn weight:#4 - Medium
Gauge: 16 sts and 24 rows = 4" in St st with MC on larger needles
Needles: Size 4 (3.5 mm): 24" circular needle and double-pointed (dpn); Size 8 (5 mm): 24" circular needle and dpn
Notions:Yarn needle; Markers (m); Stitch holders
Originally Published: Knitscene, Fall 2007