They often featured a knitted interior lining, too. The typical Fair Isle knit follows an ‘OXO’ pattern, where a geometric ‘O’ is followed by an ‘X’ and repeated throughout the garment.

The Fair Isle knit, a two-stranded knitting tradition originating off the coast of Scotland, has been a wardrobe staple for well over 100 years — keeping everyone from 18th century fisherman to ...

Fair Isle is an actual island, fairly isolated north of Scotland in the Shetland archipelago. There, the design began in the early 19th Century as a pattern for fishermen's caps and sweaters.

Fair Isle sweaters are a big trend this season, but, well, chances are your favorite new knit didn't come from Fair Isle after all. As The Economist reports this week, only seventy people actually ...

Taking its name from the island of Fair Isle — part of the Shetland archipelago about 100 miles off the northeastern coast of Scotland — the knitting technique first began in fisherman’s hats during ...

They often featured a knitted interior lining, too. The typical Fair Isle knit follows an ‘OXO’ pattern, where a geometric ‘O’ is followed by an ‘X’ and repeated throughout the garment.

The Fair Isle knit, a two-stranded knitting tradition originating off the coast of Scotland, has been a wardrobe staple for well over 100 years — keeping everyone from 18th century fisherman to ...