Fair Isle and Colourwork Knitting with Tash
Have you been admiring all the wonderful stranded colourwork and fair isle projects on Ravelry and dreamed of making one yourself? Come along to a class with Tash and get started!
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Colourwork Confidence: Knit Fair Isle in the Round with Tash
Ready to dive into the colourful world of Fair Isle knitting? This hands-on workshop with Tash is the perfect place to start. You'll learn the essential skills of stranded colourwork while knitting a cosy winter hat—your first project in two colours, worked in the round.
Fair Isle can feel a little daunting at first, but Tash will guide you every step of the way. You’ll learn how to hold two yarns comfortably, manage your floats, master colour dominance, and choose yarns that make your patterns pop.
Whether you’ve admired colourwork from afar or tried it once and got tangled up—this class will give you the confidence and techniques to make multi-colour knitting a joy, not a juggle.
What You’ll Learn:
• How to hold and tension two yarns—choose the method that works for you
• Float management: how to carry unused yarn neatly across the back
• Catching floats and spacing stitches evenly
• Understanding colour dominance and how it affects your pattern
• Choosing colours with contrast for bold, beautiful results
Class Highlights:
• Start knitting a warm winter hat featuring traditional stranded colourwork
• Tash’s expert tips for tension, technique and finishing
• Leave with a partially completed project and the confidence to finish it—and make many more!
Skill Level:
Confident beginner. You should be comfortable with knit and purl stitches, casting on, and knitting in the round.
Duration: 3 hours, in-person class
What to Bring:
• 3.75mm circular needle (40cm length)
• 4.5mm circular needle (40cm length)
• 4.5mm circular needle (80cm length)
• Darning needle
• Two shades of 10ply wool or wool-blend yarn (approx. 50g of main colour, 30g of contrast)
– Choose two high-contrast colours for best results
– Suggested yarns: Malabrigo Rios, Fiddlesticks Peppin 10, Grange 10, Dooish, Linden
Pre-Class Homework:
You'll begin your hat at home and bring your work with you to class on the day.
Using your 3.75mm (40cm) needle and main colour, cast on 86 stitches.
• Join in the round (being careful not to twist) and place a marker for the beginning of the round
• Work K1, P1 rib for 6 rounds
• Switch to 4.5mm (40cm) needle
– Round 1: K20, Kfb, K21, Kfb, repeat twice (you’ll have 90 stitches total)
– Round 2: Knit all stitches
([Kfb = knit into front and back of the same stitch])
Leave your work on your needles and bring it with you to the class.
By the end of class, you'll have a great start on your hat and all the skills you need to finish it—and to tackle future Fair Isle projects with confidence.
Your teacher: Tash Childers
Tash has been knitting ever since her grandmother taught her at 8 years of age. She was always a fearless knitter, tackling an all-over intarsia vest for her mum as her first garment when she was 12. While taking time off from Mathematics teaching to raise her children, she taught many of her friends to knit and co-ordinated a mothers’ group for knitters. She is passionate about sharing the joy of knitting with others and helping knitters to improve their skills, so they have the confidence to tackle any project.
Terms and conditions
- Full payment is required prior to the start of the class to confirm your spot.
- Minimum numbers - All classes require a minimum of three people in order to go ahead and, depending on the class, a maximum of up to 10. If your class or workshop does not have the minimum number of students, the class will be postponed and you will be notified within three days of the class date if it has been cancelled or changed. We cannot be held liable for travel or any other costs in the event of a cancellation.
- If your class is postponed or cancelled you can use the amount paid to transfer to another event/activity, use as a store credit, or be issued a full refund.
Cancelling a class
- Up to 7 days before the class - you are able to cancel, postpone or swap a class up to 7 days prior to the class date and can receive a full refund.
- 7 days-24 hours before the class - we are able to offer a credit but we cannot guarantee a full refund unless another booking fills your spot.
- Less than 24 hours before the class - no credit or refund available.
Please see our general Classes & Workshops page for our FAQ.
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