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Meanings of fair isle knitting in English

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Knitting technique that produces intricate patterns in rows, carried out in yarns of several colors.

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Examples for "fair isle"
Examples for "fair isle"
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And where there is travel on this fair isle, congestion inevitably follows.
The Irish Times
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I have a long short-list of candidates from this fair isle.
The Irish Times
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The ghost of a steamer was waiting for them, Fortune on that fair isle!
Lord Jim
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Again the poet writes of a fair isle in the sea; point out other instances.
Selections from Poe
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To this fair isle; full many a victim died
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13,...
Usage of fair isle knitting in English
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Her hobbies are reading, traveling the world and Fair Isle knitting.
The story of us
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Fair Isle knitting, which is still practiced commercially by three women on the island, also provided Marie Bruhat's path to Fair Isle.
BBC