Fair Isle

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a banded geometrical pattern knitted into garments using variously colored woolen yarns.

clothing featuring such a pattern, especially sweaters.

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Origin of Fair Isle

After Fair Isle, one of the Shetland Islands where the knitting pattern originated

Words nearby Fair Isle

fair-haired boy, Fairhaven, fairily, fairing, fairish, Fair Isle, Fair Lawn, fairlead, fair list, fairly, fair market price

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How to use Fair Isle in a sentence

Fair Isle is a distinctive form of stranded colorwork used to create rows of intricate patterns.
Sweater weather transports this writer to places like Scotland, Ireland and Norway|Karen Gardiner|December 17, 2020|Washington Post
There is the girl with the tie-dyed purse and the woven Fair Isle flats (so Urban Outfitters).
Ron Paul’s Surprisingly Young Support Base|Andrew Romano|January 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
IN the fair isle of Cyprus, long ago, lived a young sculptor named Pygmalion.
Children of the Dawn|Elsie Finnimore Buckley
Fair Isle is a lonely island midway between the Orkney and Shetland islands.
Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680|Jasper Danckaerts

On the third day after leaving the Orkneys we sighted Fair Isle, looming faintly through a mist of snow, far to starboard.
The Pilots of Pomona|Robert Leighton
On Fair Isle, one of the Shetland group, the art is first said to have been discovered, very many years ago.
Mr. Sweet Potatoes and Other Stories|Anonymous
It would seem as if the Fair Isle had some attraction for “persons of quality.”
Across the Plains|Robert Louis Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for Fair Isle

Fair Isle

noun

an intricate multicoloured pattern knitted with Shetland wool into various garments, such as sweaters

Word Origin for Fair Isle

C19: named after one of the Shetland Islands where the pattern originated

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