I LOVE color work!!  Be it intarsia or fair isle.  Although I like intarsia for garments for my children – my daughter has picked a sweater with a squirrel and a bubble over his head saying nuts!!  Fair isle is relegated for my garments.  Someday my husband may be worthy – let’s see what this wedding anniversary present brings.  Any how I digress, my recent fair isle conquest is a vest from the Fall ‘08 issue of Knitscene.  I used Rowan Kidclassic and changed all of the colors.  I used the same needle size throughout as the pattern called for – however, normally I would have gone up one needle size for the fair isle portion knowing that my gauge changes in fair isle.  The change in gauge created a wonderful waist shaping which was not before present in the pattern.  I received many compliments when I wore this vest to the shoppe yesterday.  I recommend this project highly.  If you are not familiar with the fine art of fair isle and want to learn, there is still room in the class coming up February 24 and march 10.   Just think, if you take the class you can learn two handed color work, reading from a chart and take this knitting skill to new levels to impress your family and friends.  Take my vest for example, as I was knitting it, I kept exclaiming to my family, “Look how wonderful and skilled I am. Watch my hands go, aren’t amazing –  I am a knitting Goddess.”  When I put it on yesterday I said to my husband, “Isn’t this the most stunning  item of knitting perfection you have ever seen?”  You too can become a knitting Goddess or God in fair isle knitting, it just takes a little two-handed juggling, some enthusiasm and a love of color. And prepare your friends and family to be awed by your greatness.