Fair Isle

American  

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

2. clothing featuring such a pattern, especially sweaters.

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Fair Isle British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Fair Isle

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

Example Sentences

Fair Isle lies half way between Orkney and Shetland and is famed for its knitwear and as a haven for thousands of seabirds.

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Fair Isle is home to about 60 people.

From BBC

They would be asked to set up a business, or have an active role in Fair Isle knitwear - a textile developed on the island in the early 19th Century.

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Angus Murray, NTS' operations manager for Fair Isle, said: "We are looking forward to welcoming new people to the island to become part of the crofting community of Fair Isle."

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The majority of the island is owned by NTS, which describes Fair Isle as the UK's most remote inhabited island.

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