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  2. Fair Isle (technique) - Wikipedia

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    Fair Isle (/fɛəraɪ̯l/) is a traditional knitting technique used to create patterns with multiple colours. It is named after Fair Isle , one of the Shetland Islands . Fair Isle knitting gained considerable popularity when the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII ) wore Fair Isle jumpers in public in 1921.

  3. Tam cap - Wikipedia

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    Tam designs continued to be fashionable throughout the 1930s; The Times highlighted an outfit for Royal Ascot in 1938 comprising dress and bolero jacket with matching black velvet tam with high corners in the style of a mortar board hat. [9] In the British Isles, the tam cap is often used as a headcovering by Christian women during church services.

  4. Category:Fair Isle - Wikipedia

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  5. Fair Isle - Wikipedia

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    Fair Isle (/ ˈ f ɛər aɪ l / FAIR eyel; Old Norse: Friðarey), sometimes Fairisle, is the southernmost Shetland island, situated roughly 38 kilometres (20 + 1 ⁄ 2 nautical miles) from the Shetland Mainland and about 43 kilometres (23 nautical miles) from North Ronaldsay (the most northerly island of Orkney).

  6. Aran knitting patterns - Wikipedia

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    Aran knitting patterns are heavily textured knitting patterns which are named after the Aran Islands, which are located off the west coast of Ireland from County Galway and County Clare. The patterns are knitted into socks, hats, vests, scarves, mittens, afghans, pillow covers, [ 1 ] and, most commonly, sweaters.

  7. Index of fashion articles - Wikipedia

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  8. George Waterston Memorial Centre and Museum - Wikipedia

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    The George Waterston Memorial Centre and Museum is a local museum in Fair Isle, Scotland. George Waterston OBE (1911–1980), the former Scottish Director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, was a much-loved figure who had a massive and positive influence on Fair Isle. He bought the island after World War II and co-founded the ...

  9. Argyle (pattern) - Wikipedia

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    An example of an Argyle style pattern. An argyle (/ ˈ ɑːr. ɡ aɪ l /, occasionally spelled argyll) pattern is made of diamonds or lozenges.The word is sometimes used to refer to an individual diamond in the design, but more commonly refers to the overall pattern.