Fair Isle

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Fair Isle

 (fâr)
A small island between the Orkney Islands and the Shetland Islands of northern Scotland. Fair Isle is famous for its knitted woolen garments with distinctive colored patterns.
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Fair Isle

n
(Clothing & Fashion) an intricate multicoloured pattern knitted with Shetland wool into various garments, such as sweaters
[C19: named after one of the Shetland Islands where the pattern originated]
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Fair′ Isle`


n.
1. a banded geometrical pattern knitted into fabric with multicolored yarns.
2. clothing featuring such a pattern.
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Fair Isle

A multicolored pattern used in knitwear made with Shetland wool.
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FAIR isle, that from the fairest of all flowers, Thy gentlest of all gentle names dost take How many memories of what radiant hours At sight of thee and thine at once awake!
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Acrofter on Fair Isle and the community's nurse have come up with a novel way of helping a lamb get back to full strength following a debilitating illness - homemade "bionic" legs.
Blossom gets 'bionic' legs; ANIMALS ? Lamb recovers from illness with help of homemade supports
Freyja Parnaby, six, Grace Parnaby, nine, and Lewis Wright-Stanners, nine, regularly travel from the Fair Isle to Shetland for their lessons.
Kids flying to swim; LEISURE
emma johnson reports Rainbow's End jumper PS59.95, Bridget plain bobble hat PS25, Amelia Fair Isle flip mitt gloves PS22.50, Amelia Fair Isle tassel scarf PS35
Let it snow
Hill Top cardi PS69.95, Lewis boyfriend jeans PS49.95, fluffy bobble hat PS25 Rainbow's End jumper PS59.95, Hawkeswater Primaloft hooded gilet PS75, Willow skinny velvet trousers PS55, Sorel Out N About boots PS110 Alpine jumper PS65, Starry Night velvet skirt PS55, Patty Plain tights PS12.50 Rainbow's End jumper PS59.95, Bridget plain bobble hat PS25, Amelia Fair Isle flip mitt gloves PS22.50, Amelia Fair Isle tassel scarf PS35 Starlight jersey tunic PS49.95, stripes galore jersey top PS39.95, Patty Plain tights PS12.50, Cable beanie hat PS25 Lundie tunic PS59.95, Jade jegging jeans PS39.95, Fauna spot to spot scarf PS32.50 Thirlmere Primaloft long padded coat PS135, Jade jegging jeans PS39.95 All clothes from White Stuff and whitestuff.com
Let it snow; wrap up ready for a winter wonderland with the latest collection from white stuff. emma johnson reports
Rainbow's End jumper PS59.95, Bridget plain bobble hat PS25, Amelia Fair Isle flip mitt gloves PS22.50, Amelia Fair Isle tassel scarf PS35 Starlight jersey tunic PS49.95, stripes galore jersey top PS39.95, Patty Plain tights PS12.50, Cable beanie hat PS25 Hill Top cardi PS69.95, Lewis boyfriend jeans PS49.95, fluffy bobble hat PS25 Rainbow's End jumper PS59.95, Hawkeswater Primaloft hooded gilet PS75, Willow skinny velvet trousers PSSorel Out N About boots PS110 Alpine jumper PS65, Starry Night velvet skirt PS55, Patty Plain tights PS12.50 Lundie tunic PS59.95, Jade jegging jeans PS39.95, Fauna spot to spot scarf PS32.50 Thirlmere Primaloft long padded coat PS135, Jade jegging jeans PS39.95 All clothes from White Stuff and whitestuff.com
Let it snow; wrap up ready for a winter wonderland with the latest collection from white stuff. emma johnson reports
Cloe Faita, 22, originally planned to visit Fair Isle for five months to watch marine life in the North Sea.
Biologist is fired up for island life
Checked throw PS48.90, Not On The High Street Yellow Fair Isle jumper PS39.99, Zara.
Winter warmers; Keep the chill out and wrap up in stylish knits. By DIDI DANSO
Born on the outskirts of Bristol in 1951, Tim met his future wife on Fair Isle, in the Shetland Isles, where he had gone as a bird watcher.
Tributes paid to an 'ace birder'
Leopard print, PS25, Dorothy Perkins Fair Isle, PS16, George
New knits under PS30
The star of a TV documentary about life on Fair Isle has quit the tiny island - after fathering a child with a woman he met online.
It just wouldn't be Fair to bring our baby up on such a tiny isle; COUPLE SET UP NEW HOME AFTER SON'S BIRTH; TV show star quits remote community
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