Long-languishing Fair Isle Sweater

 Look what I uncovered in the process of organizing my closet!

At the bottom of a basket was this Fair Isle sweater that I started at least 10 years ago.  The felted bag of yarn has been on my book shelf for many years, and once in a while I would think about finding the sweater I was making with its contents.  I'm not sure why I stopped working on the sweater.  I might have been unhappy with the way the colors were working, although now that I view the picture, it looks rather good to me.  There is certainly ample quantity of yarn to finish it, with sleeves. Apparently I designed a pullover.  I had already made the armhole steeks and was probably deciding on the neck shape when I stopped working on it.  This morning I decided it would have a rounded boatneck. 

It's mostly Jamieson's of Shetland "Spindrift", but it also includes some Harrisville Designs "Shetland" wool and the bright green is a Rowan yarn.  The greenish-grey in the forefront of this picture has long ago lost its label; it feels like Shetland wool, but I don't remember any Shetland wool that was in that type of skein. So, not being a purist on this project.  I am following the other guidelines for Fair Isle work: these are traditional Fair Isle motifs from Starmore's pattern book, and I'm only using 2 colors/row.  

 This combination of greens and purples is always appealing to me.  It was fun to get back to this project!