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Fair Isle

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-002154

A traditional knitting technique that uses multiple colors to create intricate patterns, typically geometric motifs, across a row. Only two colors are worked in any single row, with unused colors carried loosely across the back of the fabric. This method originated on Fair Isle, a small island in Scotland.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-002154
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectTextile production
TranslationsGerman: Fair Isle; Spanish: Fair Isle; French: Fair Isle
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-002154",
  "term": "Fair Isle",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A traditional knitting technique that uses multiple colors to create intricate patterns, typically geometric motifs, across a row. Only two colors are worked in any single row, with unused colors carried loosely across the back of the fabric. This method originated on Fair Isle, a small island in Scotland.",
  "subject": "Textile production",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Fair Isle",
    "es": "Fair Isle",
    "fr": "Fair Isle"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/fair-isle/"
}

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