I don't remember seeing anything as good as that. I think the current fashion is for fewer, more muted colours (probably easier and quicker to knit, too), but they don't show off the knitter's craft anywhere near so well.
Here's the New Mexico version of a Fair Isle vest. I'm not sure what makes it Fair Isle rather than Orkney patterning. But the colors here are definitely desert.
My mum used to be considered a good knitter (before the bifocals) of the complex cabling variety, but she wouldn't do Fair Isle.
Me...I can't keep an even tension for a single line, never mind choose how many stitches to the inch.
My Mum taught me to knit when I was about 5. Hands are more agile then and can learn to do these things....
I'm a fiberholic--have bags of fleeces ready to spin and dye, and boxes of yarns. Eoghan the cat loves to knit too, but not in a helpful way ;-) Elaine
