subject: Beautiful Fair Isle Cardigan And Best Whisky Glasses [print this page] Fair Isle is the farthest island of the Shetland Islands of Scotland. This small island has a very small population and the main source of income for the women is knitting the Fair Isle Cardigan. The unique Fair Isle cardigan is knitted using three or four colors of wool yarn in style of knitting that is known the worlds over as Fair Isle style. Fair Isle cardigans are simple to knit and bring out colored patterns on the knitted garment beautifully. The three or four bold colors that are used bring out the geometrical patterns on the yoke or the border of the cardigan very attractively.
Now, it is common to refer to any knitting that uses many colored yarn as the Fair Isle Cardigan. The simple fair Isle style that uses only one type of stitch; the knit, is distinct from all other styles that use other techniques and stitches.
Apart from the Scottish woolen industry that has many unique features and styles, the Scotch Whisky is also famous as the best whisky there is. Connoisseurs of whisky, swear by the Scotch Whisky that has set bench marks in the liquor industry. Where Scotch Whisky reigns the world, the Scottish cannot be far behind in making the best whisky glass to drink the best whisky from. Many glass works in Scotland make high quality whisky glasses that make drinking Scotch whisky an experience not only because of the whisky.
The whiskey glass as made in Scotland has a distinct shape with inward curvature that encourages the drinker to inhale the aroma of good whisky before even a drop is sipped. The high proportion of lead in the process of making the whisky glass makes the glass crystal clear and also makes a tinkling sound with the ice cubes in the whisky glass.
This fad of tulip shaped whisky glasses is quite out of proportion because many regular whisky imbibers believe that the best whisky glasses are the plain and simple whisky tumblers. There is no such a thing as a perfect whisky glass since the opinion about whisky glasses differs completely. While some believe in the expensive tulip shaped whisky glass with abroad base, a bulbous middle and slightly small mouth, there are others who care more for the whiskey than for the whisky glasses in which it is served.
The Scottish people are great entrepreneurs; they raise world-class goats and sheep for their high-class wool products. They innovate and create exclusive and A-One wool products such as the Cashmere jumpers and Cashmere blankets. They also weave the one and only tartan fabric that fashion designers are crazy after and their Aran jumper and Fair Isle scardigan that are knitted by local women have nothing in common except that they are knitted using local wool. The patterns, purpose and place of pride are all won by innovation and enterprise.
