For solar system enthusiasts! Planets orbit your head in a riot of color, with a fair isle sun on the crown.

Dress your child in an adorable mountaintop scene, with his favorite train chugging around the yoke. Pullover is knit top-down, with a circular yoke, with fair isle patterning. Train cars are knit separately and sewn on, with embroidered details.

Lacy girls hooded cardigan, evocative of woodland fairies and elves. Embossed leafy lace border all around, with optional beads around the cuffs and hem.

This is the pattern for the adult version of the Woodland Fairy Cardigan. Knit this lightweight hooded jacket out of your favorite sock-weight yarn. Instructions included to achieve gradual color transitions if you want to use several colors. Fastened with a single beautiful clasp, and featuring an embossed leafy lace pattern with optional bead...

Springtime cherry blossoms and kimono colors grace this Japanese-inspired swingy coat.

This candy-colored pullover has cute ruffles, lots of stripes, and sweet tulips dancing round the middle. Available in sizes 12 months, 2T,3/4T.

Intarsia Christmas stocking. Leg is worked flat, then joined in the round to make a sock foot with short row heel. Details are added to the intarsia stars with embroidery at the end.

This charming capelet will keep your snow angel nice and warm, with a cozy hood. With cheerful snowmen for you to embroider and decorate. Available in sizes 2T, 3/4T, and 5/6.

Little ones will love to retell the story of the Three Bears on this pullover, with its bowls, chairs, beds and bears worked in fair isle. Suggestions for girl and boy details on cuffs, colors and hems. Available in sizes 6 months, 12 months, 18 months.

Little ones will love to retell the story of the Three Bears on this pullover, with its bowls, chairs, beds and bears worked in fair isle. Suggestions for girl and boy details on cuffs, colors and hems. Available in sizes 6 months, 12 months, 18 months.

Feel like a flower fairy princess in this airy confection for special occasions, featuring lace and optional beads. Available in sizes 2T, 3/4T, 5/6, 7/8.

This light cotton dress has a swingy pleated “grass” ruffle and appliqué flowers. Available in size 12 months, 2T, 3T, 4T, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10.

For the kid who loves robots, a chance to actually dress up as one. Available in sizes 3/4T, 5/6, 7/8.

This pullover creates the illusion of a royal surcoat over chain mail, for your favorite knight in shining armor. Available in sizes 2T, 3/4T, 5/6, 7/8. Pullover is worked in four strips (two fronts and two backs), with intarsia motifs. Garter stitch edging is applied, and sleeves and side panels are worked separately in reverse stockinette and...

Chunky weight yarn quickly knits up to make an aquarium for your little one! Fish, seaweed and others are knit up separately in worsted weight yarn and appliqued on, including a treasure chest pocket with button bubbles. Too cute!

A necessary accessory for any knight in shining armor. Hood can be worked in reverse stockinette to resemble chain mail, or worked in stockinette with a pointed hood for a traditional medieval hood. One size fits most, ages 3 to 7

Here’s a free pattern for charted fair isle robot mittens for your little one. NOTE: This is pattern includes the chart and guidelines for construction. I cobbled together the actual mitten shape from several patterns. It will help if you have made some mittens with side thumb gussets before!

This space-themed pullover will be just the thing to spark your budding astronomer’s imagination. This sweater is knit in the round from the bottom up, using an adaptation of the Elizabeth Zimmerman Percentage system for round-yoked pullovers. The sleeves are knit separately and joined to the body, to make the circular yoke, which is knit in th...

Let your favorite little tadpole go out and about in style

…with a cherry on top.

This sweet baby hat features a row of fair isle and embroidered duckies swimming around the crown, and curly duck fluff on top. Make it in brights, pastels, blues or pinks for your favorite baby. Detailed instructions are included for knitting in the round and fair isle. If you’ve been afraid to try fair isle before, this is the perfect project!

These adorable booties are perfect for a sweet baby. A tie around the ankle helps them stay on securely. These booties use a basic short-row sock heel, with a fun stitch pattern finished off with Kitchener stitch to make ducky toes!

This baby hat comes with friendly instructions for knitting in the round and fair isle. It features a variety of beautiful designer yarns in cashmere, merino wool, and cotton.

Knit up a basketful of farm fresh vegetables!

UPDATE: JBW stopped hosting this pattern on their site, but I’ve created a PDF of the pattern and you can download it for free right here.