An Actual Fair Isle Sweater

I am making an actual fair isle sweater. It's not the one of my dreams. That one has nicer colour combinations and smaller gauge and it's differently fitted and ....

Well, you get the point.

Nonetheless, I have been putting off making a replacement for my first fair isle (which is falling to bits) and I need a good, warm, workhorse sweater. I need something that's not ugly but that I don't feel sad about wearing when moving a sap-drenched pine tree or cleaning the cat box. A functional bit of warmth that I rather like the look of and I can take some pride in having made.

I'll tell you all about it, shall I?