Kaffe Fasset reinvention

knitting ajour is going to a workshop with Kaffe Fasset and I am jealous. I own two of his books, the famous 'glorious knitting' and 'family album'. The idea of knotting smaller pieces of yarn in similar colours together and then knitting a basically 2-colour pattern which then transforms into 30+ colour pattern is, imho, a stroke of genius. Actually I made a sweater for myself in the early 90ies in the poppy pattern with blues and reds, a baby sweater with floating circles and a childrens' sweater in a 'brushstroke' (orange and pinks combined with blues and greens).
I also started a sweater for myself in 'jacks stripe in greens, blues, turquoise and purples - my favorite colours. However, I never finished that sweater. There are two reasons for me not to finish it now. The first is my decision a couple of years ago not to knit big things anymore. I need to have the satisfaction of finishing something more often than once a year. Also, fashion has changed, and whereas it was ok to have a big baggy sweater back in the 90ies, that is not so hot anymore (although it could become so, I am sure). Anyway I am frogging the whole thing (which is a front, a back and half a sleeve) and the result is 'selfstriping' yarn in my favourite colours - with loads of knots. The first thing I made with this (using the purples and turquoises) is this hat, of which I found a pattern on a swedish blog (you have to scroll down a bit to find the hat).

Actually, slip stitch colour patterns are a stroke of genius too and combined with the Kaffe Fasset selfstriping knot yarn method, I think you get a fabulous result without having to untangle any yarns! Another stroke of genius, by the way, would be to combine these two strokes and add the technique of modular knitting (aka domino knitting) - do this and you'll end up doing things like Horst Schulz (I can't seem to find his own site but look here to get the idea.)