What I made, by Sharon

After my failed attempt to knit a vest I was undecided about what to knit next. I was waiting on the Cookie A sock club package, so I didn't want a big project and I wanted something that was going to be satisfying and work out. Additionally I had a wedding to attend on Sunday, that was about an hour away by taxi, so I wanted something I could knit in a crowded taxi. While drinking. Enter the Noro Stripped scarf. One of my favourite things to do is to "manually stripe" Noro - that's one of my favourite phrases too, thanks Jared Flood . I cast on 29 stitches in perfect, pastel Noro Kochoron - it's wool, silk and angora. Fluffy, but not too fluffy. Like all Noro stripped items my scarf has parts where the colours look stunning And bit where they are quite ugly And inevitably some parts where the colours come together, almost erasing the striped affect. And in the end, all of this comes together for a perfect, snugly stripy, warm, perfect examp...

It's been Norovember for 20 days and I am just about to cast on my first Noro project for the month. This is not due to a lack of love for Noro, but because I have very little in my rapidly diminishing stash. I've got 100 grams of left over sock yarn in three different colour ways and this: Which are the remnants from my mothers Adult Surprise Jacket. I bought the yarn in my first ever Webs purchase and my first ever Noro project, and I used 11 and a half balls for the ASJ. I think I bought 16 balls! I may have been over excited about buying Noro. I have been using the leftovers for various things ever since. Ravelry tells me that this is my sixth project using left overs. I don't love the colours, orange is more my mothers style than mine, but they are quite pretty, in that amazing Noro way. I'm making the Kalajoki socks , which is a free pattern I've had my eye on for ages. Also in celebration of Norovember I put in another Noro order at Webs. Hopefully I...