Although spring is just round the corner..... No truly it *is* just a few more weeks away - although the freezing temps and constant rain would have us all think otherwise....I really need a pair of mittens. My lovely Jet handwarmers have pilled horrendously which is very disappointing and I want to make me something nice and pretty and warm.
My nephews mittens were a great knit and there is an adult version of the pattern I thought I would try. I remembered I have 5 balls of Noro Kureyon (with no specific purpose) so I decided I would treat myself to some truly special mittens
The mitten is too big so I'm going to frog it :( and go down a needle size. Length wise its fine but its a bit baggy round my hand and although functional as it is, I think for once in my life I will start over.
While I adore the blue and pink on the cuff I'm not that fond of green and orange so I might try a different ball that looks like it might have more blue and less green. I guess with this yarn you never really know what you'll get and its all part of the 'experience'. The colours are really deep and vibrant and quite amazing.
I did really like the colours and the way it knitted up. But....
Will I get flamed for this?
I don't really 'get' it. I mean, it was nice and everything, and I can almost forgive the knots, the bits of grass and the underspun bits. But having a colour change by way of one colour knotted to the next???!!! I dont know...not really my cup of tea (or ball of yarn). I guess I just like my yarn a little more....predictable?
Does that make me a boring knitter?
I didn't "hate" it, I guess I was just expecting to be more "wowed" by it.
Especially as here it costs about 4 times as much as a ball of 'regular' yarn. I didn't pay that much since Fi was selling it cheap - so in that respect I'm glad I did finally try it and didn't fork out huge amounts of cash for yarn I like but....well.... not that much.
Maybe my expectations were too high? After all, it is just a ball of yarn.
I see Nikki says she 'gets' NK now so perhaps its a case of trying again. I guess I just thought I'd fall in love..... not have to work at it.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
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Not a boring knitter, an honest one;-) (I didn't see that my colour changes were knotted together? Must look next lot I use.) I like Noro...but not enough to ever invest in a whole garments worth.
NK isn't my favorite yarn either. i think the colors are gorgeous but i don't really like knitting it and the knots (and the price!) drive me crazy!
i think i knit a pair of arm warmers out of that same colorway. i used 2 balls of yarn, same colorway, same dyelot, and the second arm warmer has colors that aren't anywhere in the first. i kinda like them, all mis-matched like that though! :)
xo,
erika
I have mixed feelings about Noro too. Love the colours (haven't had any knotted colour changes - yet!) but can't really get my head round the general 'twiggyness' of Kureyon and Silk Garden.
I've experienced the same thing Gabes, and had the knot thing happen in my $17 a ball Silk Garden!! I love Noro more in the ball than I do knit up in most instances, however, for felted projects, especially where you want that stripey look, that's where the Noro love comes in :D Can't wait to see how version 2 comes out :D
i'm with you on this one. i love to stand in front of the shelves of variegated yarns in the store, and i certainly have a small stash of them, but i find them almost impossible to appreciate knit up. even when the colorways are gorgeous, somehow i can't appreciate the way they come together in a a garment as much as the way they look in the skein.
I know what you mean. I was ready to be totally in love with the NK sock yarn, but when I saw it in person and felt it with my own hands, disappointment. I think we all have different yarn taste, just like in food or fashion, so there's no way to please everyone. That said, the colors are fabulous!
I didn't love it the first tiime I used it, but I adore it now. In saying that, I love SG more than Kureyon, but I think if you get the right project, and the right colours.... Awesome.
Bugger about the knots. There are occasional ones. I get maybe 1 knot in about every 2-3 balls, and usually they are in totally wierd places. So thats when I pick up a different ball, felt a join in a good colour matching spot, and go for it again. Means odd balls at the end, but thats OK.
Some people also skip whole colours out of the range - so you could knit them again, and just leave out the orange and green - save all thsoe bits for another project.
I think the mitten looks great anyway.
I am in the 'I'm not wowed by it club' too - It is okay...... BUT i won't be forking out $15.00 a ball again......
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