NORO sock yarn! What's it good for? Absolutely nothing! N! O! R! O!
Well, ok, I exaggerate. The new Noro sock yarn is not good for socks, I'm guessing. I knit a small swatch and found the fabric too floppy and shapeless (it's single ply) and I worry it might be too scratchy. I've also read that it tends to bias when knit in the round (also because it's single ply).
So I used it to make another one of my reversible scarves. This is very narrow -- maybe only 4" wide -- and very long. Meant to wrap around the neck a few times and then you can tie it in a bow.
The pattern is a variation of the Indian pillar stitch. Kind of labor-intensive to make but also fun and, yes, reversible. This baby is something like 8 feet long and there's still plenty of yarn left. I'd say thumbs down for socks but thumbs up for a project requiring lace-weight yarn. The color shifts are really cool.
Here's another pair of mittens. Simma loved my Latvians and requested a pair. I still had some alpaca yarn left over from a hat that I had made her a year ago. She had bought the yarn in Australia when she was there Jan07:
I used other yarns from my stash, so it was very satisfying to use that up and not buy anything. I had to rip these back several times because I kept loosing track of when I should change colors and also where to place the thumb. (those pesky thumbs!) But I am happy with how they came out. Very soft!
