Noro Striped Scarf!

It's time to show you some knitting. As promised here's my gorgeous Noro striped scarf. That's right, this one's for me. O.K. it was hard to choose just a few pictures, but I love this scarf, and its colors so much, so if you roll your eyes, because it's just a freaking simple scarf, move along please.

Scarf with cute little Christmas tree found in a sewing shop.

If you want distinct stripes with big contrast, be sure to choose two very different colorways. Mine had some of the same colors in it (guess when I like something, I really like it) and sometimes the stripes got muddled because of that, but I like it that way. I think the contrast stripes pop more this way.

If it were not for the gorgeous colorways Noro Silk Garden has, I would not buy this yarn. I had to pick straw forever. I think this yarn is a tiny bit overrated. Lately I had a lot of knots in my commercial yarn, but here was only one knot in one ball, that's not too bad. It's still almost too scratchy for my delicate neck, but I'll suck it up.

One colorway had much more yardage in both balls, than the other. At the end I knit from both ends of the ball, after the other colorway ran out, just to use it all up, and keep the stripes going. So there's nothing left over, just what you cut off from weaving in the ends.

Here are some specifics:

yarn: Noro Silk Garden in color # 239 (more yardage) and # 203, 2 balls each

pattern: Noro striped scarf as made popular by Jared

needles: 4.5mm straight Rosewood (my only pair)

size: before washing: 6" x 81" it's long Baby

I've cast on 39 stitches, for the edge I did nothing special. I knit the knit stitches and purled the purl stitches. I like it that way.

start-finish: December 1 - 11

Yesterday we had a snow storm. When I got up early in the morning I expected there to be lots of snow, but it didn't even snow yet. I thought the weather guys got it wrong again, but no. The snow came later, and of course me and the doggies had lots of fun.

Sam likes to rest in the fresh snow. In case you are wondering, the snow shovel is OUT. Every time he played with it his mouth got all bloody from the jagged edges. I was really surprised that he let me use it to shovel a little path away from the door. Normally he goes all crazy when I use it. I guess he'd rather have me shovel the snow.

Biko was busy scurrying around the pool, when I called her. She stopped mid stride and looked over. So, she CAN listen, she's got no problem with her ears. That's interesting. :o) Her nose looks white, because I caught a snow flake on camera (or I should say many) right in front of her.

Pictures taken at 8 AM this morning (from my kitchen window), what a wonderful sight!

That's it for today.