Turkey Tracks: February 12, 2011
In Progress: Noro Iro Sweater
Well, here’s my Noro Iro sweater in progress. You may recall that I’m using a pattern from Jane Ellison’s book, KNITTING NORO.
I have run into gauge problems. The pattern calls for a 7mm needle, which falls somewhere between our 6mm (10 1/2) and 8mm (11) American needles–which means the sweater will fit ok but is going to take more yarn!!! Fortunately Helen at Heavenly Socks in Belfast, Maine, has two extra skeins since she so generously ordered the yarn for me, which meant she had to order 12 skeins and hope to sell the other 4 since I was only supposed to need 8. She’s great that way!
What you see here is the back. The bottom is knitted in a textured pattern for about 11 inches. Then you switch to stockinette. Both showcase the yarn nicely. I wish I had put that wide dark band fully at the bottom. I do like the scalloped bottom edge.
Here’s the pattern I’m trying to do. Notice how matched the yarn is on the sleeves and front body.
I have no idea how my sweater is going to come out because I can already see that the back will be different. The back is twice as wide as either of the front pieces, right? So, the yarn color on the front is knitting out twice as thick before changing to a new color. In other words, the only way you could try to match color would be to do a lot of cutting of yarn. And, I don’t think that’s the purpose of this yarn anyway.
Oh well! It will be what it will be!
It’s feeling a little fussy to me though. Like one of those garments that are wearing you rather than you wearing them!
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