Noro Patterns

I would like to say that I have finished my  variation on a 10 stitch blanket, but I haven’t!  I am on the last square and I am trying to write down what I am doing.  This is not easy because it is quicker to knit a row than write it down.  I hope to get the blanket finished in the next couple of weeks, but I have some outstanding knitting for All the Fun of the Fair which I had better get on with.

This week I have done more thinking about knitting than actually knitting.  I have bought the latest Noro magazine.  There are a few attractive patterns in it.  Most (if not all) of the home patterns are repeats of patterns that I have already got in other books.  However – seeing them again has made me think that I might have a go at knitting a couple of them.  It is odd to replicate patterns because the people like me who buy the magazine – also buy the books.

The pattern on the cover is very peculiar, but there are several summer tops which would be useful with our weather as it is.  I also noticed an advert for a Noro book that I didn’t have.   Knit Noro Accessories 2.  I didn’t not have it for long!

As far as I know – all the patterns in this book are new.  The cover pattern is a reversible cable scarf – which is attractive but a bit too long – I think.  I may have a go at a reversible cable project one day – maybe this one.  There are several other scarves, cowls and shawls which are very attractive.   I will add a few of them to the “maybe” list.