Another Noro Shawl
Big ball of Noro Yarn
This beautiful ball of Noro Yukata yarn was given to me by a relative…
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Knit
I started knitting a shawl using the free pattern from Ravelry (Simple Lines by maanel. Click here for a link to the pattern)
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Floradora helps
It’s mostly stockinette stitch (with occasional rows of garter stitch and eyelet) which shows the beautiful yarn colours and emphasises their stripes… but the last 16 rows are a pretty lace edge.
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off!
…5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1…cast off!
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lumpy
The garter stitch lines and eyelet rows are pretty lumpy when it first comes off the needles…
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straight
…but they smooth out after blocking. It was an April showery day when I blocked the shawl so I put it under the covered part of the porch…and as usual, Blueberry wanted to help since it was a project involving string…
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sunbeam
and later on the sun came out!
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Quimper Hittys 
What a gorgeous shawl! Nice use of the Noro yarn 🙂
Thanks so much – My very generous relative was happy to see the yarn put to immediate use, but how could I not!?
Oh it’s gorgeous!
We really like it too! The yarn is very satisfying to handle, and we are so pleased with the way the colours spool off the ball!
ohhh, I love me some Noro yarn! It really worked up well – it looks amazing!
The yarn really did work up well – we just love the rich colours, and the oranges especially!
Beautiful colours, and you’re so right about that design really making the most of the striping effect of the yarn.
Experience – eh? There are some advantages in getting to be old. I am now familiar enough with the Noro yarns and knew the stripes were emphatic, so wanted to use a pattern that rejoiced in that!
What a lovely shawl and you’ve made it oh so well. The colors are going to be so pretty on you.
Thank you so much! I really do like this pattern! The plain rows, are not boring, interspersed as they are with garter stitch rows and eyelet rows, and I love the little zing of the lace pattern at the end.
beautiful colour combination and the way they worked out in the stripes is lovely. The lace edging finishes it nicely. Hope you and Floradora – and Blueberry enjoy it.
The name of this kind of yarn is Yukata, and it will be a nice light shawl for summery weather down the hill from you where we get the evening off shore breezes! There is a smallish amount of yarn left, so I am thinking what to make for the Hittys…
at first I was confused by the name – yukata is an unlined, cotton Summer kimono, then I realized that it is a Noro yarn. Lovely blend of fibres. I have a new weaving student. Japanese professor from UVic – my brain is struggling with 2 languages!
how lovely…the colors and the design! It is really special. I do appreciate that Blueberry was so helpful and really loved the final photo of shawl and Hitty in a ray of sunshine. perfection!
Hitty Floradora was very encouraging all the way through the knitting process! She loved the wee sunshiny moment between April showers!
That looks gorgeous!
Thank you so much, we were so delighted to have been given this beautiful ball of yarn! The pattern turned out even better than we hoped!
I’m really liking my Noro Garden Silk yarn.
I like Noro a lot!