Rewind to Christmas of 2008. I was a little obsessed with Noro sock yarn and asked my folks for some for Christmas. Now my mom crochets and is not intimidated by words such as worsted or bulky. She understands yarn. However, I failed to give her some very important information. I opened my present which was beautifully wrapped in a basket and I kind of balked…
Mom: “What’s wrong?”
Me: “Oh, nothing.”
Mom: “Something’s wrong. I can tell by your face.”
Me: “Oh, no. Nothing is wrong. It is just REALLY a lot of sock yarn.”
Mom: “What do you mean? It is enough for two pairs like you asked.”
At this point, I come clean that it is enough yarn for four pairs of socks. See critical information missing? 100g makes a pair of socks. Now I have 400g of yarn. That’s a lot of sock yarn folks. Not only that, but I have two 100g balls of two different colorways, which of course means I could knit something other than socks. For the last year, I have mulled over what to knit. Clapotis? Simple Yet Effective Shawl? Well, last week when Terry was struck down with the plague I decided finally to cast on Multnomah. Lots of garter stitch for a while and then some feather and fan. Love it.
This is it as of last Friday. Now I am knitting the feather and fan border. The pattern is lovely, but how it is written is kind of wonky. Almost like some punctuation is missing. I managed to get through and figured it out. It could just be that I have never knit a triangular shawl and had a hard time visioning what was happening too. Either way I love how this is turning out with the striping of the colors. It is great.
How lucky you are! I’m not sure what my mom would do if she thought I was knitting up $40 pairs of socks. Hahaha.
Last year I purchased 5 skeins from the same dye lot, and I agree – that’s a lot of noro sock yarn. I’ve done some socks and a SYES. Maybe I’ll follow you down the Multnomah path, as a gift for someone special.
It’s looking great so far. Can’t wait to see the finished project!
Yeah. She mentioned AFTER I told her that each $20 ball makes a pair of socks that she was relieved I wasn’t knitting basically $40 socks.