Natsumi

Thanks everyone for the kind words. You’re all correct. No blogger should feel pressured to post. This is supposed to be fun so we should all just try to post as often as we can; no pressure.

Natsumi, Summer Beauty in Japanese, is my latest design. Early in the spring I was given some Noro Matsuri and asked to do something with it. Boy am I slow at designing garments; especially when they are not for me. Well the pattern is finally available at Mouline and the PDF version is available for sale on Ravelry.



Here is a close up of the stitch pattens.




I loved the yarn but as with all Noro yarns you have to deal with knots. The colours are just so beautiful and this is such a comfortable yarn to wear that knots are a small price to pay. It did get me thinking about all of the different techniques there are for joining yarns. Being a self taught knitter I have my own ways of doing things. So I've decided to do my first "how-to", all about joining non-wool yarns or any yarn that will not splice easily. I just have to take a few pictures since written explanations are not always that clear.

Happy knitting.