Norovember!

Regular readers of my blog know how much I love to knit with Noro yarns. With much thanks to the brilliant mind of NanC, I've decided that November is now Norovember! November is my birthday month, so why not spend a lot of time playing with some of my favorite fibery goodness?!

If you're interested in joining me in knitting with Noro in November, leave me a comment and I'll add your name and blog to my sidebar. This isn't a formal knitalong, and there will be no pressure. I know Noro has many fans out there already, and this might be a good opportunity for people who haven't tried the stuff to pick up a skein or ten and give it a go!

From counting the images I've posted on this blog, I've used Noro yarns in 17 projects! I think there are probably a couple more that might not have made it online - at least one other Silk Garden multidirectional diagonal scarf, for sure.

A couple of these patterns came from Knitty:
Urban Rustic Gloves and Bloom; some from Black Sheep Bags: the Booga Bag, and Kristina; and various of Cornelia Tuttle Hamilton's Noro pattern books: Sursa, Klaralund, Lortorp, Orsa.

My favorite of Noro's yarns are Blossom and Silk Garden, but I also like Big Kureyon, regular Kureyon, and Shinano a lot too. I always have a nice selection of all of the above in my stash, and I plan to dust off a few skeins and use them in November. I already have a felted bag in the works, and I hear Ms. Tuttle Hamilton has yet another Noro book out. Do join me this Norovember! Please leave a comment if you'd like to join up, or drop me an e-mail at theminx1ATcomcastDOTnet. And if you'd like to design a button, send them along and I'll post them. We'll have a vote on the best and there will be a prize.

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