I know that Noro is all the rage on the blogs. I hadn’t been impressed with Noro in the stores because it always felt so scratchy and rough on the shelf, so I couldn’t understand the enthusiasm.
One of the patterns I’ve been wanting to knit uses Noro Kureyon. My LYS happened to have some of it in a color that I liked,

so I bought two balls.

I started the pattern. (The armwarmers from S&B Nation). I was impressed.

It is beautiful yarn that isn’t as scratchy as I had expected it to be when knit up. I was having fun. I was thinking that this Noro thing might be worth something. Then it happened. The same thing that happens to me frequently when I’m knitting. I encountered a knot. Now, the problem with encountering a knot in Noro, is that when you are striving to knit two matching gloves, it TOTALLY SCREWS WITH THE COLOR PATTERN! I probably got the only skein in the lot with a knot in it. I think I choose yarn like I choose dogs. If there’s a lemon, I’m bound to be the sucker that picks it. I would have been hopping mad yesterday when the knot was discovered, but since I’d already spent the entire day in bed with a headache, I was just resigned. And I continue to be so. Stupid yarn.

Thanks to a very kind, personal invitation to join, I’m now a part of Alison’s Fix-a-Thon. I am fixing my Lauralund. I’ve already started.

I was debating whether to redo it, or to just frog the whole thing and knit a cardigan. So I tried it on again to have another look. The thing is so stinking cute, I’m going to try again. I hope it works this time, because this Lopi isn’t going to take very kindly to being frogged again.

And yes, I’m off to my injection. Again. Sigh. Wish me luck as Nate isn’t able to stay home with me afterwards, so I’m on my own with the kids, the school bus schedule, and the dog, whilst being medicated. I’m not sure if you should pity me, or those left to my care.