I am supposed to be in bed (it’s 10.45) as we have a 6am start in the morning as we’re off to Wales for the day to see some friends, I had to post these pictures as I’m so excited!
It’s done! I’ve learnt a lot with this project. Firstly, the skein doesn’t always knit up how you expected (yes, duh, I knew that but…), second that sock wool varies SO much. This Noro silk garden sock is lovely but quite thick for a sock yarn with lots of thick and thin variations. It’s created a very dense fabric, really warm, but not draping in the way I wanted. So, I’m going to have to knit it again! I think if I knitted a scarf or shawl with this yarn again I’d go up to a 4mm needle.
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Mollie & Claire 
I love the colors and the cushy garter stitch! Beautiful FO!
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Thank you 🙂 I am still in shock that I have finished something without getting distracted by something else. Must be the addictive pattern!
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Bummer that it isn’t draping as you’d like, but it’s awfully pretty!
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Thank you 🙂 I may turn it from a gift for a female friend to a gift for my hippy Dad’s birthday in September, and knit Trillian again in the Lang Yarns wool I posted about recently.
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What great ideas! The Lang Yarns will make a beautiful Trillian
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Your Trillian is beautiful! Lots of knitters have a love-hate relationship with Noro yarn. The good news is that it will soften up amazingly – just by wearing. I made a Multnomah from Noro sock yarn and it gets lovelier by the day!
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Yes, that’s a good point, it does soften up. I absolutely adore Noro and I love to knit with it, in all its variations, this one just doesn’t drape how I wanted it to… My favourite shawl is made from Noro sekku and kidsilk haze stranded together! I LOVE that!
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Your Trillian is absolutely gorgeous, I love it! 😀
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Thank you! 🙂
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Wow – it’s huge. I wasn’t expecting a shawl it seemed much smaller in the photos. Absolutely gorgeous and no doubt you’ll need it if visiting Wales at this time of year…
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It’s quite large! Actually Wales was lovely – nice and warm – we were even paddling at 7.30pm in Tenby!
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Well done you. It’d be interesting to see a photo of it taken outside in natural light though, to get a true feel for the colours ….. please 🙂
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OK, I will do that this evening, Glastonbury traffic allowing – I have to go to the south of the county for a meeting and am going on a bit of a detour to avoid festival traffic!
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If Glastonbury traffic is anything like the NEC traffic Mud has to cope with several times a year, on his commute, I think you’ll be needing a glass of wine when you get in and not your camera 🙂
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And, it’s raining! Well it is Glastonbury week!
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Lol 😀
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Always a great feeling when a project is completed but always frustrating when it’s not completely how you expect.
Looks lovely from here and wonderful under a warm winter coat.
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I think I may give it to my hippy Dad!
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I will do my best. Techno savvy I am not and if it’s not wordpress I may struggle… 🙂
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