Miss Me?
I'm done!
Green Superwash Weasley:
I used THIS to get an idea of what I was doing, but made lots of modifications to account for the yarn I was using (Valley Superwash, from Webs). As I said before, the yarn is quite nice -- a little denser than your Cascade 220 Superwash, maybe also a little softer. I put the sweater (or most of it, anyway) through the wash before blocking, and it held up very well.
I like this pattern a lot. And I think what I may like about it the very most is that it is a kids' sweater that can potentially be used for several years. It is quite baggy, giving plenty of room to grow in width.
So the part of the sweater where a kid's rapidly increasing size would really become an issue is the sleeves, maybe the body length. But the sleeves are baggy too, and are knit from the top-down. (I did a rolled bottom sleeve rather than the ribbing that the pattern called for.) All of which means that Mother-of-Y can send the sweater back to me when the sleeves get too short, I can easily add some more length (maybe even that ribbing in a contrasting color), and they get at least another year out of it. Neat.
Scarf for V:
I used THIS to get an idea of what I was doing, but made lots of modifications to account for the fact that I wanted a scarf rather than a hat. (I'll post those mods in a day or so, for those who are interested.) This yarn was great, too -- but it is hard to not like Kureyon. (Although, these colors are also not my favorites! Ever seen Kureyon 170? Now *that* is to die for.)
Now, I have to ask.
Kureyon.
I heard just the other day something that made me think it isn't supposed to be pronounced Cure-E-On.
Which is the only way I've heard it said.
Not that I have heard that many people say, "Kureyon" at all.
Mostly I just see it written.
But really, if you sound it out, using Japanese pronunciation, it is clearly Koo-Ray-On.
Which is the closest the Japanese language can get to the English word "Crayon."
WHICH, AS IT TURNS OUT, IS WHAT KUREYON MEANS.
So my question is, am I the only Noro fan on the block who did not know this?
Green Superwash Weasley:
I used THIS to get an idea of what I was doing, but made lots of modifications to account for the yarn I was using (Valley Superwash, from Webs). As I said before, the yarn is quite nice -- a little denser than your Cascade 220 Superwash, maybe also a little softer. I put the sweater (or most of it, anyway) through the wash before blocking, and it held up very well.
I like this pattern a lot. And I think what I may like about it the very most is that it is a kids' sweater that can potentially be used for several years. It is quite baggy, giving plenty of room to grow in width.
So the part of the sweater where a kid's rapidly increasing size would really become an issue is the sleeves, maybe the body length. But the sleeves are baggy too, and are knit from the top-down. (I did a rolled bottom sleeve rather than the ribbing that the pattern called for.) All of which means that Mother-of-Y can send the sweater back to me when the sleeves get too short, I can easily add some more length (maybe even that ribbing in a contrasting color), and they get at least another year out of it. Neat.
Scarf for V:
I used THIS to get an idea of what I was doing, but made lots of modifications to account for the fact that I wanted a scarf rather than a hat. (I'll post those mods in a day or so, for those who are interested.) This yarn was great, too -- but it is hard to not like Kureyon. (Although, these colors are also not my favorites! Ever seen Kureyon 170? Now *that* is to die for.)
Now, I have to ask.
Kureyon.
I heard just the other day something that made me think it isn't supposed to be pronounced Cure-E-On.
Which is the only way I've heard it said.
Not that I have heard that many people say, "Kureyon" at all.
Mostly I just see it written.
But really, if you sound it out, using Japanese pronunciation, it is clearly Koo-Ray-On.
Which is the closest the Japanese language can get to the English word "Crayon."
WHICH, AS IT TURNS OUT, IS WHAT KUREYON MEANS.
So my question is, am I the only Noro fan on the block who did not know this?
Labels: Finished 2007, Green Weasley
posted by Anonyknits at Monday, February 26, 2007
6 Comments:
Your scarf is LOVELY! Nice job! Sure looks difficult!
Of course we missed you. But we missed the knitting more;-> So...what does the 'Y' stand for?
Ang
I didn't know that Kureyon means Crayon in Japanese. Makes sense, though.
Ang
"Y" stands for the first letter in one of the kid's names, of course! Silly, silly, Ang. :)
I didn't know that either. Although I should have guessed. Many years ago my mom signed up for Japanese lessons by correspondence. There were many English words that were just "Japanesed" up. Like tepu-recoda. That's tape recorder! Funny eh?
Nifty the things you learn. :-) I love discovering little trivia like that.
The sweater looks great!
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