FO: Noro shawlette

Stripe Shawl

Pattern: Silk kerchief, by Kate Osborn, of Zeitgeist Yarns

Yarn: Noro Silk Garden sock, 1 ball 269 (from the now-defunct Point) and 1 ball 245 (from Knit Therapy, in Park Slope, Brooklyn). (These are the colors that Kate used in her original version. I’m a follower, what can I say. Also worth noting that the ball from The Point’s original price was a good $3 more expensive that the one from Knit Therapy–though I bought it at 30% off.)

Needles: Um, I forgot–either a size 4 or a size 5 Addi Turbo lace.

Project started/finished: I started this in California, in the beginning of April and finished on May 23, so about two months.

Stripe Shawl

Modifications: Since I used the same colors as Kate, I can’t really say I made any significant modifications. I used a bigger needle to make it a little bigger, and I used up both skeins to make it a bigger size. This is really a beautiful project and super easy to make–perfect for hospital waiting rooms and the subway. If I didn’t already have a huge stash of other yarn, I would buy a whole bunch more of Noro sock and make more. (Or a sweater with a similar garter stripe pattern.) Even Adam said that it was one of the cooler knit projects I had made.

Stripe Shawl

Photo shoot notes: These are taken at the Bronx Zoo. This August, I will have lived in New York (on and off) for thirteen years, and somehow I had never been to the zoo. Anyway, it was nice, though it was a bit more like a giant park than a zoo–I only ended up seeing one tiger and some penguins. (Also, I didn’t miraculously start doing sit-ups, Adam just reminded me to suck in my belly when he was taking the photos!)

Recently I was at a party, and I was making fun of someone I had just met (I know, I’m so polite) because he had never heard of Hot and Crusty (it’s a chain of bakeries on the Upper East Side here), and I was like, “Are you not a New Yorker?” He didn’t seem particularly offended, and he said, “Well, I’ve lived here two years, and I guess they say ten years makes you a New Yorker, right?” I stopped, and I was kind of surprised to hear that. When I’m not in New York and people ask me where I’m from, I still generally say California, but when this guy said this, I realized that I’ve lived here almost thirteen years, which is 42% of my life–and 100% of my adult life. I like to joke about being old, but sometimes I come across a milestone, and I think wow, maybe I AM old. I went drinking at 1020, a college dive bar (that we used to actually drink at during college) with a friend for her birthday, and I was like, seriously? We used to drink here ten years ago? How can that be? But it did feel like a long time ago (even though they were still playing The Cure, just like when I was in college). I guess this time of year–graduation, prom, the start of summer–always makes me nostalgic, even for things that I don’t have particularly John Hughes-esque memories of. It’s like the movies implanted fake memories onto my own real life. (Though I do remember drinking at 1020 the night before my college graduation–a mix of champagne at parties and white russians at the bar–so I guess this week was weirdly reminiscent of my own actual past.)

Happy Memorial Day and cheers to the start of summer.

Posted in Finished Objects 2009, Shawls, Uncategorized at May 25th, 2009. Trackback URI: trackback

5 Responses to “FO: Noro shawlette”

  1. May 26th, 2009 at 6:47 am #Phoe

    Happy Memorial Day. What a great looking shawl. Maybe it’s the call of the Pacific which makes you still claim California. I still do and I’ve not lived there for some years myself. 🙂

  2. May 26th, 2009 at 9:39 am #kate

    your version is really pretty — I wish mine was bigger sometimes — and you can really see he drape….maybe a transparent excuse to buy more and make alternate sized versions?

  3. May 26th, 2009 at 3:47 pm #Lauren

    I’ve been here ten years now… and I’ve never heard of Hot and Crusty and I’m usually quite observant! Maybe it’s just that I’m more of a downtown/Brooklyn girl? Nonetheless, your kerchief is gorgeous and I love the slight upsizing!

  4. May 27th, 2009 at 7:50 am #michele

    this is seriously pretty! i like that you made it larger and more drapey. it’s beautifully photographed as well.

    i like your thoughts on remembering and life milestones.

  5. May 27th, 2009 at 11:42 am #Grace

    Well, my Silk Garden Lite version is in fail mode. The color repeats reached a point were they didn’t last the row and back, and were cloashing horridly and then I saw your lovely SG Sock version. Sigh… rip rip rip!