Eisaku Noro, the creator and founder of Noro Yarns, has died. Noro was immensely creative and developed his namesake yarns with luscious color combinations that are often imitated but it’s still possible to pick out a garment made with … Read More ...
A Look Behind the Scenes at Noro
A Japanese television program called “Great Gear” recently featured a look into yarn producer Eisaku Noro’s production facilities, and it’s a great bit of eye candy for lovers of knitting and color.
The show calls the yarns “exquisitely colored” and … Read More ...
Knit List: The Spoked Cardigan
Since the giveaway of the day is books about Noro, and a few people have commented thay haven’t seen or used the yarn before, I thought I would share one of my longstanding works in progress that happens to be … Read More ...
Knit Picks Chroma
Dudes. It’s Chroma!
And it’s Knit Picks! And now Chroma has new colors! Made up of 70% wool and 30% nylon, it comes in fingering and worsted weights. The fingering weight is 396 yds/100 gm. The worsted in 198 … Read More ...