What would you do with one ball of Noro?

[Yo Becca]

DH gave me 4 balls of noro kureyon for xmas, and I made a lovely capelet, but have a whole skein left. I want to make something i'll use - ideas?

[Fyrestorm]

Is it wool? If so...I would make a felted bowl. It's a perfect 1 skein project.

[~Megan~]

Fake Isle

[Ellp]

A plain basic hat, beanie, scullcap?

[weliveintheforest]

a chickadee cowl

[flapjack]

Fiddlehead mittens (the pattern is at Hello Yarn.)

[kundemama]

Fetching to compliment the capelet or a hat.

[josybear]

i would carry it around and pet it and touch it and look at it until it began to felt, then put it in my stash until exactly the right project presented itself, but required more yarn so i had to buy more.

[alicewyf]

I just made a really cute newborn sized soaker out of noro. It's adorable. I forget what pattern I used though.

[Yo Becca]

Originally Posted by josybear

i would carry it around and pet it and touch it and look at it until it began to felt, then put it in my stash until exactly the right project presented itself, but required more yarn so i had to buy more.

: Yep - that sounds like my first instinct too!

[Yo Becca]

Originally Posted by weliveintheforest

a chickadee cowl

Have you made this? It looks neat, and easy to finish. Now I wonder if my MIL would want one...

[wendyland]

http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall06/PATTlizardridge.html

knit just one square. Or save your square and buy more balls when you can. I love knitting this pattern.

[texmati]

panta or caliometry. I think it would make a great headband.

[texaspeach]

Originally Posted by josybear

i would carry it around and pet it and touch it and look at it until it began to felt, then put it in my stash until exactly the right project presented itself, but required more yarn so i had to buy more.

noro is so scratchy. I hate touching it. I've got two balls that I was going to make some small hats with, and it just pains me to touch it. I've heard it softens with washing

[josybear]

i love its scratchiness. it's so interesting! and it definitley softens with washing. my noro socks are wonderful in every way.

[Kabes]

This: http://www.shopknitch.com/projects2.php?kit_id=182, if I could figure out how to knit.

[Yo Becca]

Hey - Knitch is where the yarn came from! And the capelet pattern I used for it. I could roll around in that shop for a while - gor-gous yarn. My greatest torture is having to go there with my kids...so I just avoid it. Are you in Atlanta? Sheepish in Decatur (formerly Nease's Needlework) is my prefered LYS - Knitch has better selection, but the workers at Sheepish bring their toddlers/babes to work, so it's super kid friendly. And they have the MDC internation nursing symbol sticker in their window!

[Kabes]

Nope, just googling because I've been lusting after bags made out of Noro. Interesting coincidence though!

[feest]

my purse is made of noro. i used 2 skeins tho.

[bu's mama]

Originally Posted by josybear

i would carry it around and pet it and touch it and look at it until it began to felt, then put it in my stash until exactly the right project presented itself, but required more yarn so i had to buy more.

Originally Posted by Yo Becca

: Yep - that sounds like my first instinct too!

Glad I'm not the only one. :