UMA!

Well...better late than never. One of my fav knitting stores, So Much Yarn, offered a shrug class in September. UMA v.1 came out ok but I knew with a little professional assistance, UMA v.2 could be awesome.

The first big decision was what yarn to use?? I love Noro yarns and for UMA, only the best. Well, almost the best. The original Noro yarn I wanted to use was about $21 per skein and my UMA needed 5 skeins. For UMA v. 2, that was a bit too spendy. But I did find another beautiful Noro yarn that was more affordable. Noro is a Japanese yarn company that specializes in vibrant hand dyed yarns that stripe beautifully.


The class was great...I learned some new techniques like M1 and how to pick up stitches along edges. M1 is a way to do a increase, add a stitch, without a bar or marking showing up in your garment. The pic to the left is an example of picking up stitches along the edge.

On the Noro front, So Much Yarn is having a mega sale early January where yarn is discounted so UMA v.3 with a wool/alpaca Noro blend yarn will be purchased. UMA v.3 will arrive Janauary 07!