Noro Silk Garden Yarn - 355 Pink, Brown, Green (Discontinued) Reviews

Awful yarn. Certainly not soft enough to be silk. Will not purchase again

This yarn is so coarse and scratchy that I know already I won't wear it and I've only partially wound the skane and knit 3 rows. I bought it because I have a pattern that called for it. There were also knots that I don't know how to hide because the texture creates a somewhat loose weave. I certainly will not buy it again.

I love Noro yarns. I am a beginner-ish knitter. I can do the knit stitch and the purl stitch. I've made lots of scarves and now am making lots of leg warmers. As a beginner, I like when the yarn itself does some of the work, like striping. There are a ton of well-behaved. self-striping yarns out there, but what is so wonderful about Noro is its wild and crazy unexpectedness - the thicks, the thins, the general messiness of the striping. And the gorgeous colors! Definitely not well-behaved. I like Silk Garden because it doesn't itch against the skin. But, what I really love is that you can combine different color lines, because many of them share colors, like turquoise or lavender or shocking pink. You can combine them seamlessly and create your own scarf of many colors, totally surprising, original and unique. I just received six each of 84, 279 and 381. I can't wait to put them together. I once knitted a scarf using leftover scraps from other Silk Garden projects. Wow.! My friends think I'm some kind of knitting genius!

Love Noro Silk Garden Yarn! Made a beautiful Entrelac Scarf with this yarn.

Purchased this yarn to make Boxy Cardigan from the Noro Silk Garden 20th Anniversary book. Working on it now and colors just beautiful! Love working with Silk Garden. Thank you JBW!