Noro Magazine Issue 7: A Review

Noro Magazine has published its seventh issue. Let's have a look at it.

Pattern #01, Ruffle-Edge Cardigan. The yarn plays out beautifully over the sleeves and ruffles, but I have my doubts as to how good this sweater looks from the front and how well the ruffles will sit when not being pulled into place.

Pattern #02, Mitered Wrap. Lovely piece with a beautiful colourway.

Pattern #03, Infinity Scarf. An attractive cowl.

Pattern #04, Entrelac Blanket. The pattern is fine, but these yarns don't work well together, colour-wise.

Pattern #05, Asymmetrical Top. This looks way too patched together, and not in a good way.

Pattern #06, Striped Mitts. Nice-looking mitts.

Pattern #07, Open-Front Jacket. This is quite smart. I'm amazed by how well the multi-direction stripes work together, making a polished whole.

Pattern #08, Batwing Cardigan. There's something proportionally off and graceless about the solid midsection panel. I'd have just the opening front bands, and perhaps a narrow waistband, done in the fuchsia yarn and do the rest of the sweater in the striped yarn.

Pattern #09, Crochet Jacket. Way too afghan-like, to the extent that it looks like we surprised the model in the middle of her nap and she forgot to get out from under the afghan before jumping up to pose for a picture.

Pattern #10, Hound's Tooth Pullover. Very much like this one. It was a smart choice to only do the body in the hound's tooth pattern, as doing the sleeves and neck in it would have been too much of a good thing.

Pattern #11, Slipped-Stitch Jacket. Very sharp! The shaping and the texture are excellent and work perfectly with the yarn choice.

Pattern #12, Mosaic Sweater. Not a bad pattern on the whole, though I think the cropped length isn't for most women. It looks awkward even on this professional model.

Pattern #13, Plaid Pullover. In this case, I would extend the plaid patterning to the sleeves. They look like an afterthought as is.

Pattern #14, Striped Pullover. I'd fix those dropped shoulders and consider making this in a less bland colourway.

Pattern #15, Raglan Jacket. Nice piece, though I'm not thrilled with the pockets, which look a little tacked on.

Pattern #16, Braided Scarf. Pretty and texturally interesting cowl.

Pattern #17, Classic Scarf. Handsome scarf.

Pattern #18, Slouchy Checkered Hat. Nice-looking hat. The colourway really makes this one sing.

Pattern #19, Ribbed Mitts. Simple enough, but the lovely yarn carries it.

Pattern #20, Man's Jacket. I'm not liking the ribbed sleeves on this one. I'd make the sleeves in the same stitch as the body of the sweater with just a ribbed cuff.

Pattern #21, Textured Tam. Not bad texture here, though the yarn choice is a little too "paint factory explosion" for me.

Pattern #22, Chunky Beanie. There are better texture and yarn combinations than this one.

Pattern #23, Cabled Brim Tam. Nice shape and detail in this one.

Pattern #24, Slipped-Stitch Hat. Love this one. The stitchwork and yarn combination work together beautifully and bring out the best in each other.

Pattern #25, Cabled Hat. You can't go wrong with a classic cabled hat.

Pattern #26, Slouchy Beanie. Again, I'm not liking the yarn and stitchwork combination. They don't do anything for each other.

Pattern #27, Top-Down Beret. This pattern is fine, but I'm not liking this yarn at all.

Pattern #28, Bobble Skullcap. This model seems to be suffering from an unfortunate tumour outbreak.

Pattern #29, Slouchy Hat/Cowl. This looks like a piece of discarded work that was scraped off the floor of the designer's workroom and sewn haphazardly around the model's neck.

Pattern #30, Earflap Beanie. Next.

Pattern #31, Mitered Squares Blanket. Beautiful.