Fortunately this shawl doesn't take much time because Feather and Fan is really a lovely pattern with a nice rhythm to it and the instructions by Sarah Bradberry are easy to follow. So the shawl got finished in ten days instead of turning into an unhappy unfinished piece.
It looks decent. Like a triangular feather and fan shawl, knitted from Noro Kureyon Sock. The self striping character of the yarn is fine for the pattern, I won't complain about that this time. And I do not complain about everything many others said about the yarn.
There was only one knot in my skein, it didn't break and I love the thin and thick which makes a pretty, rustic looking fabric.
I had no problems with unspinning the yarn while knitting of which I read a lot. What I did experience was the tendency to kink up on itself but I do not know if this is caused by being overspun or by the way the 1 ply yarn is being unwound from the skein. But I wouldn't say the kinking up was of great annoyance, just a little inconvenient. So, no problem with knitting Noro Kureyon Sock.
However... the produced fabric doesn't feel good to me. And I don't complain about itching, which I wouldn't mind, not even on my skin. The shawl in fact doesn't itch, especially not after being washed.
What I don't like is that the fabric feels quite dead. I love natural fibers and think that while the 30 % of nylon might add to the durability of the yarn, they might also take away a lot of liveliness from it. It doesn't even smell! An unsensual knit. Too bad.
But it is over and after all I got a new shawl and I will wear it anyway.
Have a lovely weekend!
PS: There might be a problem with my mail server. A new spam filter was installed recently and it seems mails to me are often being bounced back to the sender. I will try to do something about this.