2.16.2010

clapotis redux


i knit my first clapotis when the pattern came out in knitty and everyone was knitting it. i hadn't done a lot of knitting from a pattern at that point, it wasn't something i was used to or very good at. but i really wanted to knit it. so i powered through and ended up with what has continued to be my very favorite scarf and a promise to never ever knit it again!
i'm usually a promise keeper... BUT this fall i was teaching a knitting class at sweet d's school and there was a lot of interest in having our first major project be that scarf. i was hesitant at first, remembering how many times i had to frog, how long it took me, how frustrating it was as a beginner... but then we started shopping for yarn. at one of my very favorite places to shop for yarn. and i walked away with 3 hanks of dream in color worsted in the most amazing color and a new found excitement to knit clapotis. we knit it. and it was good. we breezed right through it and now i have to split my time between my 2 most favorite scarves.

4 comments:

  1. Beautiful! Do you knit your clapotis to the pattern specks, or did you cast on fewer stitches for your scarf?

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  2. thank you! the cast on is the same and i followed the pattern instructions for making a smaller (narrower) scarf/wrap. Where the pattern calls for, i think, 7 repeats of the increase rows (section 2) i did 5 instead, everything else is as written :)

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  3. I love it! Glad your back blogging! Love your hair too! What color yarn is that? I am obsessed with yellow right now and must make one too!

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  4. meredith-
    the color is called strange harvest, it has the most beautiful colors, i just want to knit everything with it!!!

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