I think we all know someone who has knit a bunch of clapotis. There seems to be one person in every knitting group I have ever been to. Someone who caught on to the pattern quickly, loves the way it looks, loves to knit it. Kudos to them...I am NOT that person.
I first loved the look of this pattern when it came out in 2004, just like everyone else. I bought the original yarn listed on the pattern, cause I LOVED the yarn, so soft and luxurious. It seemed of no consequence that this scarf was going to cost me $100. Then, for some reason, although I love the way it looks, I found knitting the clapotis a tiny bit tedious. I would do a little bit, and then set it aside. It sinks to the bottom of my WIPs pile, and I choose other things over it over and over again. I printed the pattern in June 2008. According to Ravelry, I've been working on it since June 27, 2008.
After I finished Jody's socks, I decided to pick up the clapotis again, and try and finish it up. I have made some progress. I am now on my last ball of yarn, and on the decreases. Getting to drop two stitches every dozen rows is making it a little more fun. I will be glad when the knitting is over, but I have to say, the pattern is still as lovely as it was before over THIRTEEN-THOUSAND of them were recorded as knit on ravelry.
I have the next 5 days off (today is my last day of work this week). I am hoping to get this clapotis off the needles and around my neck by the end of my mini-vacation. Along with getting a WHOLE LOT OF SEWING done!
Here is the finished quilt, all washed up on the bed. If you're extra interested...click on it, there are a few more on flickr. Here's one of the back:
This weekend I finished a lot of stuff...
I finished Jody's MCW Socks:
And I finished sewing the binding on my black & white & red quilt:
I finished your first sock!!
I hope its the correct negative ease on the foot. Its nice and squishy and soft.
Jody and I are doing a little sock swap . She's knitting me some Jaywalkers and I'm knitting her some Mad Color Weave Socks. I gave Jody some choices on the yarn for her socks:
She chose yarn #3 and I got a little bit done at Jake's EXCELLENT show last night:
This yarn is Dragonfly Fiber Designs - Sea Sock Yarn - 70% merino, 30% sea cell - colorway Sunflowers. It totally looks like a Monet Painting! I tried it on to take a pic, and its very soft and squishy.
Don't worry Jody, I'll probably finish this one and work on another project for a while before I do the next one.
It has begun...I started Christmas crafting!
A Christmas hat for my dad, who does not read the blog, kicks off the Christmas crafts. It is a copy of my most favorite winter hat. I took my own hat apart with a seam ripper to trace the pattern. Dont worry, I made an extra PAPER copy, so I wont have to do that again! My original hat is actually a original as a copy of a hat my friend Amy bought at a store a bunch of years ago. I'll try and look for a better model, with a human shaped head soon.
I think a lot of Christmas stuff after this will be sort of secret. Less pictures for you blog readers, but on the bright side, it might be because its a present for you.
I also sewed up little notions pouches for the ladies that participated in helping me avoid the book chain letter. I'm going to show them, even though I just mailed them today, because they are all a little different, and the recipients won't know which one they got, plus there are a few little gifties I'm NOT showing right now inside:
So, it isn't even Thanksgiving and I say...Let the Christmas Crafting begin!
