Can you guess what this is??
How about now??
Yes, it is the infamous Clapotis. Back when everyone was doing this scarf in blogland, I just wasn't that interested, however in digging thru my stash, I came upon some alpaca from Over The Rainbow, and knew that it wanted to be just that.
After doing lace work socks and cabled gloves on size 0 needles and
struggling with the lacework on River, this scarf is a pleasant change
of pace. The knitting is almost as mindless as plain stockinette
stitch and I get some derranged sort of pleasure from dropping that
stitch and letting her ripppppp! Kind of like pulling a run in your
nylons when you were young.....LOL.
The true color of these yarns lies somewhere in the middle of these pictures. The red in clapotis s more orangy than berry as it appears in the top photo. It will look nice with Paprika. Pictured in one photo with the Clapotis is some 20% bunny roving that I spun last week.......and that belive it or not is more Berry colored than pink. Hard to belive that the skein with the star is the same skein with Clapotis. It's funny how one picture can capture a color so perfectly and completely miss the other object in the same picture.
A River Run Dry
I finally finished up with River. As much as I enjoyed working on Birch, I can honestly say that I did not enjoy this process nearly as much. There was a definite flow to the pattern, once you "got" it, but I just didn't get the same sense of satisfaction working on it.
However, I do like the finished product and I know that I will enjoy using it whenever the opportunity arises
Just Beautiful, Kim...isn't it nice to sometimes knit something a bit mindless after you've been into lace?
You've been a busy girl!
Posted by: Lynne | Thursday, January 19, 2006 at 06:37 PM
i know i am late posting on this but the new dog is a cutie...did i see you are vending at SPA in february? i will be sure to introduce myself again and maybe this time i will actually buy a something. (at least the ted williams tunnel is better than the old sumner...
sharon
Posted by: sharon | Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at 11:21 AM
I have yarn for River. I think yours turned out very pretty. From your comments, it sounds like I should try Birch instead.
Posted by: wool winder | Saturday, January 14, 2006 at 10:37 AM
I love your choice of yarn for your Clapotis. I was very tempted to knit one myself, when everyone else was knitting one, but was worried that the dropped stitch would snag when I wore it. I was *definitely* one for runs in my nylons when I was young.
Posted by: Pamela | Friday, January 13, 2006 at 11:26 AM
Absolutely beautiful colors used. I'm in awe.
Posted by: Michelle | Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 04:25 PM
Absolutely beautiful colors used. I'm in awe.
Posted by: Michelle | Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 04:22 PM
Beautiful River - Beautiful Clapotis - and I REALLY know what you mean about pulling the runs in your tights as a child. It just made my mother CRAZY that I'd go to school with a new pair of tights and come home wearing shreds. She somehow never understood how much I loved making that line run down my leg when I just barely pulled on it. :)
Posted by: Laura | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 05:47 PM
River really is beautiful, what a great photo of it too. I started clapotis last year and then lost steam and never finished it. Maybe I should pick it back up again.
Posted by: Cheryl | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 04:13 PM
Wow, you've been busy. River is gorgeous and I love the Clapotis and bunny yarn. Both are lovely!
Posted by: Alison | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 03:53 PM
oooohhh, that Rainbow clap yarn is beauteous! It' going to be lovely. Mine was painfully boring, but I love to wear it.
Posted by: Julia | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 01:45 PM
Amazing how different that 'berry' skein looks from one photo to another - reds are so hard to photograph. River is beautiful, even if it wasn't your favorite process-knit. I'm sure it will be lovely to wear.
Posted by: Cassie | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 01:15 PM
It looks beautiful. Clapotis is one of those patterns I keep thinking about, but then deciding, "no," until I see someone else's and think "Maybe," again . . . a viscious circle! Yours really does look lovely. Hmm . . .
Posted by: --Deb | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 10:55 AM
River is beautiful and so is the bunny yarn. I hate when my pics don't reveal the true colors of my yarn and fiber!
Posted by: Shelley | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 10:41 AM
Claptis was fun just because of the ripping;-)
Love the color your using. River is beautiful. It's the same pattern all over that is inbetween sections of my Seaweed. I can see it wouldn't be veru interesting to knit but it sure is pretty. Wear it well;-)
Posted by: margene | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 09:45 AM
I've been admiring the yarn that Over the Rainbow sells; looks lovely knitted up. I have the same problems with getting colors right in pictures; and then you have the thing where they don't show up the same on different monitors, so what do you do!
Posted by: Leslie | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 09:43 AM
I love the colors of both Clapotis and the berry yarn...that's my kind of pink.
The River stole is beautiful and I'm sure you'll really enjoy wearing it. :)
Posted by: Liz | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 09:04 AM
All such lovely, soothing knits! It's nice to relax and make scarves from such gorgeous yarns!
Posted by: Mary Beth | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 08:07 AM
Like others, I am also starting my first clapotis! I got some wonderful glitter alpaca that is perfect for it. I will post pics as soon as I get my durn camera back from the repair shop!!
Posted by: patti | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 07:47 AM
spooky...eerie...yeah! Love your colors. I just started my third Clapotis today. Did a scarf last winter, a shawl last summer/fall and am doing another scarf now. I would have been finished with my Birch, but am waiting for ball #4 to show up-for some reason I knit this very loosely-but it still looks great.
Posted by: Trish B. | Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 09:38 PM
oooooh, purdy clapotis. hey me too, i just started a clapotis. but i'm wasn't very excited about until i saw yours. now i will have at it again after being re-inspired by you!
Posted by: knitizen | Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 08:21 PM
I had the same feeling when knitting River -- but I wear it nearly every day now. So I guess it was all worth it! BTW, your Clapotis is beautiful!
Posted by: Felicia from sweetgeorgia | Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 07:37 PM
Clappy is definitely a siren call, I can see that. Interestingly different color pictures for the yarn. Sometimes the picture is better than the reality, and it's hard to decide which to post!
Posted by: Laurie | Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 07:23 PM
That dropping stitches part of Clapotis definitely has a bit of siren call to it, if for no other reason than learning the technique.
Posted by: Chris | Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 06:38 PM
Your pictures today are really lovely.
Posted by: Carole | Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 06:02 PM
boy, this is spooky -------I, too, am starting a Clapotis, albeit a year behind. And I agree with you on the process of knitting the River, as opposed to Birch. I'm finishing Birch, and it is SO much more pleasant to knit than the River......love the colors in your Clapotis!
Posted by: christine | Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 05:55 PM
Hehe, I thought I was super late on the Clapotis bandwagon. Oh well, sometimes you just gotta wait until the pattern/yarn "calls" for it. It's looking great so far! Dropping stitches is such a mini-thrill.
Posted by: mimsie | Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 05:52 PM