Finished Clapotis

[katavarea]

I just finished my first clapotis a few days ago! You can view my progress as I went along on my web site here and there are finished photos under the cut! The yarn is a silk/wool cross from HipKnits, who unfortunately took most of their site offline for the holiday.

Comments

[starsongky]

I'm not a big fan of brown, but it goes really well with this blue. BTW Love your icon - looks like one of the bosses in Mario Pinball Land.

[katavarea]

Thanks! I really like the colors too, but they don't go with much clothing-wise!

I can't remember where I got my icon from, but I think it was a Nintendo buddy icon pack. :) It's a pirahna plant from the series.

[pullthestars]

There are instructions at the bottom of the pattern on Knitty that says how to make it smaller:

NOTE: This pattern can easily be adapted for a larger stole or smaller scarf in this way:

1. Work Set-up Rows as for scarf.

2. Work Increase Rows until piece is desired width. (Measure width along right-hand side of triangle, with even-numbered side facing.) Work Increase Rows 1-6 once more before proceeding to Straight Rows.

3. Work Straight Rows until piece is desired length. (Measure length along left-hand side of piece, with even-numbered side facing.)

4. Work Decrease Rows as necessary until 23 sts rem. Work Decrease Rows 1-10 once more. Work Final Rows.

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Lovely work, by the way :)

[katavarea]

I did see that, but I was looking for something with specific numbers and such. I hate guesswork. :P

Thanks!

[minniemoll]

I've just made a mini clapotis in that exact same colourway! Photo on my knitting journal - minniemollknits. But it did very odd things with pooling, yours looks much more how I expected mine to turn out.

[katavarea]

That is strange how yours turned out. I was originally upset that a few of my balls had such a deep blue compared to the others, but I think it turned out pretty cool!

[poledradog]

That looks great...I love the colors!

And, I'm so glad you posted your progress chart. I started my first Clapotis (and my first largish project) about the same time you started yours, and I'm just about finished with mine. For some reason I expected it to go a lot faster, and was actually thinking about writing a post asking if I'm just phenomenally slow or what. I'm glad to know that either I'm not, or at least I'm not the only one!

[katavarea]

Thanks!

I did take a week and a half off because I, eek, ran out of yarn! The yarn was a gift from a British friend, specifically for this project and she didn't get me enough, so I had to wait for her to get me some more before I could continue. :( I was knitting pretty constantly for the straight rows and on, as I was majorly stressed and what better to do when you're stressed. ;)

[poledradog]

Hehehe...I took about 2 weeks off when we went on a trip to visit my parents. I brought my knitting with me, but just never seemed to work on it for some reason.