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
The Woolen Rabbit 
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.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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Your pictures today are really lovely.
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Your pictures today are really lovely.
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That dropping stitches part of Clapotis definitely has a bit of siren call to it, if for no other reason than learning the technique.
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That dropping stitches part of Clapotis definitely has a bit of siren call to it, if for no other reason than learning the technique.
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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!!
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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!!
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All such lovely, soothing knits! It’s nice to relax and make scarves from such gorgeous yarns!
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All such lovely, soothing knits! It’s nice to relax and make scarves from such gorgeous yarns!
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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. 🙂
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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. 🙂
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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!
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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!
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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;-)
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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;-)
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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!
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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!
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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.
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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.
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oooohhh, that Rainbow clap yarn is beauteous! It’ going to be lovely. Mine was painfully boring, but I love to wear it.
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oooohhh, that Rainbow clap yarn is beauteous! It’ going to be lovely. Mine was painfully boring, but I love to wear it.
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Wow, you’ve been busy. River is gorgeous and I love the Clapotis and bunny yarn. Both are lovely!
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Wow, you’ve been busy. River is gorgeous and I love the Clapotis and bunny yarn. Both are lovely!
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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.
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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.
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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. 🙂
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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. 🙂
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Absolutely beautiful colors used. I’m in awe.
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Absolutely beautiful colors used. I’m in awe.
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Absolutely beautiful colors used. I’m in awe.
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Absolutely beautiful colors used. I’m in awe.
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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.
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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.
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I have yarn for River. I think yours turned out very pretty. From your comments, it sounds like I should try Birch instead.
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I have yarn for River. I think yours turned out very pretty. From your comments, it sounds like I should try Birch instead.
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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
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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
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