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April 14, 2005
At the risk of alienating anyone not interested in knitting...
I know at least two people who read this blog are knitters (and someone has a troubled knitting past), so here's an update on my latest project: Clapotis (a.k.a. "The Clapper"). This is apparently something everyone else in the online knitting community has already made (take a look at Yarn Harlot's lament, which introduced me to the pattern), but I'm a SLOW knitter so I'm about 2/3 of the way through with it. I just noticed today that Kay over at Mason-Dixon has one that looks very similar to mine, but without all the mistakes (btw, does anyone know how "Clapotis" is supposed to be pronounced?).
I'm not crazy about the yarn, although it's Koigu, because it reminds me of tie-dye and isn't really warm and fuzzy. It's more like string. But the pattern is great -- you get the reward of ripping out a row every so often to create the ladder effect. And since I'm too scared to attempt a project with DPNs again and terrified of trying a sweater (I started one around age 13 and it'll never be finished), it's nice to have something besides scarves, hats, and tiny blankets to add to my skill set.
Since the yarn is light and easy to carry around this has been great subway knitting. Which means my brain is pretty empty these days -- knitting instead of reading will do that to you. I got a compliment from someone on the train for my stich markers, though -- I ran out of the real (somewhat ugly) plastic ones so I dug through my old jewlery box and finally found uses for all the orphaned and outdated earrings and rings I own. I was knitting away, trying to ignore some loud twenty-somethings when one of them turned to me and said "I love how you use unconventional stitch markers." Must be the knitting trend.
Hopefully when this is done I'll be able to wear it without feeling like an awkward knitting model. I'm not really a shawl person and just because it's done and took 500 hours doesn't mean I'll like the colors. Maybe Mom will fall in love with it and it can be her birthday present (the last nice thing I was making for myself ended up as one of her belated Christmas presents, and she did give me the yarn for this one as a gift -- maybe it was a plot to get me to knit nice things for her?).
Posted by csageday at April 14, 2005 12:24 AM
Comments
The shawl cries out to me! I am of an age that appeals to shawls, particularly this one.
Posted by: MOM at April 27, 2005 10:25 PM