so my first and largest (ever) knitting project of 2007 is completed.. November 21, 2007

clapotis is completed as of 2am this morning! minus weaving in the loose ends and a possible blocking. i’ve never blocked anything before, but i’m contemplating this time as my clappy is a little misshapen and unruly. this was a great project to relearn how to knit!

ok, maybe some documentation would be appropriate:
pattern: clapotis from knitty
yarn: noro kureyon (#172? 5 balls), silk garden (#217? 1 ball, #267? 1 ball)
needles: size 8
started/completed: oct 30/nov 21

i know i know..it’s blasphemous to be mixing my yarns but i bought the yarn store that is close to my work’s last stash of noro kureyon/silk garden EVER..supposedly..and i was yearning to have enough just to make a clapotis, which is something that i had been eyeing on for years. to my delight though, i got the latest newsletter which mentions that they will be carrying every color of silk garden. wow! what a dream come true! i love how noro stripes into new colors since i have a low attention span and this keeps me knitting and wondering what color will come next.

oh, and i didn’t get a chance to go to the knitting doctor yet..i’m gonna go whenever i have some time but i guess the non-dropping stitch isn’t so bad that i may be able to live with it for a little bit.

i loved knitting clapotis and was contemplating in knitting it again in other silk garden colors but then upon thinking that over i don’t know about it because 1) it’s a pain to drop stitches with silk garden 2) it took 3 long weeks and i’m ready for some more instantly gratifying projects.

right now i’m working on a couple of bonbon bath puffs. i got the same yarn as the pattern asked for, gedifra clou, off of ebay. it’s been discontinued and is hard to find. i have a had less than pleasant experience with it so far as it isn’t very stretchy and makes what would be a quick knit a less quick knit. still, i was able to complete one during my lunch break. i love the variations in pinks and purples though.

p.s. remind me not to bring my knitting to work! it makes me anti-social and less productive when all i’m thinking about is a break when i can go knit in my car.