I'm standing seven feet one…
…instead of five feet seven
My Clapotis is finally finished, and it is LONG! If the pattern instructions had said "keep working straight rows until scarf length measures 85 inches," I would have said "NO THANKS," and looked for another project. But since I was having such a good time knitting this and it was so hard to tell how long the scarf was while I was doing it (on account of the bias knitting), it just got out of control. Nevertheless, I'm happy with the length. Most of the time I err on the side of making scarves too short but I have now redeemed myself dramatically.
And here's the money shot:
The dimensions are 12 inches wide x 85 inches long (a little narrower than the original design). This project was immensely satisfying and I completely get why the Clapotis has taken over the knitting and blogging universe. I get it, but I don't know if I can explain it. It's exciting to be knitting along in the pattern and to then get to the row in the sequence where you get to drop the stitch. Then you go back to the regular knitting, and before you have a chance to zone out and get bored, you get to drop a stitch again. It's all so perfectly timed to keep you going and going and going.
I have an entire skein of yarn left over, which I will now use to knit a vest of my own design (just as soon as I design it).
My Clapotis is finally finished, and it is LONG! If the pattern instructions had said "keep working straight rows until scarf length measures 85 inches," I would have said "NO THANKS," and looked for another project. But since I was having such a good time knitting this and it was so hard to tell how long the scarf was while I was doing it (on account of the bias knitting), it just got out of control. Nevertheless, I'm happy with the length. Most of the time I err on the side of making scarves too short but I have now redeemed myself dramatically.
And here's the money shot:
The dimensions are 12 inches wide x 85 inches long (a little narrower than the original design). This project was immensely satisfying and I completely get why the Clapotis has taken over the knitting and blogging universe. I get it, but I don't know if I can explain it. It's exciting to be knitting along in the pattern and to then get to the row in the sequence where you get to drop the stitch. Then you go back to the regular knitting, and before you have a chance to zone out and get bored, you get to drop a stitch again. It's all so perfectly timed to keep you going and going and going.
I have an entire skein of yarn left over, which I will now use to knit a vest of my own design (just as soon as I design it).
posted by Papergirl at 7:36 PM
1 Comments:
That is huge! But it looks great and it looks wonderful on you! I hope you get a lot of use out of it.
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