Aug 19

Aug 19 Finished Clapotis

Finally finished the Clapotis! It was pretty easy once I figured out the beginning - the third time's a charm as they say - and I quite enjoyed dropping the stitches every 12 rows. A lot of people complain online that knitting a Clapotis is "boring" and they did not finish, but I found that it went relatively quickly and I mostly knit while watching the Tour de France. I can see where it gets a bit tedious, but the decreases were fun as you could really see it coming together. I had a mini celebration with a cupcake when I got to the final dropped stitch.

The pattern is free and available on knitty.com (it's right on the webpage; you don't even need to download it). I used Blue Heron Rayon Metallic Yarn in plum and a size 6 needle. There are so many other great colors of the Blue Heron Metallic Yarn that you really can't go wrong and you could also use another yarn if you prefer. I used a modified pattern as follows: Section 2 repeat five times (instead of 6); Section 3, repeat 11 times; and Section 4, repeat 5 times. The modification was done so I could make it a one skein scarf. Other than these modifications, I knit the pattern as in the original.