Clapotis Day 3 (WIP)

I don't really like how my dropped stitches are coming out. I don't know if the reason the look wonky is because I have been holding 2 strands of yarn together or if its because I'm doing something wrong or if it's simply because I have not blocked it yet as its not done.

You can probably see how wide the gap is at the bottom of the piece when I have dropped a stitch. The top looks great but the bottom just looks sloppy. Maybe I am dropping the wrong stitch? Maybe my stitches that I knit in the back aren't twisted right?  I don't really have the answers just yet.  I still have a lot to go, and I am not going to frog it unless I really mess up big time, so I will live with the gaps. 

I'm not too worried about it since I opted to make it a narrow scarf rather than the wider stole like scarf that the pattern is for.  It's now time to go to work, maybe I will knit some more tonight. It really is an addictive pattern to knit. I like it almost as much as enterlac.

Read more>>

Clapotis day 2 (wip)

DISASTER STRIKES:

Okay, maybe it wasn't that bad however just as I was really getting into the rhythm; not having to peek at the pattern at all; I run into quite the speedbump. A huge knot in my purple skein. If it wasn't bad enough that I had this big stupid knot, after I cut the yarn, worked it out and pulled a little more yarn 

out to get back to knitting another huge knot cam

e on out for me to work out.  If this happens with the gray skein too I will not be loving my Clapotis nearly as much as I would have thought.

Progress was Made:

I was not too discouraged to keep going though. I ended up doing 2 more rounds on Part 2. I don't like wide scarves (especially since we will be moving to florida this winter) so I

 may move on to Pt 3 next or after just one more set.

So far I like knitting this one, I think even after I finish this first one I could even manage to knit a second at work. Its not too hard, so I think the daily distractions could be worked through. Most importantly though, its not just a rectangle! I've been trying to push myself to get past just doing basic scarves and bags. I enjoy the triangle so far, and hope that the parallelogram section won't be too difficult.

More Progress!

After coming home for the night I decided to work on this a little more. I headed on to Part 3 and finished one round of that. The dropped stitches seem a little more unruly than in the exacmple. I ran into a few more knots and have decided to spend the rest of my night winding it around a needle I dont plan on using for a while. Maybe that will keep the knots from coming back.

On an unreleated note I wish I could adjust colors of photographs on my Mac. The yarn I am using is much nicer looking. I will break out the real color in daylight for photos of the FO.

Read more>>

Clapotis day one (WIP)

I started knitting Clapotis from Knitty tonight. I'm using Jagger Spun Zephyr in Plum and Pewter holding two strands together on size 6 Circular needles.

I got through part 1 and one time through part 2. It seems to be pretty easy and rhythmic so far! I have opted to purl as well as use stitch markers (safety pins) to mark the stitches that I will drop later.

Read more>>