Mostly Pictures

I have a spectacular headache today so this post will be mostly pictures.

I've been promising photographic proof of my finished Clapotis for a while and here it is:

Pattern: Kate Gilbert's brilliant Clapotis 

Yarn: 4 skeins of Malabrigo Merino Worsted in Amoroso (thanks to Bertha for giving me the first two skeins)

Needles: 5.5mm 

Mods: I think I followed the pattern pretty closely. I used my adorable scale to make sure that I started the decreases at the right time. Somehow I ended up with about a quarter of a skein left but too much Mal is never a bad thing.

WIP Wednesday

It's almost 9pm but it's still technically Wendesday so I am following through on my promise from my last post :)

I usually find myself in a bit of a knitting lull after Christmas. There has been such a rush to get everything done in time and often there is something that doesn't get finished until afterwards that takes top priority. Once the major gift knitting for the year is done, I like to knit something special for myself. A few years ago I made the Forest Canopy Shawl (rav link) which, while beautiful, doesn't get much wear. This year I wanted to make something fun for myself but which I would actually use. I also wanted to use up some stash yarn. I just happened to have 3 skeins of Malabrigo Worsted in Amoroso (thanks Bertha!) which was begging to be knit into a Clapotis.  After letting it languish in my stash since the summer, I finally gave in to its pleas.

This project is a double whammy: delicious yarn and stimulating pattern.  I have been knitting on it exclusively since January 4th. I've been dropping the stitches as I go along, a lovely little treat to break up the pattern. The Malabrigo is sticky so the stitches don't go very far on their own but the softness of the yarn makes knitting it a delight (though it does tend to get snagged on my poor winter-chapped hands). I did end up needing to buy another skein of yarn but that's ok. Knitting 3/4 of a project out of stash yarn is pretty darn good.

Enough with the chatter, you're probably thinking, show me the goods!

 This picture was taken last Sunday (darn the early sunset) and the Clap has grown substantially since then.

Now if you excuse me, I need to go put in an order at Ramwools (which is having a sale!).