this is my clapotis that i am making for robin. the picture doesn't even come close to how pretty this yarn is. it is not so brown as much as grey and purple and blue and red.
the type of yarn is cherry tree hill in the java colorway. i would recommend she go to a yarn store that carries cherry tree hill and make sure that the colors are the same before buying it online because the dyelots range a lot with this yarn and the colors in my picture are not accurate to what is on my needles.
clapotis is french for "spray and waves". it is a wrap/shawl/scarf the original pattern is here (http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall04/PATTclapotis.html) (i chose prettier colors than the pattern!
i'm not entirely sure how large it will be. the ones i have seen.....some of them cover the backs of large couches. some are more like scarves like in the pattern pictures on knitty.com. i am hoping for something in between.
i didn't know the word "clapotis"... but the pic looks like a fine start on a bikini bottom... i pretty much ran with it from there. (to a bad place, of course)*grin*
i may need to adopt that word using my new meaning... of course with my attention span... wanna ride a bike?!
for one i used swtc soy something (the stripey one that's fairly new.) the other was out of handspun singles... very tiny neck scarf thing. i did give them both away... perhaps i will catch sight of them this winter. :)
Oh neat! I'm attempting to make one out of Alchemy Silk Straw right now. I say "attempting" because the Silk Straw is incredibly slippery and I keep messing up.
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thats it!
Date: 2008-06-19 06:45 pm (UTC)can we barter?
Re: thats it!
Date: 2008-06-19 07:28 pm (UTC)Re: thats it!
Date: 2008-06-19 07:33 pm (UTC)Re: thats it!
Date: 2008-06-19 08:26 pm (UTC)do you have pictures of the old one? do you have a concept of how much yarn costs? what sort of thing did you have in mind?
i read that wrong
Date: 2008-06-19 07:14 pm (UTC)Re: i read that wrong
Date: 2008-06-19 07:30 pm (UTC)clapotis is french for "spray and waves". it is a wrap/shawl/scarf
the original pattern is here (http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall04/PATTclapotis.html) (i chose prettier colors than the pattern!
Re: i read that wrong
Date: 2008-06-19 10:44 pm (UTC)Re: i read that wrong
Date: 2008-06-19 10:48 pm (UTC)Re: i read that wrong
Date: 2008-06-20 06:20 am (UTC)i may need to adopt that word using my new meaning... of course with my attention span... wanna ride a bike?!
Re: i read that wrong
Date: 2008-06-20 11:55 am (UTC)Re: i read that wrong
Date: 2008-06-20 03:43 pm (UTC)Re: i read that wrong
Date: 2008-06-20 04:03 pm (UTC)Re: i read that wrong
Date: 2008-06-20 01:44 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-19 07:40 pm (UTC)(though, it looks like a bikini bottom at the moment.) :P
i'm kicking myself for not taking pictures of the two i made.
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Date: 2008-06-19 08:28 pm (UTC)did you give them away? maybe you can get the current owners to take pictures and send them to you?
it does kinda look like a bikini. but in person it is too big.
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Date: 2008-06-19 08:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-06-20 01:43 am (UTC)Next month at the Ottawa Linux Symposium I think I'll trot out some work for Good Stare Justice. ;)
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Date: 2008-06-20 03:41 pm (UTC)