I’m a good sheep . . .
And like all good sheep I’m making my very own Clapotis. I didn’t want to concentrate too hard on my knitting last night and I’m still contemplating what to do with the Booga Bag, so I decided that I needed to cast on for my Clapotis. I really like how the subtle colors in the yarn come out as you knit. Here is my progress so far.
And a closeup.
It’s a great pattern to knit (who wouldn’t love a pattern that begins “CO 2 stitches”) and I can’t wait till I get to the part where you drop stitches. Wheeeeee! Dropping stitches on purpose! How fun is that going to be? It’s not a mistake, it’s a design feature. (Really . . . it is!)
I don’t think I’ve mentioned that I have finally broken down and ordered a swift. I’ve had a ball winder for a few months now but was just using a lampshade for a swift. Well the new hanks of yarn I purchased during my SEXcapade are too large for my lampshade. You should have seen the acrobatics I had to do to get one skein wound for my Clapotis. I could have called DH to help me but the last time he tried to be a swift I about wound him up. Now I love my hubby very much but he has little or no concept of yarn and how to wind it. So to save our marriage I wound it by myself sans swift. I think I can be a contortionist now. So the swift is on its way and soon I’ll be happily winding my hanks into center pull balls and my marriage will be safe.
