Saturday, April 26, 2008

C'est finis








I'll be honest, when I first saw the Clapotis pattern I wondered about going through all the effort to knit stitches that would be intentionally dropped. It just seemed like an awful lot of extra work. But my friend Allison invited me to join the better late than never KAL and I do so love group knitting. Besides, I had this lovely wool from Australia that had been waiting for a great pattern.




Now that I've finished my first Clapotis, I freely admit that I'm a convert. The pattern is interesting enough to keep your attention and yet allows you to carry on a conversation. Dropping the stitches is fun and you get to do it every few rows, which offers a nice little reward. And the results are fabulous. It's wavy and bouncy and drapes just so. I made it a little wider than the original pattern and a little longer. I would have liked it to be a little longer still, but not enough to undo hours and hours of work.




The photos were taken by the just turned 6yo at the beach just down the street from our house. Having grown up in the midwest, I am continually amazed and thrilled to live so close to the ocean. The picture shows two of "five sisters" breakers that I assume help preserve the main beach. This whole area floods when a storm is coming and it's high tide. One year it was so extreme, there were lobsters floating on the streets! Our neighbors had some great meals that night.




We went straight from our fabulous photo shoot to the Salon for summer 'dos. The 6 yo loves it because she can play video games but the 2yo getting the just second hair cut of her short life wasn't so sure she liked the idea. She was pleased with the results. I think she will be even happier that it won't get so many tangles- she sees a brush and starts running away.


The big question is what to knit next? hmmmmm.....


5 comments:

Holly Jo said...

Very gorgeous! I imagine it will stretch a little more to become longer.

The girls are so cute! Love the haircuts.

Tracy Batchelder said...

Stopped over from the KAL to see more. How lucky you are to live so close to the beach. Clapotis looks right at home there.

~Tracy

Lapdog Creations said...

Love it!

Allison said...

It looks gorgeous on you! I'm so glad you finished and I love the hair cut - will you take me to get mine done?

Janice said...

It looks gorgeous!! Another item on my 'to knit someday' list!! Love the haircut photos! Your girls are so cute!!