2 posts tagged “koigu”

Clapotis 1

Now that the wedding is over, I actually have the time and energy to take on a new knitting project.  The first night of my honeymoon I dreamed about making a clapotis out of some koigu that I had previously purchased for a beaded shawlette.  My subconscious was obviously not happy with my decision to not take any knitting up to Aspen with me, so all night long I obsessed about frogging my beaded shawlette (which was only just started and I hated it anyway) and starting my clapotis.  Rarely do I let my dreams dictate my decisions in reality (which may be my problem) but this time I listened to my inner self and as soon as I got home I yanked out the annoying shawlette and started ripping. I am now on the seventh repeat of the increase rows. 

In all honesty I find this pattern so completely boring.  If I had my way, every project I worked on would change virtually every row.  However, I have also been sick and it has actually been a very good thing to have a project that I can work on while zoning out on the couch and watching all of the TIVOed shows we missed last week.  Another good thing this pattern has going for it is that it is a good project for goal setters (kinda like the Market Squares bag).  I always set goals for myself when knitting, expecially if the pattern is boring.  With this one, each row gets me that much closer to being finished with the repeat.  Each repeat gets me that much closer to being finished with the section.  I look forward to finishing the section so I can actually do something different (and start the fun part -- dropping stitches!).  So while I have run across more interesting projects in my days, it has been relatively painless to work on. 

Incidentally, the knitted bolero turned out to be amazing!  I am wearing it in the wedding pics.