Clapotis #2

Finished!  Knitting this Clapotis shawl went really quickly for me.  It's a combination of the fact that I am much quicker the second time I try something, that I am still on my more relaxed summer schedule with more time to knit, and that I could not wait to see what came next.  I cast on August 13 and finished today, September 7.  This was very quick for me!

There is a huge amount of repetition in this pattern.  It can be boring or it can be really exciting if you are using the right yarn.  For me it was exciting.  The yarn kept me interested because I never knew what was coming.

I loved the Noro Silk Garden!  Though each skein is the same colorway and dye lot, each is totally different from the next.  While each contains the same basic colors as the others, they are in different orders and knit up in bands of different thicknesses.

I chose this colorway because it lacked blue (or so I thought).  I love blue, but I've used it a lot lately (not all documented here or in Ravelry).  I was anxious to try a different color.  So I chose yarn that highlighted pinks and coordinating colors.  The first skein (0f 8) that I used had absolutely no blue.  But blue crept in subsequent skeins.  I found myself looking forward to those turquoise-y lengths of yarn.  I'd knit fast to reach them, fast because I loved the effect of them, fast to reach the next length of them.  Next thing I knew, I had a finished Clapotis shawl!  My favorite parts are the blue parts.  I think I like blue.

There's one small negative to knitting the Clapotis out of Silk Garden.  The yarn isn't smooth and the little bits of fiber that stick out attach themselves to the stitches above and below.  So unraveling the dropped stitches is a little bit of work.  But I think the end result is worth it!

I was so happy with my finished object that I posed it on various things around the house, including the motorcycle...
...me...
...and the dog.  (As my boyfriend pointed out, if Lucy wasn't so tired from her morning at the dog park, she would have tried to chew the shawl.)