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Clapotis to the Rescue

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For months, I have been sitting on the perfect yarn substitute for Clapotis, without even realizing it! The scarf in the pattern is made with Lorna's Laces Lion and Lamb, which is 50% silk and 50% wool, and $30/skein. For 300 600 yards, that's $90.

I, however, have this hand-dyed beauty from School Products, which is 60% silk and 40% cashmere, and for which I paid $27 for 270 yards. It's also worsted weight. Truthfully, I didn't know I wanted to knit a Clapotis until now, but still, it's remarkable. You see, I bought this yarn about eight months ago, in deviation from my usual habit of having a pattern for each yarn purchase, because I loved it so (despite me being torn at the nauseating patriotism of the whole affair, red / blue, you see...). These were the last two skeins in this colourway. I had no idea what I'd do with two skeins. Clapotis to the rescue!

Now that I look at the yarn, I'm not sure the colors will even be flattering on me, so this could be a gift. But NYC knitters looking for an affordable substitute, School Products has it, as usual.

Does anyone know how wide a scarf 270 yards will get me? Should I alter the pattern to narrow it? If so, how much? How many yards does the full scarf actually take?

NOTE: Thank you, Lauren, for helping me out here. I need a lot of help. It looks like once again, I can't read or do math. The SP 60/40 hand dyed is still cheaper than the LL, at $54 for 540 yards (a bit less than the full-size Clapotis) versus $90+s/h for the LL. But sigh, I don't have enough of it to make a full, or even really a 1/2 sized Clapotis... do I?

Posted by jess at January 30, 2005 7:56 PM
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It seems like the full size Clap takes ~600 yds so it seems like you'd have to alter it significantly. Love the Colinette scarf btw.

Posted by: Lauren at January 30, 2005 8:29 PM

Aye! You're right!! I'm such a dumbhead! I read "100g skein" as "100 yard skein."

I've heard the full-sized clapotis ends up enormous. I wonder what a 1/2 sized one would look like?

Anyway, if all hope is lost re: using the skeins I have, a full complement of SP yarn in another colorway would cost... hm... 4-ish skeins, which would be about $55. Still less than the Lorna's Laces, but not so economical and not so appropriate to the 270 yards still in my stash.

Thanks for the Colinette compliment!

Posted by: jess at January 30, 2005 8:35 PM

I LOVE school products! You are so lucky to (apparantly) live close enough to shop there all the time. My whole family lives in Queens, so when I have to visit them I go yarn shopping like crazy. It kind of makes visiting my insane family members all worth it... kind of...

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