So, you may have noticed I am at an impasse with La Clap:
I'm the first repeat into section three, and I am worried that I won't have sufficient yarn. The width is 18". I took the advice of a poster here and did 5 section 2 increases, and intend to do 10 section 3 repeats.
First, have i mentioned there are only 7 oz. of yarn advertised as 1/2 lb.? That's only 1 oz., but when you're working with a pattern like this it makes a difference. Anyway, approximately 5 oz. remain. The part I've already knitted weighs a hair over 2 oz. So at this point I can either (a) frog to eliminate one of the increases, giving me a width of 15", (b) frog entirely and start over with smaller needles (I'm currently using 8s and could probably go down to a 7), (c) order another skein of yarn or (d) allow Clapotis to sit there untouched, staring at me, doing that Jewish grandmother guilt thing.
Considerations:
1. Another skein costs $40, and would be way more than I'd need for a whole Clapotis. I'd actually be exchanging it for another skein I already bought, though.
2. There are no more skeins in my dye lot, so she'd have to do another one which may not totally match.
3. My experience with this yarn source so far has not been entirely smooth, customer service wise.
So anyhoo, La Clap is going nowhere fast until I make up my mind what to do about the yarn situation. What do you all think?
Posted by jess at June 26, 2005 10:42 PM | TrackBackIt looks beautiful, but if it were me, I'd probably rip it out and use the gorgeous yarn for a different project. I would probably become permanantly insane if I got to the end but couldn't finish the last 2 inches because I've run out of yarn. The yarn is SO SO SO SO SO pretty that I'd personally prefer to use it for something that I KNOW I'd have enough yarn for. That's just me though. I have issues with finding the PERFECT project for my yarns. Usually if I have qualms about anything I just rip it right out.
Posted by: Illanna at June 27, 2005 1:45 AMYou could keep the current increases, do less repeats, and block it longer when done. I blocked my alpaca one longer and had no problems (you will lose a little of the width this way). That's what I would do.
Posted by: lee taylor at June 27, 2005 3:50 AMDid you already contact Mystical Creation Yarns? The difference between what you paid for and what you received is pretty significant, no? 2 oz. is often the weight of an entire skein/ball of yarn! They have that "commitment to you" sorta guarantee on their website--see what they can do to make it up to you?
Posted by: Darsana at June 27, 2005 1:36 PMthis wont be much help but i'd be cautious about doing many fewer repeats for the length... by no means is this a 'long' scarf, and since the first one i made, on subsequent ones i've actually been adding repeats to the length.
Posted by: anna at June 28, 2005 9:02 AMfrog, smaller needles, fewer increases and see where that gets you. buying more yarn doesn't seem like the best plan.
i'll be starting mine soon and am concerned about having your problem so i'm tracking all the solutions people come up with.
Posted by: Malia at June 28, 2005 11:07 AMthat clap is coming along so well. gosh, i really do like that yarn.
i'm in the same dilemma as you. I got this GREAT yarn over at the Maryland Sheep and Wool a while back. I got 500 yards of this great handdyed mohair/wool blend that is too die for. While I was buying it, I wasn't quite sure how much I needed to make the Clap. I finally convinced myself that 500 yard would be sufficient. So of course, I come home, turn on my computer, and find out that I'm about 100 yard short. Nuts.
I remember reading on someone's knitting blog a while back that going down to US 7 needles does help out stretch out the yarn. I think she said that by just using 7 needles to knit the Clap only required her to use about 400 and something yards of yarn.
Posted by: Sandra at July 2, 2005 10:35 PMI'm doing two less section 2 repeats for my clap. My aim is to get a fairly wide scarf, that's long enough I can fold in half and tuck the ends through (if you know what I mean), rather than a shawl. I know of someone making a very narrow one- just a couple of increase repeats. I'd avoid getting additional yarn dyed unless they're going to swap the yarn you already have.
Good luck with it, whatever you decide.