I finally finished my first Clapotis (and my largest project to date) last night. I'm so excited...so much so that I had to take pictures before I washed/blocked it.
I did it in Bamboo by Southwest Trading Company. The color is "electric blue" and looks a bit more electric than any of the pictures show. I used the size needles the pattern suggested; I have no idea if it is to gauge or not, and I don't care. It's a reasonable size, and I think that's all that matters.
Unfortunately, this is for my friend's birthday, which was 11/9, so it's late. I'm very pleased with how it turned out.
On to the pictures.
Here's (almost) the whole scarf. It's a bit wider at the right end. I don't think it's because my gauge got off, but because the bottom right corner was the final end of the work, and I could tell the weight of it was stretching it out of shape as I neared the end. Since I took the pictures I have it blocking on my bed, and it evened out nicely (whew! I was a bit worried!)
Close up of stitch detail (with flash)...this one is a little closer to the true color, but the flash kind of washed it out.
Close up w/o flash. This shows the stitches better, but the color is off
Here's (almost) the whole scarf. It's a bit wider at the right end. I don't think it's because my gauge got off, but because the bottom right corner was the final end of the work, and I could tell the weight of it was stretching it out of shape as I neared the end. Since I took the pictures I have it blocking on my bed, and it evened out nicely (whew! I was a bit worried!)
Close up of stitch detail (with flash)...this one is a little closer to the true color, but the flash kind of washed it out.
Close up w/o flash. This shows the stitches better, but the color is off
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