What I've Knitty-ed: Clapotis

Gorgeous, no?

Like every other knitter on the entire planet, I fell hard for the wonder that is Clapotis.

 

Did you know that there are over 18,000 Clapotis projects on Ravelry?

 

(It's pronounced clap-o-tea, BTW, with the emphasis on "clap".)

 

And like many other knitters, I've made more than one.  But my first will always be the one I love the best.

 

I acquired the yarn in a trade.  And I am quite sure that I got the better end of that deal.

 

I got 8 skeins of a long-discontinued Noro yarn, Sarubia.  It's 60% silk, 40% Kid Mohair and I love love love love love it. (You probably saw that coming.  It's Noro and it's got silk and mohair in it.  How could I not?)  It's a slubby, very wooly sort of blend, not at all like the Kidsilk-alike sorts of blends you often see.

 

And the color is tremendous: much more subtle than many of the Noro yarns. It reminds me, in the best possible way, of gasoline in a puddle. The background is an espresso brown, and there are stripes of a pale watery grey, a pale watery green and a pale watery pink.  There's an iridescence to the colors, coming from the silk.

 

I traded 4 balls of a plain worsted weight wool in a solid dark green.  It's a great yarn, and my friend said it was just what she wanted for a felted bag.  But come on! I got the world's most beautiful Clapotis, and she got a green felted bag.