It's three skeins of Blue Ridge Yarns Kaleidoscope Superwash Sock Yarn, 2 in Ocean Coral (at either end) and 1 in Dragon's Breath, all purchased at Nature's Yarns, Inc. in Fairfax, Virginia. Yes, that's 1,200 yards of sock yarn - which makes for a shawl that's just under THREE METERS long.
Here, you can see the middle color better:
This is how much yarn I have left:
Given this started as three 400yd balls of sock yarn, I think I managed to figure out where to start my decreases at JUST the right spot!!
And, just to share, thought I'd found a wonderful birthday cake at Giant, covered in little balls of yarn!!
Turns out, though, that they're balloons, and I was just looking at the cake upside-down. Sigh.
You cut that fine! It looks lovely and you did well to persevere, well worth it
ReplyDeleteMolto bella! And allow me to say...yay Fairfax! I grew to age six in Fairfax, back when there was still a duckpin bowling alley near the courthouse...and ruined at least one white shirt with mulberries at Truro Episcopal.
ReplyDeleteSo...how long did your Clapotis take from start to finish?
Very pretty! A Clap in sock yarn, my hat's off to you.
ReplyDeleteMax, according to Ravelry (without which I never actually remembered these things before), it took me from May 12, 2009 to January 16, 2010, or a grand total of 116 days. (No, I didn't count, I have a website - Calendarhome.com - that does it for me!)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty ... but how do you wear a 3 metre long Clapotis???
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