Silky Tweed Clapotis

Silky Tweed Clapotis

This is my fourth Clapotis, in Rowan Silky Tweed. It’s taken me more than a year to knit it, because I kept getting sidetracked by more interesting projects along the way. I wore my Rowan Tapestry clapotis ever such a lot over the winter, but it doesn’t quite go with all my clothes. This nice neutral grey should hopefully fill in the gaps. Although it’s a bit heavier than the Tapestry, the silk gives it a lovely drape.

I knitted this one back-and-forth on a circular needle, and that helped to alleviate the terrible wrist pain I’d had from the previous one. Because you can keep the weight of the weight of the knitting in your lap rather than on the needles, it’s a lot easier to manage.

Silky Tweed Clapotis

I was spurred on to finish this one by the fact that I’m going on holiday soon, and I’m going to be spending quite a lot of time outdoors. I’d rather hoped that in the middle of May I might need to be taking sandals with me, rather than an enormous scarf, but this is England, and the weather’s nothing if not unpredictable. I should probably thankful that I’ve also knitted a matching hat.

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  1. That’s gorgeous…how much yarn did it need ? I’ve been umming and ahhing about making a Claptois but can’t make up my mind about whether to make a varigated or a plain one…I guess the answer is to do as you have done and make 2 !

  2. I used five balls of Silky Tweed to make this one, but I didn’t knit it quite as wide as the pattern recommends. It came out about six feet long, maybe a little bit longer. I’ve found that about 250-300g of yarn will make a decent sized Clapotis. I can’t help you with your choice of yarn though! 🙂

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