Froggy Knits

March 11, 2005

A shark bit my clapotis


Can you believe that?

Don't think for a minute that if you knit it already you are safe from making a silly mistake the second time around (i guess i should just speak for myself). And the bad thing about it is that I remember that "wrong turn row" and was just yapping it up with some friends and I thought to myself "I'll just see how it goes in a few more rows". But with all this clapotis in my lap as I'm using Manos which is knittin' up a whole lotta clapotis I just forgot all about. I picked it up a few days later forgetting about the "wrong turn row" and just kept on knittin'. Oh well, I know there must be one happy shark around here 'cause we know that clapotis is "all good". You know its something when you know exactly what you were doing, saying and wearing when you make a mistake, but don't know why exactly you didn't stop and correct it just one stitch later. Ugh!

Hey, did you catch those stitch markers. If you're not down with sushi there's always cupcakes and fortune cookes! Gotta love Amyville. Amy rocks again. I mean Clapotis requires many stitch markers and I ran outta sushi so I had to get them, right, lol?


Posted by froggy at March 11, 2005 03:03 PM
Comments

Argh - that would make me so frustrated. At least you have the fun stitch markers to amuse you.

Posted by: Amy at March 11, 2005 03:25 PM

Amyville is the coolest! I don't have any, but I've oogled her stuff often (her craft stuff that is lol). So are you ripping?

Posted by: Vicki at March 11, 2005 03:36 PM

Oh yeah, I think that I make more mistakes the second time through a project than I do during the first.

Posted by: Colleen at March 11, 2005 03:45 PM

Yup, that sure looks wrong. Rip it. Rip it good!

Posted by: claudia at March 11, 2005 03:52 PM

I've made the same mistake! Looks like you won't have rip it far.

Posted by: margene at March 11, 2005 03:54 PM

Hi Froggy,
So sorry you have to rip! The stitch markers are adorable. I've been eyeing those up myself!
Have a great weekend!
Donna

Posted by: Donna at March 11, 2005 04:05 PM

Oh my - that's nasty - keep right out of the water in future!

Posted by: sally at March 11, 2005 04:33 PM

Well you "could" call it a design feature instead of a mistake but it would probably nag at you for the rest of your life :-(

Posted by: Joan at March 11, 2005 04:49 PM

I saw that same shark last week! Thank god I had a monkey in my bag to scare him away!

That green is so pretty...who can resist stitch markers, I mean really.

Posted by: Christie at March 11, 2005 04:52 PM

one should never have to rip on a friday

Posted by: cara at March 11, 2005 05:01 PM

Those stitch markers ROCK! I'm off right after this to buy some. And I have to say, although the reason sucks, your title for today's post is excellent!

Posted by: chris at March 11, 2005 05:10 PM

Well, the good thing is that you don't have a lot of rows to rip. Considerate shark!

Have a good weekend! MJ

Posted by: MJ at March 11, 2005 05:55 PM

Thanks for the link to Amyville. Those choclate stitch markers really looked good enought o eat. I don't think I could handle stitching and staring at those!

Posted by: stephanie at March 11, 2005 06:03 PM

Your poor nipped on clapper! What to do...

Posted by: Silvia at March 11, 2005 06:34 PM

Well I usually tell myself I can live with it and knit away and then later I decide I can't live with it and then rip...dumb I know and I don't know why I keep doing that.

Posted by: Karen at March 11, 2005 06:47 PM

oh, i'm sorry! just put on flo while you rip because that is one gorgeous cardi...

Posted by: mrspilkington at March 11, 2005 07:53 PM

Hey Froggy! Sorry about your Clap--that sure is a pretty color though!

Have a great weekend :)

Posted by: Lolly at March 11, 2005 08:46 PM

argh! i hate when that happens.

Posted by: lynette at March 11, 2005 10:47 PM

Oh, bad naughty shark. Shame on it. Let it munch on something else.

Posted by: Jenny at March 12, 2005 01:10 AM

What a pain! Love the colour, though, and can't wait to see it in a solid...

Posted by: angela at March 12, 2005 11:18 AM

Ugh, I hate those types of days. Rest assured, we all have them. Good luck!

Take care.

Posted by: Adele at March 12, 2005 11:41 AM

How frustrating. Not choice but to rip. I am sorry for all that extra work you have to do but the end results worth it!

Posted by: Denise at March 12, 2005 02:14 PM

Sharks, man. They're sneaky critters.

Posted by: cari at March 12, 2005 06:33 PM

Oops! Well, you can just think of it as a desing element...maybe not. At least it's only a few short rows to rip back.

Posted by: Jackie at March 13, 2005 07:23 AM

Oh, ce requin comme il est méchant !

Posted by: Dominique at March 13, 2005 10:45 AM

Omigawd! I LOVE THAT YARN! Who's going to see a mistake when the color is that glorious? I MUST go find that yarn!

Posted by: Heidi at March 13, 2005 11:50 AM

Okay, call me obsessed now. I went looking for the yarn--is that Manos' Citric?

Posted by: Heidi at March 13, 2005 11:53 AM

Hey Froggy,
I know the feeling. The stitch markers look yummy. I bought the sushi markers that you posted in earlier blog. Thanks for the link.

Posted by: Loren at March 13, 2005 09:55 PM

Oh, I hear you. Definitely been there!

Posted by: Becky at March 14, 2005 11:21 AM

I've gotta get me some of those stitch markers :)

Posted by: Moni at March 14, 2005 01:09 PM

oh poor clap-o-tee!

but doggone those stitch markers are adorable! I really really like them. I think I am going to copy and get some right away!

:)

Posted by: heather at March 14, 2005 02:07 PM

I love, love, love those stitch markers! I'm going to have to get some. Yum...cupcakes!

The new movie out is "Jaws learns how to knit it's time to rip"

Froggy...because of you I am so into GREEN now. Love the green!!!

Posted by: Eilene at March 15, 2005 06:41 AM