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A Second Dummy Clap Finished

I finished the second Dummy Clap last evening and blocked it early this morning.  Apparently either the wool is very light weight or the air in the condo is not humid or both, because within hours it was completely dry.  But let's not get too far ahead of ourselves.

This Dummy Clap Shawl by Anna Maliszewski can be found on Ravelry.  As I mentioned the first time I made it, this shawl was inspired by the much more complicated Clapotis.  Personally, I find it packs as much punch as the Clapotis only it is so much easier to knit.  My second version uses Isager Hojlandsgarn fingerling weight yarn in the color of Thistle (although it looks like a light-coloured gray, there are also the tiniest flecks of blue, yellow, and red in it as well).  It took two 50 gram skeins or 560 meter or about 613 yards to complete.  Since this was a finer yarn than my first version I cast on 80 stitches and used a U.S. #4 or 3.5 mm needles.

I have to say using a true wool, which has its own stickiness to itself, wasn't as much fun when it came to dropping stitches.  Just in case you forgot, the first Dummy Clap was made of a blend of very smooth fibers, linen, bamboo and acrylics.  It almost dropped all the stitches for me.  However,  a fabric made of 100% wool required a lot more effort to drop stitches.  After a few rows it would catch on itself and needed some tugging to drop on.  The tips of my fingers were almost sore last night as I completed that part of construction.  The final dimensions are 72 inches X 18 inches (1.8 m X .45 m), which IMHO, makes it a perfect size to use as a shawl or as a scarf.

Here's a few pics of it.

This captures how light it is, the slightest of  breezes moved it.

Here it is doubled up, yet so translucent.

Hanging around the deck chair

On the new owner, Brenda, as a shawl

And casually flung over her shoulders as a scarf

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