Well, not all Clapotis(es?) are created equal, and yours is going to be mighty beautiful! Love that colorway. And orange and blue look so jazzy together.

Well pretty soon everyone will have a nothin but a t!

Maybe I'm thinking of this the wrong way. Perhaps I'm now officially one of the "cool kids" who have made nifty Clapotis! Then again there's always the populist approach: "Clapotis and Applebee's and nothing but t's for everyone!" ;0)

Go to Chilis next time - its better and there are fewer minivans in the parking lot.

Aw. Don't knock the Lands End shoes! (The minivan, yeah, that's mockable. I am so terribly impressed that you have twin toddlers and yet you still drive a compact. You get at least a thousand coolness points for that!)

Your Clapotis is going to be fabulous. I particularly like that the variegation is very gentle.

they say that cliches become cliches because they are true. if clapotis has become banal, it's because it's goooood... i'll keep telling myself that because i'm about to start my third!

Oh, I would never knock the Lands End shoes. Until last weekend, they were all I ever wore. Looooove them! That's exactly my problem: I like the Gap clothes, and Lands End shoes, the Clapotis, and the minivan. I really like them. Just like everyone else. ;0)

I haven't made a Clapotis yet, but it's not from a lack of wanting! I think I'm the only knitter on Earth who hasn't.

Gosh, that must be some fancy wedding you're going to! ;)

Absolutely Anna, banal need not be bad. We wouldn't say it was bad to have a washing machine or straight teeth just because everyone seems to have them nowadays! It's just not very unique to have a washing machine. Or a Clapotis on the needles. It's still a good thing though!

Jenn, I believe you must be right, you are the only one left.

It looks great, what a perfect fall clapotis in those beautiful colors. You've never been to Applebee's?!? That's just craziness.

Oh Oh. I've just succumbed to the Clapotis virus myself. I have some Lorna's laces in an Iris colorway and after I started something else in this yarn I was disappointed in it and the Clapotis seems to be the solution. I was afraid to admit it, but since you have joined in, what can be wrong with it?
Nothing!

Try ditching the stitchmarkers and purling the stitches between the twisted stitches.You will zip along much faster and they all unravel just the same.

Jenn, I'll join you as the only other blogger who hasn't made a Clapotis! They look lovely, but I have so many other things to work on. Now, nothin but a t, *that* I have to make up very soon :-)

You'll love it!!

add me to the no clapotis column either. I'm also not a scarf/shawl person. Nor have I had the time unfortunately :(
Minivans...well its all I've driven for the last 6 years or so. My husband was so resistant to ever buying one until he drove one. Good thing too because when we bought our first, we only had one child. Now we have 4 and a minivan is a necessity!
I'm not much for Gap clothes (because they do not fit so well on this body that has born four children in 6 years) but I love my Lands End all weather mocs!

Another blogger sans Clapotis here but I'm living vicariously thru you Alison...what a splendid version! Love the sunny yellow, it's so *you* :)

I haven't made Clapotis, but then I've only just learned to knit, and haven't finished my Weasley yet. (My "learn to knit" project.) I'm almost done the back, though, so I'm nearly one third of the way through.

Don't feel bad bloggers w/o a Clapper, I don't have a blog or Clapotis. :) I've been putting it off for the longest, but may start this weekend with some recycled Manos yarn. Can't wait to see your finished Clapotis.

Well all have fiber problems in common too...and I don't mean the #2 fiber problems... ; D

Well, I'm one of the -follow the pack gals- and have succumbed to the Clapotis and the NBaT. I am on the 6th repeat of section 3. whew. Re: the minivan... in this part of the land, suv's reign. It's insane, even one child families drive enormous hummers or suv's.

I haven't made a clapotis either - only because the clapotis stars haven't aligned yet for me. It's funny how I take pride in being different than "everybody" in some ways but also take pride in being "normal" like "everybody else" in others. Is there a sociology lesson here somewhere?

Hi Alison,
I think the mere fact that you had the insight to notice that you could have been AnyMom in Anytown, USA, as well as the fact that you were disturbed by this, immediately sets you apart from the pack!
Your clapotis is beautiful - love the color choice. I am even tempted to make it, despite the fact that I don't wear scarves.
BTW, I was in the sweater class that you covered for Johanna at A Good Yarn. My sweater is almost done, and I am so pleased with it! You can check it out at my blog - www.yarnspin.blogspot.com.
Hopefully I'll see you around!
Take care,
Carla

Well, Alison, knitting Clapotis is a requirement for being a Drafty Lady....

And I'm in love with that colorway. Gorgeous.

I, too, have not made Clapotis. But the temptation has tried to creep in, believe me!

I have no clapotis...or Flower Basket Shawl...but I do have a ROGUE and I'm one sock in on Retro Rib...does that count? :)

I love the sunset colorway...so cheery.

Ah but the difference is that, while everyone on Blogland may have a Clapotis (I don't . . . yet), it will still set you apart from the Gap/Land's End crowd! Minivan or not, you will never be just like everyone else!

just started my clapper last weekend, and it's lovely, though i'm not really understanding how the unraveling will happen (i'm on the 3rd repeat in section 2). I am just going to put my faith in the pattern (as everyone else seems to have done!) and know that it will all turn out OK. I'll be coming back to knitsmiths soon enough for some moral support on this one ;)

Honey, you start the trends. Many blogs I've visited today all have a sockapal2za button.

Just WHAT do you say to that? 200 some people out there are making socks in a sock-along :) That YOU started. Don't worry. This is good.

It is nice being all high up in a minivan or SUV, but I sure wouldn't want to pay for the gas.

Now THAT's an interesting color for the Clap. I think I had a cat that color once. I have grown to love my minivan too. I got tired of cracking my head getting the child in and out of the carseat. Sometimes we have to sacrifice principle and individuality for practicality and convenience. Yep, I'm all out of "cool".

Gorgeous!!

and it's not blue? what happened there?,dont forget about the sophia bag now,even Harlot did them for Xmas last year.

Is it so wrong to be just like everyone else? This coming from someone that longs to fit in so badly with others. We don't have a car but I do have a clapotis I never wore. I, on the other had, seem to always stand apart and I'd rather just be a mom wearing Gap (don't own any), with a minivan (can't drive). ;)

Anoterh non-clapotis here, and I don't ever intend to knit one. Why? Well because everybody else has. I'm not knocking it, it's a great pattern, is lovely looking, is so adaptable because everyone's using different yarns, but I'm such a conformist in other areas of my life, I want to be a rebel. (insert evil laugh here)

But love that colorway!

Count me as another who has yet to knit a Clapotis, although I do have yarn in the stash earmarked for 2 of them. Now all I need is a knitblog. Wait, I take that back; I have too little time for knitting as it is! :-)

I haven't knit a Clapotis, either, but it would make me a rebel if I did. Although the pattern is common in BlogLand, gals around these parts don't wear shawls and knitters are a rarity. Knitting may be enjoying a renaissance, but I still attract a LOT of attention when I knit in public.

that is a gorgeous colorway. you know how to make that pattern your own. i have not seen anything like that. you're so funny!

Love these colors! I think I am one of the few who have not knit one of these. I have to find this yarn somewhere!!!! It just looks so beautiful and everyone talks about how soft it is. Can't wait to hear how it wears for you.

So glad to see you have finally come to the darkside. ;) Have fun with it! :)

That is a very pretty Clapotis.

And you will never be just like everyone else. You are way too special! Minivan or no. ;-)