The Yarn of Tacky Knitting: for raven's breath

I have used a size seven on all my clapoteye and all of them are made with acrylic yarn (boo, hiss!) and require no more than two skeins of Caron's Simply Soft. I am longing for some Lorna's Laces Lion and Lamb, Koigu Kersti, or something else lush, plush, and not man made.

Folks, I will swatch like mad and frog for a sweater or other project that must fit a person but a Clapotis is just a scarf. A beautiful scarf, a fun to knit scarf, a one-size-fits-all scarf, but a scarf none the less. Getting section one done correctly (and I am still amazed when I actually have seventeen stitches at the end of it) is a challenge if I'm not paying attention. I have frogged those beginning rows many times. But this pattern is wonderfully forgiving. As long as the twisted stitches (kbl) are done correctly and the yarn overs are in the right place, everything else can be fudged. The extra stiches anywhere can be ssk'ed or if there aren't enough stitches (six) between the markers a kfb can be thrown in. As long as the decreases or increases do not involve the twisted stitches.

It can take ages to find out where the extra stitches come from or in which part of Kansas the missing stiches took up reseidence. As long as a stitch hasn't been dropped, I say fudge it.

Now, I know there are hardcore knitters out there who have to know where they went adrift and will frog and frog until they have it done perfectly and I admire there perfectionism. I was not cursed, er, blessed with the perfection gene so I refuse to frog over an extra or missing stitch here and there. (But I will tink, like, ya' know, if I go off in the zone and knit my purl rows- happened a time or two, yes it did). I love this pattern and in no way do I wish to imply that it isn't a scarf to take time and trouble over. Of course, I want all my FO's to look as nice as possible. Well, who doesn't? But, so far, Auntie isn't complaining over the occasional fudge. 'Course, she still hates acrylic.