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A little over five skeins of Blue Sky Dyed Cotton produced a...Clapotisaur.

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Monkey King's mom did request more of a wrap than anything else, and this does the job pretty well, in my opinion. See? Wrapping action? (Sadly, no hair product action.)

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Speaking of action, MK and I were watching Above the Law (me: "Aaaaaand blog title!") during this photoshoot. Ladies, remember when Steven Seagal wasn't bloated? That reminds me, when I was eight (so don't judge me for what I'm about to say), there was a boy named Brian who lived next door to me, and I thought he was soooo cute. Because he looked like Steven Seagal. (I repeat: eight years old, okay?) I also remember being quite pained because he never circled "yes" on any "Do You Like Kim?" notes.

I had almost a whole skein left over, so I consulted Oddball Knitting and found a pattern for hackey sacks.

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Remember these?! They were a huge chunk of my youth, you know, hanging out, smoking wee, er, smoking. And playing hackey sack.

Then I went nuts.

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Coming soon: The Striped Knitting Crime will be revealed!

Posted on 02.9.2008 by Registered CommenterYarn Abuse in | Comments27 Comments

Reader Comments (27)

Thank Clapotis is huge! I am sure she will love it.

There is a group of guys at my job that play hackey sack and I am pretty sure they smoke wee...were smoke during their break :O) I guess a good thing never dies.

And yes I was talking about the hackey sack with that last comment.
February 9, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterPeacock Chic
I love the Clapotisaur! When it comes to clapotises I think the bigger the better. Who wouldn't want a scarf/shawl/blanket all in one?
February 9, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAlice
That Clapotis is huge. I doubt it would even wrap around Steven Seagal nowadays.
February 9, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterchristie
Whoa, that Clapotis is Imposing. Those hackey sacks made me LOL. Also, when we moved we left a can of Steven Seagal's energy drink in the fridge because we just didn't want that stuff coming with us. Hopefully the maintenance crew found it and drank it, maybe smoked some wee-- uh, played hackey sack and felt good about their day.
February 9, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLindsey
gah,you freaking crack me up. and just so you know, i LOVE your hair in that shot. so cute.
February 9, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermeg
kim! i LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVEEEEEE it.
omg I want to tell you to keep it,
it looks great on you. but that won't be fair
to MKs mom.

And you should totally not straighten your hair.
It looks adorable all wavy like that!

February 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterbo
Hack in! Love those freewheeling hippies and their relaxing pass times. The Clapotis is truly a thing of beauty...
February 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterHeather
holy huge clapotis! i love the color. too bad you're not giving it away to me.
February 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermelissa
I think your Clapotis is the first one I've seen that I liked. Could very well be the color. I never got the hang of hackey sacks, but the rest of my pothead friends were amazingly coordinated even under the influence..what did you stuff them with? Oh and I like your hair like that.
February 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJessi
oh no, ... you knitted 'one of those' ....

i must go have a drink now (it's 5 o'clock, somewhere).
February 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commentergray la gran
The clapotis looks great! Well done!
February 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBobbi
The Clapotisaur looks like it is a very nice wrap-like object! Very well done.
February 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterCarol
Hey! My Dad kind of looks like Steven Seagal. A bum on the streets of Washington D.C. looked at my dad and said: "Hey, man! Don't chop me!"

As soon as I saw the photograph of that hackey sack, I yelled that my boyfriend had to see it. For we, too, have shared some experiences similar to yours, which include hackey sacks and hanging out, and smoking...smoke. Where'd you find the pattern? They're so neat!

Beautiful Clapotis, by the way. I just love the color you chose, and I think you succeeded in the wrappy-ness department. Lovely!
February 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAlisha
Sorry, I found the link for where you said you found the hackey sack pattern, disregard. (Oops)
February 10, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAlisha
You know, everyone makes fun, but I've never really seen a bad Clapotis. Yours is no different. It's fab.
February 10, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterstarfish
Your clapotis is absolutely gorgeous.

It makes me sad that Segal is now a big ole bloated man. I won't even google for pictures, I will preserve him in my memory as he once was.
February 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMacoco
Holy crap, that's the hugest Clapotis I've ever seen. Awesome!
February 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMichelle
I just cast on a for Wrapotis myself this weekend. This one *should* be for me. I say should because it'll be the third damned time I'm knitting one and I gave the other two away. At least it's a mindless TV knit.

Wanna do lunch in Chinatown this Saturday? We are staying downtown for the con and I am sure I'll have some time to kill if you are available. :)
February 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLaura
Nice balls! Har har, I am also eight!

But seriously, they're kinda really cute.
February 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterStephanie
Wow, that's a ginormous Clapotisaurus! That Blue Sky stuff is so soft, I'm sure it's incredibly cozy. (And btw, you should totally check out the book "Seagalogy: a study of the ass-kicking films of Steven Seagal.")
February 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterSarah
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