Leenu meremehe kampsun / Leenu's New Guernsey

Ma ei ole kaua aega Leenule midagi kudunud. Eelmise talve käis ta lausa poekampsuniga, sest ma ei jõudnud saja toimetuse kõrvalt rohkem, kui mütsid ja sallid kududa. Pikkust on nende kahe aasta jooksul nii palju juurde visatud, et oligi viimane aeg uus kudum talle meisterdada.

Last year Leenu didn't get a new sweater. In fact she got through the winter in a store bought acrylic blend cardi. And though I, as an avid knitter, am a bit ashamed of this fact, I couldn't do better than hats, scarves and mitts last year - there simply aren't enough hours in a day of you run a house and two kids alone for 5 days a week. So it was about time she got one. Also because she has grown outrageously tall in the last 2 years.

Tahtsin proovida midagi uut, midagi lihtsat ja midagi huvitavat. Lõnga mul muidugi käepärast polnud, kogu mu kollektsioon on ju ikka veel kuskil konteineris. Seega ostsin lõnga Singapurist, kus me vahepeal koolivaheajal käisime. Leen ise valis värvi ja lõnga, mina vaid suunasin ta villaste juurde. Mustri leidsin Alice Starmore'i raamatust Kalameeste Kampsunid. Iseenesest on tegumood ju lihtne ja sobib suurepäraselt kiireks kudumiks. Kehaosas ega ka käistel pole erilist modelleerimist vaja. Pidin vaid arvutama aran lõngaga kootud juhise dk lõngale vastavaks. Huvitav ja minu jaoks esmakordne, oli kududa kampsun õlasadulatega (saddles). See annab nii palju võimalusi uute detailide kampsunisse kudumiseks, et kindlasti kasutan seda viisi tulevikuski.

I wanted to kit something interesting, yet simple, with possibly new feature to learn. Leenu picked out the yarn from Singapore (my stash is STILL in a container and I have no access to it, at least until March. I fear for it's state!). She chose the colors and the weight and the brand, I just pushed her towards wools and paid afterwards. The pattern is from Alice Starmore's vintage book Fishermen's Sweaters. I love the saddles! Actually I think I may use them more often, since they give the sweater a new designing feature and save me trouble from shaping the sleeves.

NApid kümme päeva kulus kudumisele ja kokkuõmblemisele. Leen on nüüd peaaegu valmis jõuludeks kodumaal. Loodetavasti meile ikka lund ja pakast jagub. Oleme siin päikses juba valge, külma jõulupüha ootuses.

Teadmiseks

Muster: Alice Starmore'i Nantucket

Vardad: 4 ja 4,5 mm

Lõng: Sirdar Balmoral (72% villa, 25% alpaka, 3% siidi)

Knitting took me mere 10 days. Yestreday and today went to sewing up and hiding the ends. Luckily the guernsey was greeted with utmost glee and modeled with pride. I think she will be even happier once we go back home for Christmas, where there are already -10 degrees and half a meter of snow.

Specs

Pattern: Nantucket by Alice Starmore

Needles: 4 mm and 4,5 mm

Yarn: SIrdar Balmoral (72% wool, 25% alpaca, 3% silk)