Poolikud kudumised / WIPs

Suur kindakudumise tuhin tuli peale. Mitte, et mul neid veel vaja oleks, aga egas need jõulud teab mis kaugel ole. ;) Põhjuseks uus mänguasi: lõngakoogikeerutaja.

The mitts on this picture are finished and being blocked, I'm writing down the pattern, and I have to decide whether to try and sell it or give it out as a free pattern. Follow me through the pros and cons and give me some feedback, please.

Cons:

I don't feel 100% comfortable selling a mitten pattern, because overall I find mittens an easy knit.

It would be a little bit of a hassle setting up an account to sell it and I would have to figure out the price and the whole tax situation.

The yarn I'm using is not widely available.

Pros:

I've invested a great deal of time to write up the pattern and draw clear schematics.

I'm explaining a new way to do really neat mitten decreases - I've not come across it yet in any patterns in English, and it is a very old and not widely used technique from Estonia.

The mittens have two versions and I'm giving alternative options.

What would you do?

Lisaks alustasin uuesti selle kudumiga, poolest märtsist saadik on töö järg jõudnud peaagu esimese esitüki valmimiseni, siiski uues värvikombinatsioonis:

After finishing the Mimosa wrap I took things easy for awhile, that means I didn't get into a new big project straight away but spent some time with my Koigu jacket, which started out like this

Kuna seekordne värvikombinatsioon kulutab ühte värvi teistest tunduvalt rohkem, tuleb käised teha vist mõne teise värvivalikuga, aga eks too selgub, kui ma midagi tellitud saan.

But now it has all new color scheme and I'm taking things very easy. I am pretty sure I will not have enough of one color, so I'll have to come up with a new solution.

Algust sai tehtud ka ühe uue suvekleidiga, aga lõng on minu näppude jaoks vist ikka liiga karm ja kaalun selle ülesharutamist.

I started with a cotton dress, but I'm considering frogging it since I really am not comfortable working with it. This type of cotton is good for crocheting, I'm tired of its unfriendly feel while trying to knit it.

Ma ei armasta eriti veste oma riidekapis, aga sellegi poolest alustasin Debbie Blissi Catriona kudumist.

Then I cleaned up my pattern collection and felt a sudden urge to do cables, so I'm doing Debbie Bliss' Catriona:

Mimosa Odüsseia / Mimosa

Käsil on üks suur kudum. Eile lõin varrastele 599 silmust. Või nii ma vähemalt arvasin. OLin kudunud viis rida ripskoes ja ühe pahempidise rea, ning olin poole peal äärepitsi kordustega, kui märkasin, et mul oli rohkem silmuseid kui vaja. Lugesin siis silmused üle ja avastasin, et olin kudumisse keeru sisse teinud esimesel real.

Oh, I can feel it on my fingers that this is going to be a long project. I CO yesterday 599 stitches, or that's what I thought, knit 5 rows of garter stitch, one row of 599 purl stitches, started with the edging pattern, worked through 19x26 stitches of edging and then saw that I had more stitches than needed. I started counting and discovered I had done Moebius in the middle of the first row. Argh.

Ostsin helmed ka osaliselt ära. Täna lähen poodi tagasi ja tellin neid juurde. Helmeid on vaja ligi 1000. Pole kerge leida siinkandis kudumisse sobivaid helmeid.

I got some beads as well. I'll go back today to get some more and order the rest. I decided to go with less beads and therefore I'll need about 1000 nr 8 beads. Just I didn't imagine that they'd be so difficult to find here.

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Neljanda päeva seisuga olen siinmaal.

So, I'm into my 4th day of knitting and this is how far I've gotten:

Seda ei tundu just palju, aga tegelikult on varrastel meeletu arv silmuseid. Alguses olid helmed igal teisel real, nüüd igal neljandal, m pakun, et algesets 599st silmusest olen jõudnud kahandada kuskil 490 silmuse kanti. Igal mustrikordusel kahaneb 10 silmust, nii et varti peaks read juba lühemaks minema. Helmeid on alles 170 ringis, tellisin neid Jaapanist jurude ja loodetavasti nad jõuavad varsti kohale. Aega on selle monstrumi jaoks ainult 21 päeva - viimistlemine, pesemine ja kuivamine kaasa arvatud. Varrastele tuleb auru anda, mis muud.

It doesn't seem much, but believe me it is, since now I have to bead only every 4th row (instead of every second) and I've gone from 599 sts to, I am guessing, about 490 sts. With every pattern repeat I decrease 10 sts so it gets less and less daunting by the row.
But I'm awfully close to finishing beads, I have some 170 left, but they disappear real quick, I just hope I get the rest of the beads from Japan on time.
Oh, by the way, I was wrong about the amount of days I have to knit this little big monster shawl - instead of 25, I have 21 days - that includes blocking it. So I'd say I have to have it done by 20th at least.

Veel enam / Even more

Viimasel ajal olen palju lõnga ostnud. Seda tuleb juurdegi. Mul o 52 projekti Ravelry järjehoidjas. JA ma olen lubanud nii iseendale kui ka tütrele mõnngaid asju. Panin siis kokku nimekirja, et asjaloost sotti saada.

I've bought a lot of yarn lately. I have some yarn arriving soon. I've got 52 projects in my Ravelry queue. And I have made promises to myself and to my daughter.
I am way over my head in projects I need to finish or want to start. So I thought I'd make a list in the order of importance.

1. Mimosa suurrätt raamatust Big Girl Knits
   
2. Mütsisõda algab 9dal
   
3. Elefante nr 1 lõpetada
4. Ecquinox pullover - kokku õmmelda ja otsad peita.
   
5. Kirjutada muster.
   
6. Lubasin lapsele juba eelmine aasta uue kampsuni kududa.
   
7. Harutasin üles Artisticu - sellega on vaja pikemalt planeerida
   
8. Salina mulle
   
9. Eesti rahvusmustritest seina"maal"
   
10. Rowan Tapestry midagi midagi
    
11. Ja midagi midagi BBB Merisetast
12. Mul on vähemalt 4 pitsräti materjal olemas ja kaks võiks el aastal valmida. Üks kindalsti Salajase kooskudumise rätt. Lõngad on järgmised: Kaalund Echante', TitanWool Merinos Extra, Canetta Super Zephyr, Handpaintedyarns.com Merino Lace. Ja tulekul on ka Zephyr 2/18'.
13. Lõpetada beebitekikeproovilappidest.

1. Mimosa shawl from Big Girl Knits - I have 26 days
2. Hat war hat(s) - starts on 9th February
3. Elefante nr 1 to be finished in 26 days (nearly done)
4. Ecquinox pullover - needs to be sewn up and some ends still are not darned.
5. Write down a pattern that has been waiting for awhile
6. I promised a new pullover/cardigan for my daughter already last year
7. I frogged my Artistic - I need to plan better, change the motif a little and start over.
8. Salina for me
9. Wall ornaments using Estonian traditional mitten patterns and 1.5 mm needles
10. Design from Rowan Tapestry
11. Design something elegant and sexy from BBB Meriseta
12. I have material for at least 4 lace shawls - I want to knit at least 2 shawls this year, one will be Mystery Shawl 4. Lace yarns I already have are: Kaalund Echante', TitanWool Merinos Extra, Canetta Super Zephyr, Handpaintedyarns.com Merino Lace. And I have some Jaggerspun Zephyr 2/18 arriving.
13. Finish a baby blankie from random stitch patterns - it doesn't have recipent, so there is a lot of time with it.

Kindlasti lisandub veel midagi.

I'm pretty sure, I've forgotten something...