Suvetöö / Summer job

Muud moodi ei saagi kirjeldada selle salli tegemist. Alustasin kudumisega suvevaheaja esimesel päeval ja lõpetasin vaid päev enne vaheaja lõppu. Arvestada tuleb sellega, et suurem osa kudusin Eestis olles ja Itaalias ei õnnestunud kolm nädalat midagi kududa kuniks oma perega suvekodust hotelli ümber kolisime. Väikesed vastsündinud tited ja nende raskest sünnitusest taastuvad emmed ning trall, mis selle kõige ümber käib, ei ole kudumist soodustavad. Palavus ei olnud ka abiks, Itaalias on Augusti esimene pool alati põrgukuum, selleks ajaks oli sall juba nii suureks kujunenud, et süles oli teda paras hulk ja siidi-villa segu all hakkab lihtsalt kohe palav. Aga valmis ta sai.

I don't think there is any other word that describes this project better. It began with the first day of vacations and ended on the last. Most of the shawl was produced in Estonia, the first 3 weeks in Italy I knit maybe one row in total. Newborn babies and their c-section recovering moms with all the fuss that goes around them are not productive in terms of knitting time. Of course the weatehr factor was an issue as well, first half of August in Italy is very hot, so having a huge amount of woolen-silken stitches on the lap doesn't make it easy to pick the project up. But I did finsih it!

Vormi venitamine tegelikult kõige raskem, sest nööpnõeltega hotellivoodil ukerdamine võtis kaela- ja seljanärvid täiesti läbi - ega ma sajaprotsendiliselt rahule ei jäänud selle tööga. Igatsesin väga oma vormivarraste järgi. Igatahes järgmise päeva taastusin basseini ääres vedeledes. Lõng on selline pehmeke, nii et teda väga "teravalt" ei saagi vormi panna. Kui ma järgmine kord teda näen, siis tuleb vist uuesti üle vormitada. Järsku auruga?

The hardest part actually was blocking. I had very primitive tools - hotel room with big enough bed, but very little room around it and regular sewer's marking pins. I was not happy with the blocking and missed my blocking wires dearly. No wonder my back and neck started aching and I had to relax by the pool the whole of next day. Well the yarn is a "softy" so I am not sure you can block it "crispy". I may have to do this again next time I see the shawl.

Lõngaks on seekord mu praeguse kodukoha "kohalik" looming. Jocelyn on me lemmik lõngavärvija, sest kaup tuleb koju kätte (ta ikka osaleb päris tihti me kudumispärastlõunatel ja tuleb alati kahe suure kohvriga ja värske toodanguga). Ma kasutasin Pure of Heart'i lavendlitooni pitsilõnga. See on meriino ja siidi segu pooleks ja väga kauni läikega. Varrasteks 3,25 mm Knitpicks Pro ringvardad mitme erineva suuruse juhtmega. Lisaks vähendasin ülesloodavate silmuste arvu kolmandiku võrra. Ometi sai sallist nii suur elukas, et minu 50mm objektiiviga ei õnnestunud seda korralikult isegi mitte vaatevälja saada. Ämmakene saab end sellesse tervenisti sise mässida.

I used my friend Joecelyn's hand dyed yarn this time: Pure of Heart which is half merino, half silk. It has the loveliest sheen and flows like a dream. I'm glad we have Jocelyn here, because she brings the merchandise "home" every month or so! We love it when she decides to join in our knit meet ups with her two suitcases. I used 3,25mm Knit Pro needles with different cable lengths, and decreased the number of cast on stitches by a third, yet it came out HUGE! I couldn't even fit the shawl in my viewfinder using a 50 mm lens. It covers my MIL in whole :P.

Teadmata kadunud... / Long time, no posting

Jeerum, ma ei usu oma silmi - 4 kuud on viimasest postitusest möödas! Kahjuks pole ma suurt midagi suutnud selle aja jooksul korda saata, isegi mitte kudurindel. Me jõudsime koju tagasi augusti keskel, mõnusalt pruunide ning Itaalias trullakateks muginutena. Käisin ühel kohalikul kuduistumisel ja oma sõbrantsi Loisi pulmas, aga sellega saavutuste jada piirdubki. Olen kolm kuud lihtsalt maha maganud ja meeleheitlikult püüdnud toitu alla saada ja all hoida: ei ole kerge see beebide ehitamine. Võimalik, et ongi kõige keerulisim isetegemine, eriti kui sellega kaasneb pidev iiveldus, vetsupoti sagedane kallistamine ja tappev uni. Viimaste päevade progress on küll suuremalt jaolt need mured likvideerinud ja loodetavasti nii muretuks ka jääb kuni aprilli lõpuni, kuni meie pisikese perega liitub veel üks eluaegne mure (rõõm muidugi ka!)

Wow, I can't believe it, it's been four months! And sadly to say I haven't knit much or done much anything else. We finished our vacation and were back in Singapore in the middle of August. I managed to get to one knit out and had great time at Lois' wedding (Congratulations, girl!), but apart from that I haven't done much, but sleeping and trying to eat: you see, it's not easy making babies. I think it's the most difficult craft of all, especially when the consequences are a constant nausea and terrible sleepiness. Luckily I got out of a week ago or so and hopefully won't have any more problems until end of April, when another lifetime of troubles (and joys, of course) will join our small family.

Kudumisest paari lausega ka, viimastel nädalatel suutsin midagi alustada ja lõpetada ja mdiagi jätkata.

On the more knitty note, I have started something and surprise-surprise finished something.

Esiteks, alustasin ma oma Cobweb Lace Stole (Interweave Knits Kevad 2008). Selline otsus tuli kohe, kui nägin Lois' imeilusat versiooni totaalselt erinevast lõngast, ning kuna ma pole varem kahepoolset mustrit kudunud, siis oli kiusatus suur ja silmad lõin üles augusti keskel. Sain kümmekond sentimeetrit kootud, aga siis käis diivanil hüplemas üks seitsmeaastane ahvike, ja mu puidust Harmony vardad ei kannatanud 25+ kilo lihtsalt välja. Seega jäi edasikudumine selle taha, millal saabuvad lisavardad. Kätte sain need mõni nädal tagasi ja koon tasapisi edasi seda kolli.

First of all I started Cobweb Lace Stole from Interweave Knits Spring 2008. After seeing the incredible one Lois made out of Jaggerspun Zephyr 2/18 I instantly was intrigued by the double-sided pattern. Unfortunately my 7 year old monkey jumped on the needles and Harmonies obviously don't tolerate 25+ kilos. So I had to order new ones and got them at the end of October. So I'm knitting that again.

Lõpetet asjast ka. Oktoobri lõpus vedasin end hetkeks kudukoosolekule, sest tellitud kraam tuli kätte saada. Minu pisike raamatukogu sai täiendust kahe suurepärase raamatu näol:
E. Zimmermani "The Opinionated Knitter" ning P. A. Gibson-Robertsi "Knitting in the Old Way". Lisaks üllatusena sõbralt Susanilt (Minnesotast) kaks vihti sokilõnga. Teda ma peangi tänama, et mul kudumise isu üldse tagasi tuli, paar sokke ajas näpud just parajalt kihevile, et taas mingigi huvi tekiks:

Regarding mentioned FO.
That October end knit out that delivered me two amazing books (E. Zimmerman "The Opinionated Knitter" and P. A. Gibson-Roberts "Knitting in the Old Way") and my Harmony needles, also had a surprise from Susan. She is such a lovely friend and I guess I have her to thank for bringing back my knitting mojo. I think it was exactly a small project and not too difficult to get my fingers itching again. So as soon as I got home that evening I cast on these beauties for my little princess:

Paar päeva kulus aru saamisele, kui suured jalad mu printsessil on ja milliseid sokke ta ise sooviks ja milliseid ma kududa viitsiks. Ainus minupoolne mõte oli, et ikka tervenesti lõng kasutatud saaks (mul on sed anii hullusti palju, et pean kiiremas korras vähemaks hakkama kuduma)

It took me a few days to figure out how exactly I wanted to knit them, and in the end I decided to go with toe-up socks to be able to use all the yarn.

Taha tekkisid suurendamise käigus mõnusad V-d.

Figuring out the increases for the upper leg were extremely easy and though I didn't have a specific idea, they turned out very nice.

Mulle lühendatud ridade abil saadud kannad ei meeldi ja proovisin Wendy Knits' Sportweight Toe-Up Gusset Heel Sock mustrit - lihtne kududa ja istub tütre kannal ilusti.

Infoks ka:
Muster: omaenese aruga
Vardad: 2mm sukakad
Lõng: Plymouth Yarn Happy Feet (90% superwash meriino, 10% nailon), värv 13
Link Ravelry'sse

I'm not a big fan of short row heels so I decided to go with Wendy Knits' Sportweight Toe-Up Gusset Heel Sock pattern. It works very well on my daughter's foot, but I wouldn't be so sure on mine.

Info
Pattern: my own
Needles: 2mm 5 dpns
Yarn: Plymouth Yarn Happy Feet (90% superwash merino, 10% nylon), color 13
Link to Ravelry

Kuninganna Anne emale / Queen Anne

Kes veel ei tea, siis sellisel meesterahval nagu MMario on ilmunud mitmeid huvitavaid pistist ringsallide mustreid - täitsa tasuta muuseas.
Minul pitsilõnga puudust pole näha ja tükk aega pole päris ämblikuvõrkku ilusaks venitada saanud, seega lõin silmad üles elu esimeseks ringjaks tööks: Kuninganna Anne'i Pits.

I guess you all know of MMario who has designed quite a few lace shawls and offers them free of charge online.
I have way too much lace yarn and my mom had her 50th birthday coming up, so I was on a lookout for a perfect non-triangular shawl for quite awhile. Until I found Queen Anne's Lace.

Oma väiksest abielusõrmusest tõmbasin ta nagu niuhti läbi: kudusin ta ammuostetud Itaalia meriinovillasest kohekordsest kuid siiski imepeenest pitslõngast.

It is knit with Italian nearly cobweb weight merino wool that i found a few years back in Milan on offer for only €10 for 0,5 kilos. I got a whole bag and though I did Kiri, Shallowtail Shawl and Swan Lake and now Queen Anne, I still have a skein of it left!

Vardad nr. 3,75. Lõpukudumine oli üks paras vaev, sest varrastel julgelt üle 600 silmuse. Ja mahakuduminegi oli pitssallile kohaselt kahekordne - ainult et sedakorda jäi ta kuidagi tugevalt, nii et päris kauneid piike ei õnnestunud sallile venitada.

I used needles nr. 3,75mm. The only thing I'm not 100% content is that my BO was too tight and I didn't manage to block the edge spikier, but overall it was an easy pattern to read and a nice lace to knit.

Peaaegu kuu aega kulus aega, aga eks ma tegin muid asju vahele. No ja mida ma siis järgmisena ette võtan? (Ravelry järjekorras on 150+ kudumit)

It took me nearly a month to complete but I took it very easy.

No täitsa lõpp / I've failed...

Ma ju lõpetasin vahepeal Salapärase Valguse kaaskudumise! Ja unustasin sellest raporteerida!
Vähemalt Ravelry's on ta kirjas.

to blog about my Mystic Light KAL! I can't believe I forgot all about it. I did make a mark in Ravelry though.

Selle kolmnurkse salliga on selline naljakas lugu, et mi sono stuffata, ehk siis emakeeli mul on kõrini kolmnurksetest sallidest - oma veerandsaja eluaasta juures polegi mul paslik neid kanda, kolmnurksus eeldab ikka mingisugust küpsust - ha, ma ei kavatsegi veel suureks kasvada! Seetõttu on ta justkui kingiks loodud... kellele? Ämma õele nr. 2. Esimene läks ämmale, teine tema vanemale õele, ja praegune siis kõige vanemale õele. Nii, naispere on meelitatud enda poole :P Suguvõsa lähimate meestega on lihtsam, kaks onu olen oma Apuulia köögi oskustega ära meelitanud (muu toiduga pole lootustki) - 3 veel vaja "murda". :P
Salli juurde tagasi, kudusin ta Knit Picks Gloss lõngaga - kindlasti tellin seda juurde mõneks riideesemeks. Nad kutsuvad toda sokilõngaks, aga kuidas ma panen sellise koostisega jalasoojendaja kalossi sisse? Pealegi pole tal sokilõngale vajalikku toekust ega vastupidavust - selles suhtes olen ikka Eesti maalamba usku.
Kudumiseks kulus 11 päeva, vardaks kasutasin oma uusi Harmony Wood ringvardaid suuruses 3,75 mm. Kas ma tohin neid vardaid kiita??? Ma tellin endale kindlasti veel mõned pikemad ja lühemad juhtmed ning ka sukavardad samast materjalist - väga hea kvaliteet!

I used Knit Picks Gloss, which I ordered specifically for this project and am now convinced it deserves to be bought more, but I will not use it for shawls or for socks - it doesn't seem to have the durability necessary for socks.

Technical data
Yarn: Knit Picks Gloss (70% merino, 30% silk)
Needles: 3,75 mm Harmony Wood Circulars
Pattern: Mystic Light by Anna Kalvi

I must say that I'm sort of tired of traiangular shawls, I do not wear them anyways - I think they require some sort of maturity in dressing style, and I'm not in possession of that yet. So, I think I'll adventure with other things from now on.

P.S I'm in desperate need of blocking wires which I hope will arrive soon!

Mimosa Odüsseia Finaal / Grand Final

Ma tahtsin, kordan, tahtsin kogu seda suurt kudumisprotsessi jäädvustada laivis siia blogisse. Aga fotoka juhe oli kadunud nagu vits vette. Kuni tänaseni. Leidsin selle oma abikaasa seljakotist... ning kusklt ajusopist ilmus tõdemus, et see on taaskord mu äkk-koristuste vili - siis ma topin oma asju kõikjale ja ei kuhugi, nii et pärast ise ka üles ei leia.

I wanted to follow the process of this huge shawl on the blog, but the darned cord that transfers photos from my camera to my laptop was missing and turned out just today... from my husbands backbag... I have a stinky feeling that this may be the result of my quick clean-ups at my home, when I stuff things in the less likely places all around the house without giving it a second thought. Ah well, at least it was safe traveling forth and back between home and office.

As a result here follow pictured process from day 1 to day 20:

02.02 Lõin silmi üles kaks korda. Ei olnud üldse tore. 599 silma on isegi nadi vaid korra üles luua. Aga ma rumal kudusin oma Möebiuse keerus miljon kahtesadat silma lausa 5 rida enne kui kohale jõudis. See on siis umbes peaaegu täpselt 1,5 kera lõnga. Ja siis ma lugesin ja lugesin ja veel kord lugesin neid silmi üle ja lõpuks õnneks ikka julgesin kuduma ka hakata.

02/02 I managed to cast-on twice. That wasn't nice because 599 stitches is not nice to CO again. Not to mention that I figured my Moebius mistake out after near 5 rows - that is nearly one and half ball of yarn. And then count and count and re-count countless times. Believe me you do not want to err with that many sts on your needles.

05.02 Siinkohal tuli täiesti oodatud paus. Helmed said otsa. Ootasin neid 7 päeva Jaapanist.

05/02 This where the expected setback happened. I ran out of beads. I had to wait until 13th of February to get the beads.

14.02 Eile tulid helmed. Huvi pärast ajasin õlasalli kolmele vardale - nagu näha tuleb sellest midagi suurt. See munakollane mõõtur on 150 cm pikk.

14/02 I just got the beads the day before and decided to spread out the shawl on 3 circulars to see how wide it was going to be. Obviously it was going to be wide (that measuring tape is 150 cm / 60 inches long).

16.02 Nagu tippsportlast kibutavad mindki vigastused - väike lõhe vasaku käe nimetissõrmel ning kogu projekt on ohus...

16/02 I've injured my left hand index finger. I have a small cut that often occurs when one is knitting a lot with drying hands. If you didn't know - knitting dries hands quite a deal.

Õnneks on mul hea laps omast taskust võtta, ta jagas minuga oma plaastreid.

Luckily my daughter takes care of me and offered one of her band-aids to help me through my injury.

18.02 Kolmneljandikku on valmis. Koon ridu aina kiiremini - lühenevad hoogsalt. Iga mustrikorraga 10 silma. Aga! teen palju vigu ka, vist sellepärast, et terve aeg olen kudunud 100 cm ringvarrastega, oleks vähemalt 120seid vaja. Vahepeal kahandasin valesti, siis kudusin läbi eelmise rea silmuse. Esimene viga tähendas 10 cm üles harutamist, teisest saab heegelnõelaga jagu.

18/02 The wrap is 3/4 done, it goes much faster to knit a row, but I've been making silly mistakes, like decreasing too much or too little, or knitting into the stitch below (often happens when knitting on high speed and in stockinette stitch), I've had to rip back 10 cm (4 inches) once but usually my good friend crochet hook helps me out.

20.02 Värske. Vaja pesta ja otsad peita.

20/02 Fresh off the needles. Washing and darning in the ends are ahead.

Peidan otsi. Alguses oli neid 22, siis otsustasin ilu eesmärgil lõnga kaheks jagada - seega 44 otsa.

I'm darning. I only had 22 ends. Until I decided to split the yarn and it became 44. But I got through it pretty fast.

Leotasin salli ära. Oi, oi, oi kasvas teine veel juppmaad. Unustasin, meriino venib juba nagu hull. Mul on kuningamõõtu voodi - seegi kippus väikseks jääma. Mõõted annavad, et enne pesu olnud 22st silmast 10 cm kohta on järele jäänud 19 silma 10 cm kohta. Vaatnii on lood. Laiust 210 cm lausa.

The shawl is blocking. And it became even bigger (I have a king size bed). And then I remembered. Merino stretches - A LOT!!! So from 22 sts per 4 inches / 10 cm it fell down to 19 sts. Here it is, on the ground with two 60 inch / 150 cm measuring tapes close by to show the size.

Lisaks sai sisse lükitud 1200 kandilist Toho Crafti helmest - klaasist kuldse sisemusega.

I used app. 1200 Toho Craft square beads - they are gold lined and it gives them a darker color than they really have.

Mõni lähivõte keskjoonest, kus paneelid kohtuvad.

This is a closeup of the central part here panels come together.

Viimane võte:

And the last shot:

Teave
Lõng: 11 kera Sublime Yarns Cashmere Merino Silk DK (75% extrafine merino, 20% siidi, 5% kašmiiri; 127 yrd/116 m 50 gr kohta)
Varras: 4.5 mm
Muster: Sivia Hardingu Mimosa Big Girl Knits raamatust
Lisaks: 1200 Toho Crafti helmes värvis nr 39
Muudatusi: kasutasin vähem helmeid, servad jäid vabaks, ning ka teemantmotiivi neid sisse ei kudunud.

Stats

Yarn: 11 balls of Sublime Yarns Cashmere Merino Silk DK (75% extrafine merino, 20% silk, 5% cashmere; 127 yrd/116 m for 50 gr ball)

Needle: 4.5 mm

Pattern: Mimosa by Sivia Harding from Big Girl Knits

Extra: 1200 Toho Craft square beads, color 39

Changes: I used less beads. I didn't insert beads in the diamonds and didn't put them on the edges as well.

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.