Pärlkude ja pisut teooriat/Moss stitch and some theory

Eile saime kokku Heliga ja kudusime natuke koos. Pildil pole meie kudumist eriti näha, aga ise oleme kenasti peal. Pildistas Eliisabet, Heli tütar. Aitäh!
Yesterday we got together with Heli and knitted a bit. You cannot see our knitting in the picture but we are present. Heli's daughter, Eliisabet, was the photographer. Thank you!

Nüüd postituse pealkirja juurde. Iga kudum õpetab midagi. Mõni seab päris teoreetilisi probleeme lahendamiseks. Otsustasin, et teen enne varrukad, siis jakk on n-ö paigas ja saab näha, milline tuleb pikkus. Nüüd tekkis aga 2 küsimust: 1) mis koes kududa varrukad ja 2) mis pikkusega. Üks on selge, et pitsimuster on hästi rikkalik ja suur (mustrikord 22 silmust), varrukale eiriti ei mahu. Seljas on 2 mustrikorda:

Now to the title of the post. Every knitting project teaches your something. Some raise theoretical problems to be solved. I decided to knit the sleeves first, then the jacket is fixed so to say and I can think about the length. However, 2 questions emerged: 1) what stitch pattern is to be chosen for the sleeves and 2) how long the sleeves should be. One thing is clear though: the stitch pattern is rather busy and wide (22 stitches repeat), it would not fit into a sleeve. You see 2 repeats on the back:

Siis mõtlesin, et mõni vähem rikkalik diagonaalne muster võiks sobida. Tegin proovilappe, ikka tundus kõik vale. Pärlkude sobib hästi kokku palmikute ja pitsiga, aga tekitada siia veel teisi pitsimustreid, palmikutest rääkimata, oleks minu arust täiesti vale. Kuna küljes on aga pärlkude, mõtlesin, et varrukas olgu ka pärlkoes.

Then I thought that a less busy diamond pattern may fit. I made swatches but everything seemed wrong. Moss stitch goes well with cables and lace but to create more lace patterns here, to say nothing about cables, would be entirely wrong in my view. Whereas there is moss stitch on the sides, I opted for moss stitch for the sleeves.

See tundus õige. Siis aga teine küsimus: varruka pikkus. Võite küsida, mis pikkus siia puutub. Tegelikult puutub alati, vähemalt minu jaoks. Asi ei ole ainult selles, mis muster millisega kokku sobib või ei sobi. Asi on proportsioonis. Pärlkude on reljeefne. Väga ilus, aga kui seda on väga palju, siis tekib optiliselt raksepärase mulje. Võib-olla see on minu isiklik probleem, aga paljud poodides väljapandud kudumid palmikute ja mitmesuguste reljeefsete kudedega on minu jaoks üle koormatud. Liiga palju erinevaid mustreid pindala ühiku kohta, nii-öelda. Palusin täna Anul, et ta teeks paar pilti. Nüüd näen, et ma ei tahagi siia pikka varrukat. Mitte sellepärast, et ei viitsi kududa, vaid just proportsioonide pärast.

This appeared right. Then to the second question: the length of the sleeves. You can ask of course how the length matters here. It always does, at least for me. It is not only about combinability of stitch patterns or lack thereof. It is about proportions. Moss stitch is highly structured. It is very beautiful but when there is a lot of it, the overall impression is optically heavy and bulky. Maybe this is my personal problem but rather often ready made knitwear in stores is full of cables and varieties of structured patterns that make the garment overloaded in my view. Too many different patterns for a square measure, so to say. Today I asked Anu to take a couple of pictures. Now I see that I don't want a long sleeve. Not because I am lazy to knit but because of proportions.

Paljudele meeldivad kas lühikesed või pikad varrukad. Mulle meeldivad ka vahepealsed. Nii et probleem sai sedapuhku lahendatud.

Many like either short or long sleeves. I like in-between sleeves as well. Thus, the problem is solved so far.