Punane/Red

Sel sügisel käisin Raasikul 2 korda. Ostsin muuhulgas erepunast 8/2 lõnga. Plaanisin kohe, et sellest tuleb seelik. Nüüd saigi alustatud.
This Autumn I visited Raasiku factory twice. Among other things, I got there bright-red 8/2 yarn. I immediately decided it will be a skirt. Now I've started.

Kootud on värvel ja peaaegu 2 mustrikorda. Tuttav lehemuster, kasvatan pahempidiseid mustrikordade vahele.
I have the garter part and almost 2 pattern repeats. This is a familiar leaf stitch pattern and I increase purl stitches between the repeats.

Sain veel proovilapi tellimuse. Seekord on peenike villa-puuvilla segu. Pildistatud koos 3 mm vardaga. Koostis on hea, kahju vaid, et poes pole teisi värve.
I got one more order for a swatch. This time it is a lace weight wool-cotton blend. Photographed together with 3 mm needles. The fiber composition is nice, only that the shop carries it only in white.

Ja lõpuks veel midagi valget. Sain Brendalt lõngavahetuse kaudu sellise mõnusa villa-alpaka segu. Aitäh!
And finally, more white. I got this pleasant wool-alpaca blend from Brenda. Thank you!

Tehnilist/Technical

Täna oli meil elektrikatkestus, ei olnud võrku ega pildistamiseks valgus. Proovilapi luban pildistada ja näidata hiljem. Nüüd pärast pesemist-pingutamist on muster väga kena. Räägin selle asemel viimase sviitri konstruktsioonist. Piltide eest palun vabandust, ei oska veel arvutiga joonistada.
Today there was a major problem with electricity and there was no Internet neither light to take pictures. I promise to photograph the swatch later. Now after having been washed and blocked the stitch pattern is especially nice. Instead of this I will discuss the construction of the recent sweater. I apologise for the drawings because I am still a novice in computer graphics.







Sellel pildil on selline passe nagu Mohääriminimalismi-nimelisel sviitril. Mõnda aega koome toru, siis järsult kasvatame, nt kahekordistame silmuste arvu. Huvitav, et passe kasvatamise kohta on erinevaid valemeid. Olen lugenud, et kõige laiem koht = kaelus x 2,6, samuti ka x 2,3. Miks saan hakkama x 2-ga, pole mul aimu. Võib-olla sõltub siiski lõngast, kehaehitusest, tegumoest. Kui keegi teab, oleks tänulik vastuse eest.
In this picture you see a yoke like in Mohair Minimalist sweater. In the beginning we knit a tube, then we abruptly increase, for instance, double the number of stitches. It is interesting that there are different formulas as far as yoke increases are concerned. I have read that the widest place equals collar circumference x 2.6, also x 2.3. Why I am fine with x 2, no idea. Maybe it depends on yarn, body frame, model. If you know, I would appreciate the answer.

Teine pilt on minu viimase sviitri kaeluse pilt. Kuna alguses pole toru, vaid riba, siis järsult lisatud silmused jaotuvad nagu pildil. Tekivad justkui diagonaalsed jooned. Kudusin sama võttega: esialgu oli mul 65 silmust, siis kahekordistasin ja oli 130. Pärast ei teinud enam mingeid kasvatusi.
The second picture is the yoke of my recent sweater. Whereas the collar is not a tube but a stripe, the abruptly increased stitches become distributed as in the picture. As if they were diagonal increases. I knitted in the same manner: there were 65 stitches in the beginning and then I doubled the number and got 130. After that I did not make any increases.

Valmis/FO

Nüüd lubatud pilte. Tekkis tahtmine mängida värvidega, minu arust must-valge on mõnikord päris hea lahendus.

Now the pictures I promised. I wanted to play with colours and black-and-white is sometimes quite a satisfactory solution in my opinion.

Värvilist siiski ka:

Still, there are some colour photos as well:

Lõng/Yarn: Teksrena, 60 % villa/wool, 40 % polüamiid/polyamide, 100 g/200 m, 250 g

Vardad/Needles: 5 mm, 5,5 mm

Pildid/Pictures: Anu

Kee/Necklace: Ruth

Konstruktsioonist: tegelikult on aluseks vana hea Mohääriminimalism. Kui lugejatel on soovi, siis kunagi hiljem kirjutan täpsemalt. Mis oli aga antud juhul väga oluline: õigeaegne varda vahetus. On teada, et ringselt kududes on labase parempidise koe tihedus suurem, kuna enamik koob parempidiseid silmi tihkemalt, kui pahempidiseid. Ja ringselt kududes on siis ainult parempidine. Ripsiga võib olla vastupidi, kuna ringselt kududes tekivad pahempidised read. On veel paar tähelepanekut: kudumistiheduse muutus sõltub (1) tõenäoliselt ka lõngast (mohääri puhul pole midagi niisugust märganud) ja (2) päris kindlasti kootava toru ümbermõõdust. Mida väiksem ümbermõõt, seda suurem kudumistiheduse vahe. Kui kere osa kududes jätkasin 5 mm-ga, siis varrukate puhul oli kohe näha, et tuleb võtta 5,5.

On the construction: actually it is based on old good Mohair minimalist top. If my readers wish, I can post more details later. What is important in this case, is that you should change needles on time. It is known that while working in round the gauge of stockinette stitch is tighter than while working flat because most of knitters work knit stitches tighter than purl stitches. And when you knit stockinette in round, you have knit stitches only. It may be the opposite with garter because when working in round you have purl rows. There is a couple of other points: the change in gauge probably depends (1) somewhat on the type of yarn (I have not noticed this for mohair) and (2) for sure on the circumference of the tube. The smaller the circumference, the bigger the gauge difference. I continued the torso part with 5 mm but it was quite obvious that I need 5.5 mm for the sleeves.

Nagu näete, on Pronksi poes uusi lõngu. Jõgeva vabrik olevat pankrotis, kuid midagi ilmselt toimub. Ülemisel pildil on üleminekulõngad, all on naturaalselt. Küll on alumine pilt eriti ilus!

As you see, Pronksi shop has some new yarns. Jõgeva yarn factory is said to have gone bankrupt but apparently something is going on. The upper picture has variegated yarns and the second one natural colours. The second picture is especially beautiful!

Ja eilne proovilapp on kasvanud. Mõtlen nüüd, mida selle mustriga kududa.
And the yesterday's swatch has grown. I am thinking what to knit with this stitch pattern.

Kiirpostitus/A quick post

Sviiter on valmis, loodetavasti saab homme korralikke pilte ja siis tuleb pikem jutt konstruktsioonist jms. Nüüd on pisut teine lugu: Anu tellis mult proovilapi, lõngaks on Aade Lõng Artistic 8/2. Nimelt pole poes üleminekuga lõngast proovilappe (on ainult ühevärvilisest 8/1-st). Täna on pildistamiseks sobiv kellaaeg lootusetult möödas. Lõng on selline:
The sweater is finished and, hopefully, tomorrow there will be proper pictures and a story about construction etc. Now a slightly different topic: Anu asked me to knit a swatch, the yarn is Aade Lõng Artistic 8/2. Namely, there are no swatches from the variegated yarn in the shop (there is only 8/1 swatch in solid colours). I hopelessly missed the right light for photographs for today. The yarn is this:

Tegelikult soovitan minna Aade Lõnga kodulehele siia ja vaadata ülemise rea kõige parempoolsemat pilti. See ongi õige.
Actually, I advise you to go the homepage of Aade Lõng here and to look at the most right picture in the upper row. This is the right colours.

Tegelikult meeldib mulle nii muster kui lõnga värv. Kui nägite just vabriku kodulehel värve, siis olete ilmselt nõus, et on kena värvikombinatsioon. Sviitrit niisugusest lõngast enda seljas ei kujuta ette, küll aga rätik või seelik on täiesti võimalik. Ka proovilapist luban paremat pilti.
Actually I like both the stitch pattern and the colour of the yarn. If you saw the colours on the home page of the factory right now, you would probably agree that the colour combination is beautiful. I cannot imagine myself wearing a sweater from this yarn but a shawl or a skirt seems rather probable. I promise a better picture of the swatch as well.

Uusi lõngu/New yarns

Juhtus nii, et eile saabus kaks pakki korraga. Teadsin, et nad on tulemas, aga sisu kohta ei teadnud. Nii et kena üllatus! Siin on Robini saadetud lõngad. Pildil on igast liigist üks tokk, n-ö esindaja, tegelikult igast sordist tokke on rohkem. Suur tänu!
It happened that yesterday I got two parcels at the same time. I had known they had been under way but the contents had been unknown. So it was a nice surprise! Here are yarns sent by Robin. There is one ball of every yarn as a representative, so to say; in fact, there were more balls of each kind. Thanks a lot!

Ja siin on Deena saadetud pitsilõngad. Hästi pehmed lõngad, erksad värvid.
And here are laceweight yarns sent by Deena. Very soft yarns and bright colours.

Aitäh teile, Robin ja Deena! Lõnga vahetus on tõesti kena asi.
Thanks a lot to both of you, Robin and Deena! Yarn swap is a nice thing indeed.
Nüüd tegemiste juurde. Nagu näha, kere osa on valmis.
Now to the current work. As you can see, the torso part is finished.

Jääb otsustada varrukate pikkuse üle (palun ärge naerge, aga see paistab tõesti problemaatiline), sest kõik peab olema õiges proportsioonis. Proportsioon ei sõltu ainuüksi kehaehtiusest, vaid tegumoest, lõnga jämedusest, mustrist jms.
I have to determine the length of the sleeves (please don't laugh, it seems to be a recurrent problem with me) because everything should be in a right proportion). Proportions do not depend only on your body frame but also on the model, yarn weight, stitch pattern etc.

Plaanide muutus/Change of plans

Nagu tihti juhtub, muutuvad esialgsed plaanid päris olulisel määral. Esialgu oli mul plaanis suurte hõlmadega jakk, kuid kuna selles lõngas on villa sisaldus 60 %, koepind ei lange hästi. Muster, mis tundus proovilapil ilus olevat, osutus raskepäraseks (täisvillase lõngaga oleks kindlasti teisiti). Jäin siiski oma esialgse kavatsuse juurde rõhutada lõnga värvi ilu ja mustriga mitte targutada.
As it often happens, initial plans are subject to substantial changes. In the beginning I planned a wrap jacket; however, as this yarn has 60 % of wool, the fabric does not drape well. The stitch pattern that looked good on the swatch proved to be somehow heavy looking (definitely, this would be different with a 100 % wool yarn). Still, I am sticking to my initial intention to play out the beauty of the colour and to leave aside complicated stitch patterns.

Kaelus on ripskoes, ülejäänud labases parempidses. Keskel on jällegi ripskoe riba.
The collar is in garter stitch and the rest is in stockinette. The central panel is in garter stitch again.

Kujutan ette, et võiks kanda nii:
I imagine I can wear it this way:

Kujutage ette, esimene tokk pole veel kulunud, aga vestihakatis on juba olemas! Hoiatan, et lõnga metraažiga on suur segadus. Nimelt, see on Teksrena vabriku lõng. Nagu kirjutasin suvel, lõng jõuab poodidesse enamasti siltideta, Leedus paneb iga edasimüüja oma sildi. Seetõttu on Ravelrys segadus, sama lõng on andmebaasis erinevate nimede all ja metraaž ka erineb. Pronksi poes on selle lõnga nimi Any ja metraažiks näidatud 100 g/140 m. Aluseks on edasimüüja info. Teksrena kodulehel on aga 100 g/200 m, Vilniuseski oli poes sama info.
Imagine, I have not finished even one ball and I already have a vest prototype! Warning: there is a big confusion with the weight of this yarn. Namely, it is produced by Teksrena factory. As I wrote in summer, the yarn comes to stores mostly without labels and in Lithuania every distributor tends to put a different label. This is why there is a confusion on Ravelry, the same yarn in the data base under different names and with a different metrage indicated. In the Pronksi yarn shop it is named Any and the metrage is 100 g/140 m, based on the information provided by a distributor. However, Teksrena home page says 100 g/200 m and in the Vilnius store I got the same information.

Lihtne asi/A simple thing

Selline lõng, juba tuttav leedu Teksrena firma oma. Sellest lõngast kudusin suvel lilla seeliku. Seekord ostsin Pronksi poest. Otsustavaks oli värv, mida on väga raske pildistada. Siiski, värvi teatud tviidilikkus paistab küll.
This kind of yarn, already familiar production of Lithuanian Teksrena company. This summer I made a purple skirt from it. The most decisive factor was the colour that is extremely difficult to catch. Still, its tweed-like quality is visible enough.

Kõige õigem on see pilt.
The colour in this picture is the closest to the original.

Mustri valikuga oli tükk tegemist. Juba seeliku aegadest teadn, et lainelised ja/või reljeefsed mustrid sobivad hästi. Teegin igasuguseid proovilappe, ka rombid jms ei ole pahad. Siiski otsustasin, et suhteliselt lihtne kude oleks kõige parem, nõnda tuleb esile lõnga tviidilikkus.
I spent quite a lot of time choosing the pattern. Already from the times when I made the skirt I knew that wave-like and/or structured patters go well with the yarn. I made all kind of swatches, diamonds are not bad either. However, I decided that a relatively simple pattern would be the best option because the tweed-like qualities of the yarn are most visible in that way.

Esialgu võtsin 4 mm vardad. Kalkuleerisin, hakkasin kuduma. Äkki tuli mõtte, et 4,5 mm võiks ka proovida. Sest mulle ei meeldi väga tihke kude (tean, et selles suhtes maitsed on üpris erinevad). Tegin proovi ja nägin, et 4,5 on parem. Nõnda siis jäigi.
First I took 4 mm needles. I calculated and started knitting. Suddenly I got an idea to try with 4.5 mm needles. This is because I don't like a very tight fabric (I know that tastes differ a lot in this respect). I tried and decided that 4.5 mm is better. So be it.