Ripskoe ilu/The beauty of garter stitch

Lihtne puuvillane topp. Pärst pesu pole kude nii "vedel", läheb tihkemaks.
A simple cotton top. After washing the fabric will not be so "liquid", it will become denser.

 

Kooskudumine/Knitting along

Võib liituda sviitri kooskudumisega Ravelrys. Praegu on õpetus tasuta!
You can join the KAL on Ravelry. For now the pattern recipe is free!

On ka muid kudu-uudiseid, sain ka midagi valmis, aga sellest järgmine kord.
There are some other knitting news, I've finished a knit but we shall talk about it another time.

Rätik edeneb/The shawl is progressing

Rätik edeneb, varsti saab valmis. Antud juhul tegelesin jääkidega ja malliks on vana hea poolpatendis asümmeetriline rätik, aga mul on veel mõni rätiku idee. Laupäeval räägimegi Tartus rätikute konstrueerimisest, kes teab, võib-olla jõuan midagi selleks ajaks alustada.
The shawl is progressing and will be finished soon. In this case I am dealing with leftovers and the pattern is the good old half-brioche stitch asymmeterical shawl but I have some more shawl ideas. On Saturday we shall discuss shawl constructions in Tartu and maybe I will be able to have started something before.

 

Pildil on näha, et kerad on päris "kõhnad".
You can see in the picture that the yarn balls are quite "slim".

 

Jälle vanad jäägid/Old leftovers again

Mul oli üks rätik, kus koos on tundmatu peenike meriino (ostetud Vilniuse kaltsukast, kus müüakse ka poolidel lõngu) ja leedu Biržai linane. Värv oli minu jaoks liiga plass. Harutasin, panin juurde peenikese musta puuvillase. Katsetasin nii ja naa, vahepeal tekkis paar rätiku ideed, aga ilmselt mitte sellele lõngale. Antud juhul otsustasin vana hea poolpatendi kasuks.
I had a shawl that was a combination of unknown laceweight merino (bought at a second hand store in Vilnius where they sell some yarns on cones) and Lithuanian linen from Biržai factory. The colour was too bleak for me. I frogged it and added thin black cotton. I tried out various options and meanwhile got some ideas for shawls but probably not of this yarn combo. In this case I opted for the good old half-brioche.

Sviitri õpetus on töös, varsti kuulutan välja kooskudumise. Jälgige infot!
Sweater pattern recipe is currently under construction and I will announce KAL soon. Stay with me!

Topp on valmis/The top is finished

Topp on valmis, aga väljas pildistamisega on häda: päike ja tuul. Seetõttu on üks pilt hoopis selline.
The top is finished but there is a problem with taking pictures outdoors: sun and wind. This is why one of the pictures is like this:

 

Ma ei ole veel kaalunud, arvan, et kulunud on u 150 g ehk 600 m. Koepind on mõnus. Ajab natuke viltu (mõingate linaste omadus), aga kandes pole märgata.
I have not weighed it yet, probably, some 150 g or 600 m is used up. The fabric is lovely. It is slightly biased (a feature of some linen yarns) but this is not visible when wearing.

 

Suvekudumeid/Some summer knits

Teen väikse ülevaate, mis on suveks kootud. Mõned eelmise suve topid on kahjuks koledaks muutnud (topid on läinud topiliseks!), nii et seda kraami on ikka vaja.
Here is a small overview of what I've knitted for summer. Some tops from the previous summer are no good anymore (neps etc), so one needs to make more of them.

 

Topp, mida näitasin eelmine kord, on veel ikka töös, kuigi on üsna palju kootud. Ilmselt jääb ilma varrukateta, siis tuleb viimistleda käeaugud.
The top I showed you in the previous post is still under construction, although I've knitted quite a lot. Probably, it will remain sleeveless, so armholes should get a finishing.

Kirjutan pseudopalmikutega sviitri retsepti, loodetavasti varsti hakkame kood kuduma.
I am writing a pattern recipe for mock cable sweater, so hopefully we will start a KAL soon.

Jälle suvekudum/A summer knit again

Selle lõnga sain kingituseks Nataljalt, ta elab Moskvas ja teeb igasugu huvitavat käsitööd. Lõng on linase, puuvillase ja viskoosi segu, üsna peenike, 100 g/400 m. Proovisin peenikese puuvillasega kokku panna, aga koepind on siis kohe paksem kui tahaksin. Siis hakkasin kuduma ühekordselt, minu meelest päris hea koepind. Nagu ikka, pole veel teada, kas varrukad tulevad.
I got this yarn as a present from Natalja, who lives in Moscow and does all knid of interesting crafts. The yarn is a linen, cotton and rayon blend, quite thin, 100 g/400 m. I tried to combine it with thin cotton but the fabric was substanatially thicker than I would like. So I am using one strand of the yarn and the fabric is quite nice, as far as I am concerned. As usual, I don't yet know whether there will be sleeves.

 

Nagu näha, külgedel on laiem ripsi triip. See lõng ei talu mingit soonikut (loogiline, see on peenike linasega lõng), seetõttu viimistlesin kaeluse ripskoes ja alla äärde tuleb ilmselt samuti ripskude.
As you see, there is a wide stripe of garter stitch on the sides. This yarn does not tolerate any kind of ribbing (quite logical, isn't it, as it is a light yarn with linen), so I made the finishing of the neck opening in garter stitch and the bottom edge will probably be in garter stitch as well.