Ruttu pildistama/Take a photo quickly

...kuna varsti läheb pimedaks ja siis on juba hilja.
... because it will be dark very soon and then it will be too late.

Kaelus on viimistletud.
The neck opening is completed.

Kõik nagu ikka: poolpatent läheb üle ripsiga soonikuks.
Everything as usual: half-brioche turns into broken rib.

Sokilõngadest rääkides, meeldib mulle Fabel (Drops) ja Hot Socks (Gründl) rohkem, kui see lõng.  Aga samas võiks proovida teinekord lisada siia midagi, nt peenikest mohääri või peenvillast.
Talking about sock yarns, I like Fabel (Drops) and Hot Socks (Gründl) better than this yarn. Still, another time I could try combining it with something, for instance with thin mohair or laceweight wool.

Varrukas/The sleeve

Alustasin varrukat eile. Kuigi see lõng on sama metraažiga, nagu sokilõngad ikka, ja koostis on ka tüüpiline, on kudumistihedus pisut erinev eri firmade lõnga puhul. Varruka pikkus nõuab rohkem ridu, kui halli sviitri puhul.
I started the sleeve yesterday. Although the yarn has a metrage like sock yarns do and the fiber composition is quite typical, the gaugue differs a bit for yarns by different manufacturers. The sleeve requires more rows than in the case of the grey sweater.

 

Täna tunnis/Today in class

Täna tunnis räägime natuke kraedest.
Today in class we shall talk a little bit about collars.

Arutame ka, mis kellelgi käsil on. Annan teada, et kevadel õpetan Tartu Rahvaülikoolis. Kuupäevad selguvad peatselt.
We shall also talk about who kints what. And this is to inform you that in Spring I will teach at Tartu Folk University. The dates will be agreed soon.

Plaanid ja tegelikkus/Plans and reality

Plaan oli see, et koon tütrele sviitri, mis oleks põhiliselt nagu see, ainult et tumesinine, keskel oleks mingi pseudopalmik ja külgedel väike muster. Samas, nagu ütlen alati, lõng on otsustav, lõng dikteerib. Antud juhul sokilõng ei tahtnud mingeid mustreid. Poolpatent, patent, ripsiga poolpatent jms sobib väga kenasti, aga mitte midagi muud. Otsustasime, et las olla siis sama, nagu hall, aga tumesinine. Küllap saab teisest lõngast teha ka mustriga.
The plan was to make for my daughter a sweter that would be basically like this one but dark blue with a mock-cable panel in the middle and narrow patterns on the sides. Still, as I always tend to say, the yarn is decisive, the yarn dictaes everything. In this case the sockyarn did not want any patterns. Half-biroche, brioche, half-brioche with gater stitch etc are suitable but not much else. We decided that this sweater would be like the grey one, only that it is dark blue. Sure I can make another one with patterns from a different yarn.

 

Pilte/Some pictures

Sain rätiku eile hommikul valmis, niisutasin, panin kuivama. Kui õhtul koju jõudsin, oli küll kuiv, aga pildistada enam ei saanud, päev on lühike. Tegin nüüd paar pilti maja ees.
I finished the shawl yesterday in the morning, made it wet and put to dry. When I returned home in the evening, it had dried but it was impossible to take pictures, as the day is shot. I took a couple of pictures in front our house.

Mul oli 4 puuvillast: Drops Loves You 6 (50 g/120 m), Drops Loves You 7 (50 g/170 m), Capri (Steinbach Wolle, 50 g/120 m) ja Camilla (Madame Tricote, 50 g/120 m). Mõnda sorti oli natuke alla ja mõnda natuke üle 1 toki. Peenemale (DLY7-le) lisasin tumehalli peenvillast Haapsalu (Midara, 100 g/1400 m).
I had 4 kinds of cotton: Drops Loves You 6 (50 g/120 m), Drops Loves You 7 (50 g/170 m), Capri (Steinbach Wolle, 50 g/120 m) and Camilla (Madame Tricote, 50 g/120 m). The quantity of some sorts was slightly less and of some slightly more than one ball. I added to the thin cotton (DLY7-le) some dark grey laceweight wool Haapsalu (Midara, 100 g/1400 m).

Alustasin DLY6-st (tumehall), siis võtsin DLY7 ja Haapsalu segu (tekkis mustjashall sektsioon), siis Capri, siis Camilla. Viimased olid mõlemad mustad.
I started with DLY6 (dark grey), then I used DLY7 and Haapsalu blend (got a black-grey section), then I took Capri and then Camilla. The latter two were both black.

Kude on hästi reljeefne. Mees võttis rätiku kohe kasutusele. Ütles, et pole liiga suur ega pikk.
The stitch has a nice definition. My husband immediately appropriated it. He said it was not too large neither too long.

Üht ja teist/Various matters

Käisin lühidalt Londonis. Seal polnud mul aega käia lõngapoodides või kohtuda teiste kudujatega. Küll aga nägin Pret a Manger ketti kuuluvas kohvikus niisugust pilti (võib suurendada ja teksti lugeda). Kas seda võib tõlgendada nii, et käsitsi tehtud kudum on autentsuse võrdkuju?
I had a short trip to London. I did not have time to visit yarn stores nor to meet other knitters. However, I saw this picture in a  café belonging to the Pret a Manger chain (you can click on the picture and read the text). Can one iterpret it so that a hand-knitted item is a hallmark of authenticity?

Sall on valmis. Hakkas just lund sadama (valged jooned pildil).
The scarf is finished. It has just started to snow (white lines in the picture).

 

Pahem pool pole sugugi paha.
There is nothing wrong with the wrong side.

Kombineerime lõngu/Combining yarns

Tumesinine sall sai valmis. Lõpetasin just enne reisi. Teatavasti on hea reisikudum selline, mida pole vaja selga proovida jms. Tegelikult lihtne sviiter sobib ka, aga siis on hea siiski alustada kodus kiirustamata (v.a. juhtumid, kui on juba tuntud mall ja lõng). Mõtlesin, et võiks teha puuvillase jääkidest rätiku.
The dark blue scarf is done. I finished it exactly before my trip. As it is known, a good travel knit is smoething you don't have to try on. Actually, a simple sweater is good too but it is still better to start at home without hurry (except when the model and the yarn are familiar). I thought I could make a scarf from cotton leftovers.

Mul on tumehalli ja musta jämeduses 50 g/120-130 m ja peenemat musta 50 g/160-170 m. Otsustasin, et peenemale mustale läheb kaaslaseks tumehall peenvillane (Midara Haapsalu, 100 g/1400 m). Nõnda on jämedus enam-vähem sama ja saab tekitada üleminekuid.
I have dark grey and black cotton 50 g/120-130 m and black cotton in lighter weight 50 g/160-170 m. I decided to put together the thin black cotton and dark grey laceweight wool (Haapsalu by Midara, 100 g/1400 m). In this way the weight is more or less imilar and it is possible to make gradient colours.

Alustasin tumehallist, nüüd on käsil musta ja tumehalli segu. Lõpuks koon musta puuvillast.
I started with dark grey and now I have black combined with dark grey. Finally, I will turn to the black cotton.

 

Mall on sama, viltune kolmnurk poolpatentkoes.
The pattern is the same, biased triangle in half-brioche stitch.