The Secret Garden Mittens. Kindad Salaaed.

 The colourful patterned knitwear by Norwegian designer Tori Seierstad (torirot in Ravelry) has caught my eye in Ravelry quite some time now. My favourites are the sweater Tuin and the Blomekrans gloves, blanket and vest set. When I found that she was organising a mystery knit-along for mittens, I immediately decided to take part. It is quite difficult to choose the yarns when you do not know what the pattern is going to look like. However the colours to choose from were given, but after release of the first part of the pattern I decided in favour of other yarns. The beginning was promising; I completed an interesting technique on the wrists that looks like roses climbing a wall in the background. Tori had asked who could guess what story she had found her inspiration from. I initially thought Sleeping Beauty, but it was the wrong answer. On the next part of the pattern there was a gate and a girl and by then it was quite clear for many that the pattern is based on The Secret Garden by F. H. Burnett. Whoever has read this story will find clues on the mittens quite easily; Colin and Mary, the rosary, the key to the gate, the wheel chair and a book. It is nice that the people knit the same pattern but the finished mittens look individual due to different colour choices. From this exercise I learned many new techniques. I have never knit the type of wrist style and finishing the thumb and the mittens the way the pattern demanded is a novelty for me.

I still haven’t read The Secret Garden but I watched the movie on YouTube whilst knitting the mittens and there is also an audio book available in English. I am very glad that I got to know this story through these mittens.
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Norra disaineri Tori Seierstad’i (torirot Ravelry’s)värvikirevad kirjatud kudumid on mulle ammu silma jäänud. Mu lemmikud on kampsun Tuin ja Blomekrans kindad, tekk ja vest. Kui leidsin, et ta korraldab kinnaste salakudumise, olin kohe osaline. Ühes küljest on päris keeruline valida lõngu, kui ei tea, mis muster tuleb. Värvid, mille hulgast valida, olid küll ette antud, kuid esimese mustriosa ilmudes otsustasin hoopis teiste lõngade kasuks. Algus oli paljutõotav, valmisid huvitavas tehnikas randmed, mis näevad välja nagu roniroosid müüri taustal. Tori küsis, kes arvab ära, mis loost ta inpiratsiooni on saanud. Arvasin, et Okasroosike, kuid see oli vale vastus. Järgmisel mustriosal oli tüdruk ja värav. Siis oli paljudel juba selge, mis looga on tegu: F. H. Burnett’i Salaaed. Kes on lugenud, leiab märksõnad kinnastelt kergelt üles, Mary ja Colin, roosiaed, võti, värav, ratastool ja raamat. Tore on vaadata samasuguseid, kuid siiski eriilmelisi kindaid, sõltuvalt kuduja värvivalikust. Õppisin ka mitmeid uusi tehnikaid. Selliseid randmeid pole varem kudunud, ja ka kinda ning pöidla lõpetamine on minu jaoks uudne.

Raamat on mul ikka lugemata, kuid kududes vaatasin filmi The Secret Garden on Youtube’st. Seal on ka inglisekeelne audioraamat olemas. Mul on väga hea meel, et kinnaste kaudu sain tundma seda armast lugu.

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Haruni Rectangle Test Knitting. Testkudumine.

Emily Ross, the designer of the now famous Haruni shawl, was looking for test knitters for her new design of shawl. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time and so I was one of the lucky persons who got to test knit the new Haruni Recktangle shawl. It was a very interesting and educational experience and as a bonus I’m now the owner of a gorgeous shawl. Thank you so much Emily!

Those who are interested in knitting the shawl should keep an eye on Emily’s design store (aka knitterain in Ravelry). The pattern will be available, probably in March.

For further information have a look at my page in Ravelry.

 Emily Ross, kuulsa Haruni salli disainer, otsis testkudujaid oma uuele sallile. Juhtusin olema õigel ajal õiges kohas ja nii sai mulle osaks õnn testida uut mustrit samal teemal. See oli huvitav ja hariv kogemus. Boonuseks olen nüüd kauni salli omanik. Suur tänu, Emily!

Kes on huvitatud kuduma, hoidke silm peal Emily (Ravelry’s nimega knitterain) disainipoel.

Muster avaldatakse ilmselt märtsis.

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How to Knit a Ribbed Beanie From the Top Down.

Most of the blogs I have read recently have had written summaries of their past year’s activities. Unfortunately I have had a little bit of difficulty in preparing a summary of my activities because my hard drive decided to give up the ghost the day before New Years Eve and took all my photos and patterns with it to hard drive heaven.

Crying, moaning and gnashing of teeth did not help at all, and unfortunately it is my own fault for not backing anything up. Luckily all my handicraft projects are stored in my blog and Ravelry.

My first job of the New Year is to welcome my readers to the pleasures of getting aquainted with Microsoft Windows 8.

Initially it has been a real headache as it is so different from Windows 7 and after three weeks it is still a bit of a problem. Even to log off from my computer I had to do a Google search for help! I still haven’t worked out how to upload photographs from my digital camera and I consider myself to be an average computer user and quite IT literate. I will just have to carry on learning Windows 8, I don’t have a choice really, but I wish there were courses for it.

In my knitting life I have picked up some new challenges since the New Year. Although I have been knitting for years but have only just decided for the first time to take part in a test knitting and in a mystery knit-along. These are both new and interesting experiences for me and I will write about these next time.

My last project of 2013 was a pretty simple 1x1 ribbed beanie hat. I had some yarn left over from the  Cerus scarf project and I decided to create a matching beanie from the remaining yarn. I had no idea how big the hat would be from the remaining yarn or how many stitches I should cast on. I decided to start from the top of the head and increase until I got the right width and then knit until the yarn finished. I started off on four double point needles and as the hat grew I switched to circular needles. Doing this, it is very easy to try the hat for fit during knitting and to see if it still needs to be increased or not.

My guide for this is as follows:

Choose your matching yarn an needles.

Cast on 8 stitches, divide the stitches on to four needles and start to knit in rounds, following the pattern 4 times per round.

Continue increasing in the same manner. Try the hat on as you knit, or lay the hat on a table and measure the circumference.

When you reached to desired circumferece continue knitting 1x1 rib without increasing until the desired height.

Cast off with a sewing needle to obtain beautiful edge.

If anyone should want to use this pattern then all I ask is that you credit me with the pattern by linking it to my blog - many thanks.

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Tore on olnud lugeda blogidest kokkuvõtteid möödunud aasta tegemistest. Kahjuks on mul teatavaid raskusi ülevaate koostamisel, sest vana-aasta eelviimasel päeval otsustas kõvaketas töölepingu üles öelda ja kõik mu pildid ja kirjapandud mustrid ühes võtta. Käsitöised tegemised on õnneks blogis ja Ravelrys olemas. Siinkohal tahaks tervitada kõiki kaaskannatajaid, kel on olnud õnn ja rõõm tutvuda uue Windows 8-ga. Esialgu on ainult üks paras peavalu! Isegi selleks, et välja logida arvutist pidin Google otsingust abi leidma! Pilte fotokast üles laadida ka ei oska. Ometi ma ei pea end halvaks arvutikasutajaks. Nutt ja hala ei aita enam midagi, oma viga, et ei ole back-up'i teinud kõigest. Eks ma püüan nüüd areneda :)

Käsitöises vallas alustasin uut aastat uute väljakutsetega. Aastaid olen kudunud, kuid alles nüüd otsustasin esimest korda osa võtta testkudumisest ja salakudumisest. Mõlemad uued ja huvitavad kogemused minu jaoks. Sellest kirjutan järgmine kord.

Eelmise aasta viimane kudum oli päris lihtne 1x1 soonikus müts. Cerus sallist ülejäänud lõnga tahtsin kududa mütsiks, kuid polnud aimugi, kui palju lõnga jagub. Ja ka silmuste arvu ei hakanud välja nuputama. Otsustasin alustada pealaelt ja kasvatada, kuni on paras laius käes, seejärel kududa, kuniks lõnga jätkub. Alustasin neljal vardal, mütsi kasvades võtsin kasutusele ringvardad. Sel viisil kududes on hea mütsi töö käigus proovida, kas veel kasvatada, või hakata sirgelt kuduma.

Juhend on lühidalt järgmine:

Vali oma lõngale sobivad vardad. 

Loo 8 silmust, jaga silmused neljale vardale ja hakka kuduma ringselt, järgides skeemi 4x ringil.

Jätka kasvatamist samal viisil, kuni laius on paras. Proovi mütsi pähe või laota ringvarrastel olev mütsipõhi lauale ja mõõda ümbermõõt. Kui soovitud ümbermõõt on saavutatud koo edasi sirgelt 1x1 soonikus, kuni soovitud kõrguseni. 

Mina lõpetasin nõelaga ilusa ääre saamiseks. 

Kui keegi peaks soovima kasutada seda juhendit, siis kõik, mis ma palun, et te viitaksite mu blogipostitusele oma blogis vm.  Palju tänu.

Head kudumist!