Sunday 26 August 2012

Cushions. Diivanipadjad.


New cushions can give a room a brand new look. Since the finished cushions are quite expensive, I headed for Abakhan to look for fabric and cording. I chose a curtain fabric and got the cording from oddments box. For the inner cushions I bought ordinary pillows and made them into squares. I marked the long sides into the desired size, cut the bag open at one end, forced filling down, attach the pins and sewed it shut.

That made sure I got tightly filled square cushions. For the opening I used Velcro. I had just light brown cording, so I decided to use bleach and got a dark yellow cording. By the time I had finished I had made different cushions using two shades of cording and both sides of fabric. I am really happy with the result!


Uued diivanipadjad loovad toale uue näo. Kuna valmis padjad on üsna kallid, seadsin sammud Abakhani poole materjali otsima. Pealiskangaks valisin kardinariide, kandipaela sain jääkide kastist. Täidispatjadeks ostsin tavalised padjad ja tegin need ruudukujuliseks. Märkisin pikemale küljele vajaliku mõõdu, lõikasin padja ühest otsast lahti, surusin täidise allapoole kuni märgitud kohani, kinnitasin nööpnõeltega ja õmblesin kinni. Nii sain tihedalt täidetud ruudukujulised padjad.

Kandipaela õmblemiseks mul spets jalga polnud, aga hakkama sain. Kinnis on takjapaelaga. Kandipael oli pruun. Pistsin osa sellest valgendajasse ja sain tumekollase paela. Nii ongi erinevad kandipaelad ja katteriidel on kasutatud nii kanga paremat kui ka pahemat poolt. Tulemusega olen rahul!

Thursday 16 August 2012

Sarah Lund's Sweater in Pink. Väike ja roosa.


I was knitting this kind of jumper for my daughter last year. It became popular from the Danish TV crime drama Forbrydelsen / The Killing and became known as the Sarah Lund jumper. Now I have made one in pink for my darling young friend as a birthday present. I didn’t use the original stranded pattern this time. Instead of that I drew my own chart using Estonian national motifs. But I think Nordic stranded patterns are quite similar. The yarn got very soft, it seemed like it was melting when I soaked it. And the jumper was growing afterthe soaking! It grew from 44 cm to 48 in length and from 31 cm to 33 cm in width.
Needles: 4 mm.
Yarn: pink Rowan Pure Wool DK 3.5 skeins
white Debbie Bliss Rialto 1 skein


Kudusin sarnase kampsuni eelmisel aastal, nüüd siis väiksem ja roosa versioon. Sel korral ma ei kasutanud filmilinalt tuttavat tähemotiivi, vaid joonistasin oma variandi eesti mustrite ainetel. Põhjamaised mustrid on ju küllalt sarnased. Varruka otstesse sai pisem muster, sest valge lõng kippus otsa saama. Lõng oli mõnus kududa, kuid pesemisel tundus, et sulab vees! Peale kuivamist oli kampsun kasvanud 4 cm pikkuses ja 2 cm laiuses.
Vardad: 4 mm.
Lõng: roosa Rowan Pure Wool DK 3,5 tokki
valge Debbie Bliss Rialto 1 tokk