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

6 comments:

  1. See kuulus sviiter! Roosa ka väga tore
    , nii armas on piigal seljas.

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  2. Väike ... jah selles mõttes küll, et mulle selga muidugi ei mahuks, aga ... töö mõttes kindlasti mitte väike ! Aga ilus on see küll, no kohe väga ilus !

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  3. It's beautful!! Looks like a great fit, too.

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  4. Suur tänu, Heli ja Elina! Eestis vist pole see seriaal veel jooksnud ;)

    Thank you, Julie! I'm really pleased how it fits. I had just some general measurements handy. Wasn't sure how it turned out.

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  5. Väga ilus kampsun! (ma vaatasin selle sarja ameerika versiooni ja selles seda kampsunit polnud :( ).

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  6. Aitäh, Monika! Jah, Ameerika versioonis olid igavamad kampsunid :)

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