Something Old, Something New. Midagi vana, midagi uut.

ABC Book

Can't believe it's nearly three months since the last post here! I wish there was a software to turn my thoughts to a blog post. Sometimes when I am out walking I write long posts in my head! Unfortunately, I never get around to write them down. 

So, what I have been doing? I've released several patterns. I try to release one-two patterns per month. I don't have a schedule. When I get an idea, I go from there. Here are three recent patterns: Dark Honey blanket, All Webbed Up cowl and ABC Book. They are not new designs for me all these have submitted and approved for publishing in different magazines. The Dark Honey and All Webbed Up were supposed to be published in the YarnPeople magazine. I made the samples, posted to them for photography and wrote the pattern. Due to the Covid situation, they decided on hiatus and my patterns were never published. I decided to make new samples because I didn't have any good photos of them. I'm happy with the designs. I wasn't very sure about the spider cowl but people like it, it's quirky and different.

The ABC Book you've seen before, I posted about the book here. The rights are reverted to me and I am free to self-publish the pattern. I made a new sample in brighter colours, added a front and back cover. The binding has changed to make it more secure for those little fingers browsing the book. The mosaic pattern is charted and written out. 

So, what to expect next? I am working on Christmas Stocking pattern, in a mosaic of course. There might be even more than one pattern. Other things I'm working on are mosaic slippers and a sweater. Mosaic slippers pattern was my very first pattern in Ravelry, released eight years ago. It's time to update it, add more sizes and bring up to my current standards. The sweater, I'm working on, going to be a basic long-sleeved sweater with an intricate mosaic on the body. I have made one sample already. I need to write down the pattern but I want to make another sample also. We'll see, how it works out!

All Webbed Up Cowl

Uskumatu, et kolm kuud juba möödas viimasest postitusest! Mida ma siis olen teinud kõik see aeg? Kõigest kirjutada ei jõua, aga väike kokkuvõte ikka. 

Kolm uut mustrit on lisandunud. Kõik need mustrid olid heaks kiidetud avaldamiseks ajakirjades, kuid Covid'i tõttu jõudis trükivalgust näha ainult üks, ABC raamat, millest kirjutasin siin. Nüüd on mul õigus muster iseseisvalt avaldada. Kudusin uue näidise, lisasin esi- ja tagakaane. Eesti laps selle raamatu järgi eesti keelt küll õppida ei saa. Ma pole ka suutnud välja mõelda, mis pildid peaksid olema eestikeelses raamatus? A nagu Aabits, B Banaan, D Diivan? Hmm, ei ole just huvitavad pildid.

Ämblikuga kaelus ja meekärjega tekike pidid ilmuma YarnPeople ajakirjas, kuid nad katkestasid avaldamise pandeemia tõttu. Ämbiku kaelust kudusime koos Mustrimaailma foorumis. Ma ise polnud kindel, kuidas selline disain meeldib, kuid see on hea vastuvõtu leidnud! Muuseas, uus salakudumine tuleb foorumis varsti, liitu ka!

Uutest tegemistest on käsil mosaiik susside mustri uuendamine. Jajah, see on see vana muster, mis oli mu esimene muster Ravelrys juba kaheksa aastat tagasi! Suurema tööna on käsil kampsuni muster, aga sellest räägime teine kord.

Dark Honey Blanket

 

Snow Fence Cowl. Lumetõke.

I've been recently working with different types of yarns to try them out. I made a project in a "blown" yarn, where the fibres are blown in a tube. It makes the yarn so light and warm, very nice to work with. I can't show the project yet though. 

Next, I wanted to try a chain-type yarn. I picked three colours of Drops Sky, which is super soft, light and luxurious due to the tube-like chainette structure. I designed a fun mosaic pattern for a cowl. This pattern has quite a long floats on the wrong side, need to take care and leave them loose enough to keep the work from puckering. The cowl is worked as a tube, so all the floats are hidden inside and wouldn't disturb you at all. Mosaic knitting is a good beginners colorwork project as just one of the colours is worked per round. Make a perfect "unisex" winter accessory in no time at all! 

The Snow Fence cowl or scarf is a double-layered, warm and cozy winter accessory, protecting you against Arctic winds and snowstorms. You can work a cowl, moebius cowl or a scarf following this pattern. All the versions are knitted in rounds in mosaic stockinette stitch, creating a long tube. Three colours of yarn were used, swapping one out after each repeat. However, the cowl or scarf can be made using just two colours.

Vahel on tore proovida uusi, huvitavaid lõngu. Hiljuti kudusin Drops Air lõnga, mis on nn "puhutud" lõng. Ma ei saa seda projekti veel näidata, kunagi hiljem räägin pikemalt. Lõng oli meeldiv kududa, väga kerge ja soe.

Teine huvitav lõng Drops'ilt on Drops Sky, millest kudusin selle kaeluse. Ka see on kerge ja soe lõng, keti-sarnase struktuuriga. Kaeluse jaoks kasutasin kolme värvitooni. Muster on kootud mosaiik-koes, seega korraga on töös ainult üks värv. Kaks ringi ühe lõngaga, kaks ringi teisega, nii lihtne see mosaiik ongi! Kaelus on kootud nagu toru, ja lõpuks otsad kokku silmatud. Sama mustri järgi võib ka salli kududa. Kasutada võib ka ainult kaht värvi, ei pea kolm olema. Minu arvates on muster üsna "unisex", sobib nii naisele, kui ka mehele. Mustri nimeks on Snow Fence, vabas tõlkes Lumetõke. Sel aastal peaks vist hoopis ümber nimetama Tuule- või Tormitõkkeks?

Bird Tribe Cowl.

I have a new pattern to share today, the Bird Tribe cowl. I'm quite excited about the pattern. At first I designed and knitted the Birds on My Shoulders shawl. The shawl pattern isn't available yet but it will be in two weeks time. The shawl has similar bird on it's point. I loved the little bird so much and wanted to use the motif again. I modified the bird a bit and decided to knit a cowl. Knitting the sample I thought about the target, who would wear this type of cowl? It's a graphic design, inspired by Peruvian textiles. Somehow it associates with tattoos for me. What do you think? I thought maybe it could be worn by young men too. Still it surprised me when I asked my stepsons to model the cowl for me and they agreed, one of them even asked can he have the cowl. Why not? I'm happy with the result!

The pattern is available on Ravelry, with -20% discount until Saturday, November 9th, use coupon code Birds at check out.


Täna nägi ilmavalgust mu uus muster, Bird Tribe kaelus. Lindude teema mu disainides sai alguse sallist, mis polegi veel avaldatud. Salli tipus on väike lind, mis meeldis mulle väga. Tahtsin seda motiivi veel kasutada. Tegin väheke muudatusi, lisasin motiive, ja nii valmis kaeluse muster. Kaelust kududes mõtlesin, kes võiks seda kanda, kellele see stiil võiks meeldida? Mustri algidee on saadud Peruu tekstiilidelt. Millegipärast meenutab see mulle tätoveeringuid. Mis te arvate? Minu üllatus oli suur, kui palusin poistel olla modelliks ja üks neist küsis, kas ta võiks kaeluse endale saada. Miks ka mitte! Sobib ju hästi noormehele! Mul ainult rõõm sellest.

Muster on saadaval Ravelrys, ja kuni 9. nov. hilisööni on hind 20% odavam koodiga Birds.

What's on My Needles? Mis on varrastel?

Where should I start? Having several projects on the go, things to design, it's hard to find time for everything. One would think being a knitwear designer is just about knitting and petting yarns. Unfortunately I feel I spend more time on laptop than knitting. Why's that? Because that's where my clients are, online. Isn't it amazing how fast the technology has been changing? OK, what's I've been doing? 

Mida olen teinud vahepeal? Mitmed projektid on korraga töös. Putukaid olen kudunud veel ja veel. Põnev on näha erinevaid lõngu ja värve koos. Kui suuremad tööd vajavad rohkem tähelepanu ja ma ei saa neid teleka ees teha, siis võtan väikese töö näppu. Ei saa ju niisama lihtsalt telekat vahtida.

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I've been knitting more bugs! These are small and quick to make and I love to see how different colours and yarns work together. When a bigger project needs more attention and I can't work on it in front of TV, I take a small one for TV knitting, can't sit without needles in my hands.

Next, I want to show you a sneak peek of a bigger project, a mosaic shawl. It's off my needles, the pattern is tech edited and practically ready to go. On the photo is just a half of the shawl shown, blocking. There are some reasons I don't show the whole shawl and don't publish the pattern yet.

At first, I run a MKAL, Mystery Knit A Long, in an Estonian knitting forum. I sent out the second clue last night. After the second clue the shawl will look like on the photo below. 

The second reason is, I'm run test knit in my Ravelry group to get projects linked to the pattern once it's released. Please join in!

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Järgmiseks näitan piilukat uuest sallist, mis on tegelikult valmis, aga tervenisti näidata veel ei saa. Põhjuseks on Mustrimaailmas käimas olev salakudumine. Teine vihje läks eile õhtul teele, ja peale selle valmimist peaks sall välja nägema nii.

I couldn't stop with birds yet and casted on a cowl (below). It's still wip (work in progress). Fingers crossed it will turn out as I imagined or I have to rip it off and start again. Not sure about decreases and measurements, in theory it should work.

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Ma ei suutnud piirduda ainult ühe lindudega salliga ja võtsin kaeluse varrastele. See on veel pooleli. Ma pole päris kindel, kas tuleb praktikas nii välja, nagu ma ette kujutasin, kas kahandused ja mõõdud töötavad või läheb harutamiseks. Pöidlad pihku!

The Bouquet Set. Komplekt Lillekimbud.

It's been quite a journey designing the set. First I designed the Bouquet Beanie pattern for a Mystery KnitAlong, MKAL, held in Estonian handicraft forum Isetegija about three years ago. Last year I decided to update the pattern by adding line by line written out pattern for knitters who do not like charts. The pattern got test knitted and tech edited. During the MKAL one lady made a cowl to go with her hat. I loved the idea of a set. The hat is worked from the crown down. Some increases and decreases in ribbing make a lovely, slightly scalloped edge. The same ribbing is used for both edges of the cowl. A smaller, modified version of the lace pattern is used for the mittens. Did you notice the lovely detail on the thumb? Look out the Ravelry pattern page for wonderful mitts made by test knitters. 

Lillekimbu komplektil on küllaltki pikk ajalugu. Algselt valmis mütsi muster Isetegija foorumis toimunud salakudumise jaoks. Müts on kootud veidi eba-traditsiooniliselt, alustades pealaelt. Soonikus on mõned kokkuvõtted ja kasvatused, mis tekitavad kena, lainelise serva. Sama soonik on ka kaeluse mõlemas servas. Väiksem, muudetud pitsimuster on sõrmitutel kinnastel. Kas märkasid pitsilist detaili kindapöidlal? Piilu ka Ravelry  lehele, et näha kauneid kindaid, mis testkudujad on teinud. 

Bouquet Beanie and Cowl. Lillekimbumüts ja kaelus.

 

What a coincidence! It was exactly two years ago when I started a mystery knit-along in an Estonian knitting forum. Lot of knitters joined in to knit the hat. Later I translated the pattern to English and published it in Raverly.  

This autumn  I took time to re-write the pattern, added slouchy version, new charts and written out lace pattern. I made matching cowl and mitts too. I love how the set turned out! I'm wearing it often.

I published the cowl pattern today. The Bouquet Cowl features a distinctive lace pattern creating small bouquets blooming all over. The same pattern is used for the Bouquet Beanie. A smaller, modified version of the lace pattern is used for matching fingerless mitts (pattern coming soon).

 

 

Huvitav kokkusattumus! Avaldasin täna kaeluse mustri ja hakkasin vaatama, millal ma esimest korda kirjutasin Lillekimbumütsist. Tuli välja, et täpselt kaks aastat on möödas, kui kutsusin Isetegijaid ühinema selle mütsi salakudumisega.

Sel sügisel võtsin kätte ja uuendasin mütsimustrit, kudusin uue, veidi lotuma mütsi, kaeluse ja pisut väiksema mustriga sõrmitud. Kindamustri kirjapanek on veel pooleli, aga tuleb varsti, niipea, kui ennast kokku võtan. Kudumine on lihtsam, kui kirjutamine ;)

Some Smaller Knits. Mõned väikesed kudumid.

I have some smaller knits that I have still not blogged this year, so here they are. However I don’t think they are my best work.

The first is simple socks knitted on big needles - 3.5 mm.

They are knitted up with an interesting yarn combination. The grey wool is hand spun, 50 % Old English Sheepdog hair and 50 % Estonian Native Sheep wool. The Sirri Yarn is pure organic Faroese wool.

Ravelry

Mõned väikesed kudumid on veel blogimata. Järjepidevuse huvides panen siiski kirja, kuigi pole just parimad tööd.
Sokid on kiirelt kootud jämedatel varrastel. Koeravillalõng ootas oma järge juba ammu. Olin unustanud, et see nii jäme on, nõudis varrast 3,5 mm. Hall lõng 50/50 Vana-Inglise lambakoer ja Eesti maalammas. Valge lõng Fääri saarte orgaaniline villane, viimane ülejääk Sarah Lund'i kampsunist.

The other knit is a cowl which I call my fake Burberry. I got inspired by this cowl but I didn’t want it to be in garter stitch, so I made some changes. I had a vision of how I would like it to be, big squares in a stockinette stitch and the lines in garter stitch to wave in contrasting colours. Unfortunately my idea didn’t work out as I couldn’t get weaving right. I wanted the cowl to have some stretch in it like knits do, but then the weaving started puckering out which wasn’t very nice.  So I decided to crochet vertical lines in contrasting colour instead.

All-in-all it was an experiment with checks.

Ravelry

Teine kudum on kaelus, vale-burberry. Inspiratsiooni sain siit. Minu visiooni järgi oli beeź põhi parempidises koes ja ruudumuster ripskoes, kuhu vertikaalsed read sisse põimida. Tulemus mulle ei meeldinud. Põimimisel venitasin kudumit, aga siis hakkasid lõngad välja punnitama. Mittevenivat kaelust ka ei tahtnud saada. Lõpuks hoopis heegeldasin ruudud peale, mis teeb kudumi kangeks ja paksuks triipude kohal. Võtan seda tööd kui eksperimenteerimist ruutudega. Kumbki tehnika vaimistust ei tekitanud. Kui kunagi peaks tahtma nt ruudulist jakki kududa, pean kindlasti mõne muu võtte leidma.






Selfide tegemist pole harjutanud, ei oskagi.