Archive for September, 2008
09.21.08
Posted in igapäevaelu at 10:22 pm by linnaliina
Ma olen tüdinud ja väsinud, ent teen endale pika pai ka. Laisk inimene, nagu ma olen, ei saa ma viimasel ajal kiidelda eriliste kokanduslike ja kodunduslike saavutustega. Aga täna olin ma hommikul kella 8-st kuni siis veerandtunnitaguse hetkeni köögis. Lõpetamise hetkel näitas kraadiklaas 28 kraadi köögis.
Eile käisid T ja R autoga vanemate juures. Õhtul tagasi tulles oli neil palju kaste ja kotte, kõik täis sügise ja maa ande. Oli kartulit, kapsast ja porgandit. Ja kolm kastitäit ploome. Kiiresti riknevaid ploome. Eks ma ise olin süüdi nii suure laadungi saabumises. Ma ei olnud öelnud “ei” võimalikule ploomilaadungile. Hiljuti saadud eelmise ploomilaadungi õnnestunud hoidistamine julgustas mind.
Hommikul sai siis selgeks töö tegelik suurus. Kolm kastitäit ploome. Esimene potitäis läks koos koortega. Aga see mulle nii väga ei meeldinud. Ülejäänud said kõik kooritud (eriti tüütu töö, mille lõpetasin õhtul seitsme paiku). Sealt edasi tuli moosi keetmine ja koogi küpsetamine. Kokku 13 purki moosi ja üks mahlane ploomikook. Koristada ma enda järelt täna küll ei jaksa.
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09.01.08
Posted in hobid ja muu huvitav at 1:41 pm by linnaliina
One day in March, when i had no “school” knitting project I was browsing for some sock patterns in Knitty. I really tried to make azures, as i seemed to prefer toe-up socks. But it did not work out. Then came spring Knitty and Posey seemed interesting enough to try. I tried with suggested needles and two yarns. Squares were huge and knitting too complicated. So, down with the needle-size (2 mm) and new yarn (Novita Nalle colori). I did not measure these squares, they seemed to be about the size needed. I finally had a project to take with me for schooldays. I took it out during coffeebreaks and even some very boring lectures saw me working on them. But they went slowly. In june I had a day in Tallinn. Perfect to carry with me in train. These socks also saw me waiting couple of times behind doctors office door and one busride to the country. Then it was time for heels, soles and toes. These were done in the country. It is very convenient for those people who tend to loose needles to knit majority of a sock with two or three needles only. Much more time to search for needles. I finished knitting that lovely picot edging while watching olympics opening ceremony. I had an urge to finish them as I didn’t wanted to take two unfinished projects back to town.
Knitting them was ok. Instructions are ok, although I didn’t master two-coloured squares. Maybe next time in my next life. As my gauge seems to be so different from majority of knitters, then I really should make couple of pairs of simple socks to get the feel of socks again. I had to frog one row of squares as they were too long for my feet. And they are tooo wide for my normal feet. That is the fault of me not knowing my gauge-issues completeley. I love the colours, but I have a feeling they will be spending much time in my sock-drawer.
So, it was my first try on modular knitting, and grafting the toes. I love grafting. and I love these toes. I also quite like sewing live stitches down to make a lovely picot edging. Modular knitting does tend to get boring, but when you know how many squares you need, you know exactly how far you are. So you can calculate in your head: percentages after each square. And the fact that you have only 17 stitches on kneedles, is encouraging.
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Posted in hobid ja muu huvitav at 1:12 pm by linnaliina
I really should be typing on my computer and write about other stuff for other people. But I don’t. Instead on friday, the day we had to go to country, I picked it up and casted on. It was easy, much easier than thinking. Just one more row I repeated to myself. And it was like a mantra.
Yarn (Emmeby Vogue) is a Christmas gift from my sister. I had other mixed plans with it. But they involved beads and I failed to locate the ones that matched these colours. So these plans were changed. I need a lacy, fluffy shawl. I have just one thick and too warm one for autumnal chills. That is the justification for this pleasure. I’m not 100% sure about the colour. I have nothing aganst yellow and orange. It just seems odd to combine it with beige and jeans. But we will see that day and that combination.
The pattern of the center is magically easy. You just do that yarn-over, knit 2 together and knit trick over and over. It gets boring. But it seems to grow quickly now. We’ll see about that factor later. One skein is gone and it seems 3 skeins is too short.
Post on inglisekeelne nende külaliste auks, kes tulevad Ravelryst. Ma tõesti ei peaks praegu üldse kuduma, vaid mõtlema, kirjutama ja analüüsima. Aga ma ei taha. Mu mõttelaisk vaim vajab mingit imelitsat kudumit, mida see sall kahtlemata on.
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