Temporary Insanity

Sain kätte Krisost tellitud raamatud – Pam Allen’i “Scarf Style”‘i ja Rowan’i “Denim People”‘i. Mõlemad vastasid ka ootustele. Scarf Style’i tellisin peamiselt Ene’s Scarf’i pärast kuid minu rõõmuks leidusid seal veel mõned sallid, mida täitsa kududa võiksin. Teisalt on nii mõnigi raamatu-sall nii lihtne, et erilist raamatut selle tegemise jaoks vaja vast poleks. Seoses Scarf Style’iga tunnen end ka natuke totakalt – olin omaette varem mõelnud, kas Ene’s Scarfil on ka mingi seos Eestiga, kuna Ene on lihtsalt nii eestipärane nimi. Raamatust lugesin, kuidas Nancy Bush sai inspiratsiooni selleks salliks just Eestis käies ja tugines oma disainis Haapsalu sallile. No kas pole totter tellida USA-st raamat vaid ühe salli pärast, mis omakorda on põhimõtteliselt meie Haapsalu salli ümbertöötlus?

I received the books I had ordered earlier this year from Krisostomus – Pam Allen’s “Scarf Style” and Rowan’s “Denim People” – and both of them turned out to be what I had expected. I ordered Scarf Style mainly for the Ene’s Scarf pattern, which I had fallen in love with, and was delighted to find that there were several other scarves in this book that I might knit. On the other hand, some of the scarves were so basic that I wonder why should anyone need a book for making them. I also feel a bit silly for ordering this book. Namely I had wondered whether Ene’s Scarf had smth to do with Estonia as the name Ene is just a very Estonian name. And so I read from the book that Nancy Bush got her inspiration for this scarf when she was visiting Estonia and that it’s based on the traditional Haapsalu shawl. So isn’t it a bit stupid to order a book from the States just for one scarf that is  basically a redesign of our own traditional knitting?

Denim People on raamat, mida ma ikka ja jälle sirvin ja naudin. Suur osa sealsetest mustritest on minu arust kudumist väärt. Ainuke mure seoses selle raamatuga on see, et minu teada ei ole Eestist võimalik saada ühtegi denim lõnga (Rowanist võib ainult unistada /ja seda ma teen/), seega peab ilmselt hakkama lõnga kuskilt netipoest tellima või siis süvenema kõrgemasse matemaatikasse ja mustrid vastavalt tavalõngale ümber arvutama.

Denim People is one of the books that I like to take and browse through several times a day. Most of the patterns presented in this book are worth of knitting and some of them are “sooo me”. The only concern that I have is the teeny-tiny fact that as far as I know one cannot get any denim yarns in Estonia (and you can only dream about Rowan yarns /trust me, I do/). So the options are either to try to order some denim yarn from online stores from UK or to engage in higher math and recalculate the patterns in order to be able to use regular yarn.

Angel Yarns‘ist saabus vahepeal ka ammu tellitud IK Winter 2006. Tellisin selle Enid Cardigani pärast, kuid enam ma polegi üldse kindel, kas seda ikka koon – olen jälginud Enidi knitalongi ja saanud kinnitust asja (mitte)istuvuse kohta. Lisaks on minus algusest peale olnud kahtlus, kas seda tüüpi kardigan mulle ikka istuks. Aga ära iial ütle iial…

I also received the IK Winter 2006 issue that I had ordered from Angel Yarns. I ordered it solely because I wanted to knit Enid Cardigan that was presented there. But now I’m not so sure about whether to knit it or not – I’ve been following the knitalong and it has only confirmed my doubts on whether it’ll fit or not. But never say never…

Olen vahepeal ka omajagu kudunud, kuid sellest hiljem.

I have been knitting too, but lets save it for the following posts.