Report on the Nordic Knitting Conference

Oct 17, 2007 16:31

A few months ago, I asked who in this comm might be at the Nordic Knitting Conference in Seattle. You asked for a report, and so, at the risk of getting tacked up in knitting_snark, herein find my report on the conference, as well as my thoughts on Addi Lace needles, Malabrigo laceweight yarn, the Icelandic and Faroese shawl knitting books from Schoolhouse PressRead more... )

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xantha October 17 2007, 23:51:58 UTC
thanks for the detailed report! sounds like it was a great, informative conference! (I really REALLY want to take the Rovaniemi class too, so I'm sorry you didn't make it into it, but glad you had a good time in the other classes)

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lwood October 18 2007, 00:28:12 UTC
Thanks!

-- Lorrie

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kirinqueen October 18 2007, 01:05:27 UTC
Wow! The classwork you describe is as yet out of my league, but I had to read the entire report after seeing your note about the mis-transcription of eth. That is something I would have noticed too. (Though as a linguist rather than a scholar of Scandinavia.) I have learned a few knitting terms I hadn't yet come across. Awesome.

Also, I laughed out loud at:

"So, do these make a lightsabre noise when you remove them from the package?"

Yes! Not only that, but one may sharpen them on starlight and k9tog tbl with actual spiderweb from actual spiders with one swift motion!

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lwood October 18 2007, 01:33:59 UTC
Wow! The classwork you describe is as yet out of my league,

This shouldn't discourage you--I aimed high. There were classes aimed at every skill level, and the Saturday class didn't actually knit at all!

but I had to read the entire report after seeing your note about the mis-transcription of eth. That is something I would have noticed too. (Though as a linguist rather than a scholar of Scandinavia.)

She (or whomever) avoided the problem in the Faroese book by changing all the eths to d's (not even dh's!)...except on the back where, yep, there's a partial derivative again instead of an eth.

I don't blame them--eths are tricky, especially on pre-OS X Macs, especially when dealing with gods-know-what printer situations, and so on.

I have learned a few knitting terms I hadn't yet come across. Awesome.

Wonderful! Then I did my job!

(which ones?)

-- Lorrie

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kirinqueen October 18 2007, 01:57:47 UTC
The motivation for working around the eth is understandable, certainly.

Let's see ... the older meaning of shoddy; welding; lice. Oh, and Faroes. I feel like I've seen the name around, but had no idea what it referred to. Now I do. :)

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lwood October 24 2007, 16:55:35 UTC
Great! Thanks!

-- Lorrie

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ex_lark_asc October 18 2007, 02:06:04 UTC
Ooh, a review of Føroysk Bindingarmynstur, thankyou! I really want to get a copy of that and knit myself a Faroese shawl at some point, they seem so practical...

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lwood October 24 2007, 17:05:42 UTC
*grin* One also has to have the intestinal fortitude to knit nine squillion garter stitches which--I can now say from experience--gets borrrrring.

I'm trying Jóhanna from the book, which is medium-large with a band of feather-and-fan lace near the bottom in ArtFibers' Carezza.

Other annoyance with this book? Yarn suggestions assume Faroese laceweight, either singles or two-ply--and are given by weight, not length. I panicked, and bought 250g of the Carezza, a laceweight two-ply--which, as a silk/alpaca/merino blend, is much lighter than the pattern's original wool

Um.

It'll be more than enough.

At least it's a lovely shade of emerald green...

-- Lorrie

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ex_lark_asc October 24 2007, 19:53:58 UTC
I don't mind garter stitch; as long as I can learn the pattern I'm knitting it in by heart, I go off into a kind of hypnotic trance. I could knit neckwarmers for giraffes in the round really well.

And I think you're not the only person who's had the yarn weight problem - the first time I came across Faroese shawls was a website of a woman who'd made one and had it turn out half the size! It still looked fantastic though...

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lwood October 24 2007, 19:59:52 UTC
I don't mind garter stitch; as long as I can learn the pattern I'm knitting it in by heart, I go off into a kind of hypnotic trance. I could knit neckwarmers for giraffes in the round really well.

*nodnod* That's what I wind up doing for, say, Harry Potter scarves, but the need to slip the markers and flip the work keeps me from quite dropping into the zone. When I can, I do, and I'm happy and humming.

I have another half of the shawl in which to achieve this more consistently--leaving me only with the nagging feeling that garter stitch is, somehow, unattractive.

Grandma, being Grandma, will love me anyway. *nod*

And I think you're not the only person who's had the yarn weight problem - the first time I came across Faroese shawls was a website of a woman who'd made one and had it turn out half the size! It still looked fantastic though...I, too, am a bit worried about size--worse, my nearest needle to hand when I started was a US 6, not 7 as recommended for pattern, and the silk content in Credezza means it won't stretch as much ( ... )

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firecat October 18 2007, 02:29:03 UTC
fascinating, thanks for the review!

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lwood October 24 2007, 17:07:11 UTC
You're welcome!

-- Lorrie

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neeroc October 18 2007, 12:50:55 UTC
Wait, there's a knitting snark? Who'da thunk it?

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danmakine October 22 2007, 07:39:13 UTC
Oh that was a wonderfull rewiev!

I love the faroese book too, I bought it on the faroes a few years ago together with the book on faroese colour patterns - it is fun to read them, and I have knitted a few of the shawls, too :)

/Lene

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lwood October 24 2007, 17:07:41 UTC
--wow, that means you didn't even have the translation. My hat's off to you!

-- Lorrie

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