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 Press
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-- Lorrie
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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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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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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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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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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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*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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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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