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Post by fgrsk8r1970 on Oct 23, 2013 18:10:31 GMT
This is absolutely amazing !!! I know I don't read this board as much anymore due to my husbands illness but I am so glad I found this thread. Exquisite as others have said. My talents end at Queen size crochet blankets in one zig-zag pattern I learned. I used to have a girlfriend and her grandmother would knit socks for her - really cool and warm ones. I always wanted a pair LOL.
My sister was actually pretty good BUT she had to go totally by the pattern. I remember her attempting the famous Lady Diana sweater "Red with white sheep" and she got the front done and then lost interest in the intricate and labor intensive pattern..... sadly it was never finished. I learned to knit in school (like most German girls in the 70's) and was quite good but completely lost the art. Now seeing your detail and beautiful pieces it makes me a bit sad but I also will stay in the "admiring" group LOL. Thank you so much !!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2013 19:16:44 GMT
Questa, I'd like to second the above "amazing" remark. I think my particular favourite is the Sanquhar, the colour, the pattern, everything! My mother always knit and I wish I could have learned from her, but she was left-handed and said I would never be able to learn properly from her. I never pursued it, but now I wish I did. I embroider, but it's fussier, what with all the different threads, frames, etc.
Now, I'm curious as to whether you get much opportunity to wear all the lovely sweaters you make. Isn't Australia awfully warm for that? I imagine you all in shorts and t-shirts all the time.
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Post by questa on Oct 23, 2013 23:10:53 GMT
Thank you both. I never learned to knit properly, just tried to copy other people. As a result I knit with the yarn in my left hand, not right. Others think it is left-handed or "continental", but it matches neither. Comes out the same though, and I think it more efficient as the yarn sits close to where it's needed and you don't have to let go the right needle to wind it around the tip.
Australia is huge and has all climates. The tropical parts would not use these garments, but we have temps from -10 C to 15 C for about 4 months in winter in Adelaide. We even get light snow occasionally.
In our mountain areas along the Great Dividing Range which runs down the Eastern side of the continent we have more ski-able snow in winter than Switzerland. Still waiting for my computer to be fixed...this is being done from my neighbour's...time is limited.
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