Za oktobrsko dekle For an October girl

Ptička mi je prišepnila, da si najboljša prijateljica želi takele brezprstne rokavice, primerne za vse dejavnosti, razen za prijemanje ježic!, pa sem ji jih v njej ljubih safari barvah (spet z veliko pomočjo moje mami) naredila za rojstni dan.

Ko sem si jih nadela, me je prijelo, da bi jih kar zase obdržala, tako krasno se podajo v ta prelep zgodnjejesenski, s soncem obsijan dan.

Objavljam že kar zdajle, še pred našim nocojšnjim srečanjem, računajoč, da je ravno na poti in torej stran od kateregakoli ekrana, službenega ali domačega, saj ne bi rada pokvarila presenečenja. :)

Little birdie has told me that my best friend wants to have a pair of fingerless gloves, suitable for everything but holding chestnut burrs!, so I made them in her beloved safari colours (again with a big help of my mum) for her birthday.

When I put them on I felt like keeping them for myself, they fit perfectly with this beautiful early autumn sunlit day.

I’m posting them already now, even before our meeting tonight, calculating that she is on the way at the moment and therefore away from any computer, whether at work or at home, as I don’t want to ruin the surprise. :)

Konec z rokavicami. Drugič. End of gloves. Once again.

Mislila sem, glede na marčevske temperature, da sem za to sezono opravila z rokavicami, pa sem se motila. Aprila sem jih spet vpregla, samo tiste, brezprstne seveda.

Kakor jih imam rada, take rokavice, kjer so prsti svobodni, pa obstaja meja, ki jo hitro presežem in rabim navadne rokavice. Sčasoma sem sicer razvila polno akrobatskih načinov ravnanja s fotoaparatom v takih primerih, ampak to ni to, možnosti so v vsakem primeru omejene.

Ôči nosi take posebne fotografske, mamino delo kakopak, a ker sem sama še bolj dovzetna na mraz, imam v glavi nenehno spreminjajoči se in nadgrajujoči se načrt za moje zimske foto-potrebe, ki pa postaja že tako zapleten, da si ji ga skorajda ne upam predstaviti in prositi za pomoč. :)

Torej, ob vsem tem sem se spomnila, da sem pozabila pokazati, kaj je nastalo iz tega in tega, kar sem februarja delala za Mirovo nečakinjo. Zgornje rokavice so rezultat.

Želela sem narediti podobne enemu od parov, kakršne imam sama, vse izpod rok moje mami, takšne, ki jih lahko odvihaš in še malce pokriješ prste, če želiš.

Zanjo sem izbrala le drugačno barvo in dodala perlice, oboje v barvah, ki spominjajo na morje, kjer preživi večino leta, tej objavi pa dodajam še eno barvno ujemajočo se fotografijo iz časa nastanka tega para, da uradno zaključim rokavično sezono. :)

I thought I was through with gloves for this season, especially because of the high temperatures in March, but I was wrong. I recruited them again in April, only the fingerless pairs of course.

As much as I love this kind, there is a line and I, unfortunately, I cross it quite quickly. But I’ve developed acrobatic ways to handle my camera on days that are too cold for fingerless gloves, but options are limited of course.

My mum has made special photo-gloves for my dad once, but I’m extra sensitive to cold, so I’ve been making up a suitable design for my photo-needs, too, with so complicated design growing in my head that I hardly dare to present it to her to help me knit them one day. :)

So, I remembered that I forgot to post what I made from this and this for Miro’s niece in February. Photos above are the result.

I asked my mum to help me make gloves similar to one of those that she had made me once, the kind that you can unfold them and cover your fingers if you want them to be a bit warmer.

For Miro’s niece I just chose a different colour and added some beads, all resembling the colour of the sea, because she spends most of the year close to it and I’m inclosing also one February colour-matching photo to this post to officially end the gloves season.

There are predictions of temperatures up to 28 ºC (=over 80 ºF) for the upcoming holidays here, so I think that now I can really put all my winter accessories away, hm? :)

Košček sreče A tiny piece of happiness

Medtem ko sem jaz, začetnica, ponosno nakvačkala 3 vrstice,

je moja mami, mojstrska mačka, spletla 3 kvadrate. Tako nekako. :)

Odločili sva se namreč sodelovati pri projektu Knit-a-square s pletenimi in kvačkanimi kvadratki,

ki jih bodo kasneje skupaj sešili v odeje za afriške otroke, ki so zaradi aidsa izgubili starše.

Domenjeno je tudi, da naj bi vsi kvadratki, narejeni v Sloveniji,

vsebovali srček, zasnovan po lastni zamisli.

Več o projektu in možnostih sodelovanja [v slovenščini] lahko preberete v Dianini objavi.

While I, a beginner, proudly crocheted 3 lines,

my mum, a master cat, knitted 3 squares! Something like that. :)

Namely we decided to participate in the project Knit-a-square with knitted and crocheted squares

that are later joined into blankets for African children who have lost their parents because of aids.

You can read more about square-instructions here.

Kot blaten spomladanski dan... Like a muddy spring day...

… z veliko pletenja in pustnimi krofi.
[mamine besede: »Ta pletilni stroj je prazgodovinski. Kupila sem ga, ko si bila stara eno leto.« :)]

… with lots of knitting and traditional carnival doughnuts.
[my mum's words: “This knitting machine is ancient. I bought it when you were one year old.” :)]

Navijanje Winding

Izbira prave barve iz mamine gromozanske zaloge preje je težek zalogaj,
še posebej, če ne izbiraš zase.
V mislih se mi je sprva motala nekakšna zelo zelo temno zelena,
potem pa sem se zagledala v tole turkizno. Krasna barva!

Priprava klobke me tako zelo spominja na otroštvo,
ko sem nemalokrat vrtela to staro mašinco. :)

Choosing the right colour out of my mum’s huge stock of yarn is always a difficult challenge,
especially if you’re not choosing for yourself.
I’ve had this sort of very deep green rolling in mind before,
but then my eyes were caught by this turquoise one. Just gorgeous!

Winding of yarn reminds me of childhood so much,
as I had been spinning this little old hand-winding machine quite often. :)

Odeja za hrošča na primer Blanket for a bug for example

Končno!
Zadnja leta sem vedno bolj pogrešala znanje šivanja, pletenja, kvačkanja in vezenja, zato sem se zdaj odločila, da se kar vpišem na tečaj k mami. :)

Tole je moje prvo kvačkanje nasploh!

Za prvi projekt sem si predstavljala kakšne lepe rokavičke, zdaj, ko vstopamo v jesen, bi bile kot naročene, ali pa…

Bova najprej samo malo vadili, pa potem to razparali.

Ni problema, si mislim, ko pa vidim svojo umetnino, hm, se mi je milo storilo in sem začela delati plane o tem, kako bi bila tole lahko primerna odejica za kakšnega zmrzljivega hrošča… :)

Dobra stvar: [po pričakovanjih] ko sem približno osvojila zankanje, kar nisem in nisem mogla odložiti kvačke.

Slaba stvar: [ki ni zares slaba] pozabila sem, kako zna biti mami dosledna pri poučevanju. Ena izpuščena zanka (še vedno ne vem, kako mi je ušla), pa gresta v maloro celi dve vrstici, na kateri sem bila tako ponosna.

Imeli sva se fino, vsaj potem, ko sem lahko hkrati delala in govorila. :)

Finally!
I've been missing knowledge of sewing, knitting, crocheting and embroidery more and more for the past few years, so now I made a decision and signed up for a course at my mum’s. :)

This is my first crochet ever!

For the first project I was thinking about gloves maybe, as we’re just about to enter the autumn, or maybe we could…

We’ll just practice a bit for a start and then we’ll take it apart again.

No problem, I think to myself, but when I see my masterpiece, hm, I get sentimental and start making plans about how cute blanket this would be for some freezing bug maybe… :)

Good thing: [as expected] I just couldn’t stop when I got on a taste.

Bad thing: [that is not really bad] I forgot how strict she can be when it comes to preciseness at learning. I missed one little loop (still don’t know how it happened) and there go two whole rows, I was so proud of, goodbye.

We have had such a fun time, at least after I was able to work and talk at the same time. :)