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February 9, 2006

Some things

I took a little break from the first Mermaid sleeve to knit this pair of baby booties for a collegue who's expecting:

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The pattern is from a German book about sock knitting: Socken stricken by Lena Fuchs. I like this book, it's a great addition to my sock library. I guess it's sponsored by Schachenmayer, the company that makes Regia yarn. All the socks are made from Regia. It starts with the basics, with clear pictures of the different parts of the sock. The biggest part of the book is filled with 60 patterns for socks, some knee highs and some baby booties. Of course, it's in German, but not too difficult to understand, I would say.

Questions

Lizzie asked: I'd like to know about that long limbed creature lying next to your project. it's cute!

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You can find the explanation at Schmeebot's site. Fun to make, and my cats love to play with them!

And now for some Dutch:
Caren vraagt: saartje, hoe brei jij je noorse sokken, doe je dat met de mosaiektechniek of gewoon intarsia?

Geen van beide! Die techniek heet Fair Isle of stranded knitting. In het Nederlands geloof ik dat het jacquard heet. Je neemt hierbij de draad die je even niet gebruikt mee aan de achterkant van het werk. Is je vraag zo beantwoord?

Posted by saartje at February 9, 2006 7:15 AM

Comments

Those booties are adorable. I've said this before but I love your pictures. :)

Posted by: Kimberly at February 9, 2006 8:48 AM

Uw konijn zijn heel leuk. Dat kan een klein pop voor m'n poesje worden! Misschien ga ik dat breien...(ik ben ook gek op breien)
Sorry voor de foutjes, maar ik studeer nog neederlands. Het is m'n tweede jaar en ik maak nog veel foutjes, denk ik.

Elisa.

Posted by: Angsoka at February 9, 2006 12:52 PM

These booties look like they would actually stay on a baby's foot. Beautiful color.

Posted by: Rampna at February 9, 2006 3:40 PM

het is wel duidelijk hoor sarah maar wat ik me nog wel afvraag is of je de draden achter het werk los laat hangen of dat je zo om de steek vastzet en hoe je dat dan doet, groetjes en bedankt voor je antwoorden

Posted by: caren at February 9, 2006 7:17 PM

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