Recently I came across a knitting webpage with a lovely design for an afghan. The instructions were even there. The problem is, it's in Russian. This is the pattern that I'm talking about, click
here. I snitched one of the pictures from the website to show you the leaves pattern that I find so pretty:
I found one of those online translators and copied in the title of the pattern, which is:
The translator tells me that the pattern is "MK Autumn Leaves (knitted patchwork).
So now, the challenge begins. Since my Russian is
a little rusty non-existent, I'm going to work with any translators I can find, see if I can find a guide to Russian knitting and just start playing around with the techniques, which are pictured in the pattern, to see if I can duplicate the design. I've also reached out to
a friend who writes excellent books about knitting in other countries - check them out.
I do like a challenge....let the research begin!
Update: An online translator has deciphered part of the page and sometimes the translation is amusing. For instance, at the beginning of the pattern, the translation gives this instruction:
"Recruit on the spokes 40 loops" which I'm guessing means "onto the needles cast on 40 stitches"!
3 comments:
Try to contact Gelina at Interweave Press. She might help if they can put you in contact with her.
Marilyn Buster
I am also trying to figure this out. Wondering how far I will get?
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/autumn-leaves-stitch-pattern
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