Lyra

Witajcie! Dzisiaj przedstawiam Wam projekt, ktory zaczelam 10 lat temu, a skonczylam dopiero niedawno. I nie to, ze byl jakos wyjatkowo trudny, lub wymagajacy wielu dzierganych akrobacji, jednak na tyle skomplikowany, ze trzeba bylo bardzo uwazac, aby sie nie pomylic. Dzierganie cieniutka nitka, na cieniuskich drutach tez nie nalezalo do najwygodniejszych, a i w miedzyczasie wpadlo mi w oko kilka innych projektow. Dzierganie serwet ma tez to do siebie, ze kazde okrazenie staje sie wieksze i dluzsze, przez co robotka znacznie spowalnia. W tym przypadku, kiedy mialam gdzies tak ok. 3/4 zrobione, kazdy jeden rzadek/okrazenie zabieralo mi okolo godziny, a nawet dluzej przy kilku ostatnich! Dobrze, ze zainstalowalam tzw. 'linie zycia' co 10 rzedow, bo... odlozylam robotke doslownie na pol minuty, i okazje te wykorzystal kot, aby sie na nia nieelegancko walnac. I tak sie jakos niefortunnie polozyl, ze zlecialo mi z drutow sporo oczek (kot, na szczescie, nie nadzial sie na druty). Nie dalo sie tego odratowac i musialam pruc 7 rzedow, az do linii zycia! Zwazajac na to, ze dziennie moglam zrobic tylko ok 1-2 rzedow, oznaczalo to strate ok. 4-5 dni dziergania. Rece mi troche opadly, ale zacisnelam zeby i dokonczylam to diabelstwo. I nawet wyglada niezle. Ostatecznie uroslo do ok 90x90 cm. Fotki i dane ponizej.

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Hello, there! Today I'm presenting a project, which I started a decade ago, and just recently finished. It's not like it was particularly difficult or required a lot of knitting acrobatics, but it was complicated enough that I had to concentrate on it quite a bit in order not to make mistakes. Knitting with a very thin thread and very small needles didn't help either and in the meantime, I got drawn to other interesting projects. Boredom also factored in, considering that knitting and crocheting doilies/tablecloths gets slower and more tedious as one gets further from the center - each round simply gets longer and thus takes a lot more time to complete. When I was about 3/4 done, each round would take me about 1 hour to complete and even longer during the last few ones. I'm so glad that I weaved in a lifeline every 10 rounds or so! One day I walked away from my project for literally 30 seconds, and my cat seized that opportunity to most clumsily plop himself on top of it. Nothing happened to the cat, but my knitting... wasn't in a good state - lots of stitches came off the needles in such a way, that there was nothing else left to do but frog right down to the nearest lifeline (7 rounds in total!). Considering that each day I was only able to complete 1-2 rounds, it meant the loss of 4-5 knitting days. I felt like crying for a bit, but got myself together and finished the darned thing. I must say that it looks rather respectable, measuring about 90x90 cm per side. Photos and specs below.

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Specifications/Dane:
Pattern/Wzor: Lyra by Herbert Niebling (I got my pattern at Lacis/Wzor kupilam w Lacis).
Yarn/Wloczka:DMC Cebelia No.30, color 712

Needles/Druty:Addi circular size US 00/1.75 mm