Monday, November 10, 2008

Knitting the Nupp: now we know...

how to make the thing (see video below) and pronounce it, too. I always thought it was pronounced "nuhp", but it's "noop"! That's phonetically spelled, folks; it's still spelled 'nupp'. So advises Nancy Bush, one of my knitting heroines. I've got her book, Knitted Lace of Estonia: Techniques, Patterns and Traditions, on order from Amazon. Unfortunately, the publication date has been pushed back by SEVERAL months (waaah!).

SO...Knitting Daily is offering the Estonian Lace Scarf as a free download (you gotta join, though!) and you can purchase the Estonian Triangular Summer shawl pattern ("Lily-of-the-Valley" - only 6 bucks!) published in the July/August 2008 Piecework magazine (which is also in the book).

6 comments:

Dori Ann said...

It is similar to treble crochet! I love Estonian lace, check this out, I have been drooling over this, I just need to get the yarn spun :)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16786221
You can tell by so much posting hubby's gone and I'm rattling around the house bored!

Fairy Spun Fibers said...

OHMIGOSH, Dori Ann! That is GORGEOUS! No wonder you're drooling - me, too! Lemme get a napkin for the both of us...
Only thing I can't figure out is why it's similar to treble crochet! Don't look nuttin' like crochet ta me (not that I'm an expert)...

Lara said...

I'm still sayin' nuhp. lol.

Dori Ann said...

I guess I should have said that the wrapping and making more than on stitch in a stitch is much like crochet. Me no expert either :) I can't get crocheting down worth a darn!!
Now I need to get her to relist another pattern and start spinning some yarn!
2500 yds!!

Fairy Spun Fibers said...

LOL - probably I will, too, Lara. I'll forget...

Fairy Spun Fibers said...

Okay, *I* see what you mean, Dori. Yes, it's a bit like that treble crochet thing. I can't 'get' crochet down, either, cuz I can't remember all those dang stitches! Knitting's much easier for me :-)
Hey, I apologize for buying that pattern - I had assumed it was just a PDF download and that she'd have a bunch listed like that. Well, it IS a download, but...I couldn't figure out why she only had ONE listed. Maybe she'd listed, like, 10 of them and I happened to be the last buyer. In which case...she really ought to get another batch listed!