French Knitting
To start off, I am by no means an expert knitter, actually a fairly new beginner in the grand scheme of things!
With my showing the patterns in French, I thought that I could at least help those who might be interested in branching out into a whole new world of patterns!
One excellent resource that I have found on the web is Tricotin.com With their Trico-Dico which translates knitting terms from French to English and vice-versa. They also have a Yarn Dictionary which translates the yarn terms. They also offer basic instructions in French which might be helpful, including FINALLY some on-line instruction on how to use my little French Knitting Bee to make an I-cord which I have been looking for.....they say a picture is worth a thousand words and they are right!
Using the Trico Dico I have been able to read my way through several of the patterns in the Explications Tricot.....I am still not 100% sure if I will be able to actually knit them. I am going to start with a basic childs scarf pattern and go from there. No promises on when I'll be able to give feedback on this as I am a little bit behind on other projects right now.....before Christmas at least! =)
I'm going to start searching out other french knitting sites and patterns which I'll post as I find anything of note.
With my showing the patterns in French, I thought that I could at least help those who might be interested in branching out into a whole new world of patterns!
One excellent resource that I have found on the web is Tricotin.com With their Trico-Dico which translates knitting terms from French to English and vice-versa. They also have a Yarn Dictionary which translates the yarn terms. They also offer basic instructions in French which might be helpful, including FINALLY some on-line instruction on how to use my little French Knitting Bee to make an I-cord which I have been looking for.....they say a picture is worth a thousand words and they are right!
Using the Trico Dico I have been able to read my way through several of the patterns in the Explications Tricot.....I am still not 100% sure if I will be able to actually knit them. I am going to start with a basic childs scarf pattern and go from there. No promises on when I'll be able to give feedback on this as I am a little bit behind on other projects right now.....before Christmas at least! =)
I'm going to start searching out other french knitting sites and patterns which I'll post as I find anything of note.
posted by Kimberly @ 10:11 PM
6 Comments:
At Sunday, September 24, 2006 10:58:00 PM,
RheLynn said…
Thank you very much for your links! I'm looking at a beautiful pattern on Tricotin.com now thanks to you ;o) Even with only a small knowledge of French - I can get through the site and to the patterns!
At Monday, September 25, 2006 3:14:00 PM,
Jenny Moore said…
Very cool. Thanks for the links! Now I can try my hand at even more patterns! Because that's what I need, more patterns! lol
At Tuesday, September 26, 2006 2:15:00 PM,
Yasmin said…
Thanks for the great links ....now to get back to knitting again ...hmmm.
At Wednesday, September 27, 2006 5:29:00 PM,
DixieRedHead said…
Thanks for the links! I'm trying to learn how to knit too.
At Tuesday, September 25, 2007 11:42:00 AM,
Anonymous said…
Thank you very much for the links.
we are moving to France early next year , so I need to get a head start!
Linda
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