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02.24.2004 :: Gorgeous Inspiration
Browsing around the web, I ran across some amazing French knitters. Check out:
Sandrine
Fran�oise
Val
I've been visiting Sandrine's site for several years just to keep up with her finished projects (click on "Galerie", then browse using the links on the left side of the page). She picks projects that I would love to knit myself.
I found Fran�oise's site from Sandrine's links and again, another knitter finishing up or working on some of my favorite patterns. I was very interested to see her version of a complex aran pattern knit in a multi-colored yarn. At first that combination just doesn't sound right, but with the right stich pattern and the right shades of yarn, something spectacular can be created.
Val posts the most beautiful photos of her knitting. They capture a lovely mood and her photos and swatches really show off the subtle beauty of the tweedy Rowan yarns.
Check out the links to the other french knitters. If you don't speak French, don't worry. The pictures speak for themselves: sophisticated, accomplished, talented, knitters.
Posted by Mary on 02.24.2004 AT 07:13 PM
Comments
The Multi color aran is to die for!! I don't know a word of french, so if you can share any of the info about that sweater... please do!!!
Posted by: Cindy on 02.25.2004 AT 07:56 AM
mary thank you SO much for the eye-candy links! How I wish I was multilingual! I want to leave hymns of praise to all knitters in all languages! That multicolored aran is awesome.
Posted by: Lisa, Mike, Jack, Della on 02.25.2004 AT 08:03 AM
You can go to freetranslation.com, put in their web address and click translate French-English, and it will translate the page.
Sometimes all the words don't translate, but it is a big help!
Posted by: annie on 02.25.2004 AT 08:29 AM
Wow! Would I look like the ugly american if I commented in my very limited french! Oh - what the heck!
Posted by: Mary Beth on 02.25.2004 AT 09:03 AM
Mary, you're the knitting ambassador to the US!!! Love the links and connections!
Posted by: Sean on 02.25.2004 AT 02:58 PM
Thanks for sharing the French blogs. I enjoyed seeing the pictures of their beautiful knitting. I think perhaps their projects are a little different than ours (but not a lot), because their fashion sense is a little different than ours (here in the US); but I very much enjoyed seeing what they're knitting and wearing.
Posted by: Lisa on 02.25.2004 AT 05:20 PM
If you go to Google and click on Language Preferences, there is a section where you can type in the English words, and they will translate them into other languages for you. Then you can copy and paste it into the comments on a foreign blog. Pretty neat, huh? C'est tres magnifique, a mon avis humble. Thanks for expanding our horizons, Mary.
Posted by: Sharon on 02.25.2004 AT 11:09 PM
Great sites-- makes me want to brush up on my French so I can read the blogs!! Hmm -- maybe while I am knitting?
Posted by: Lisa on 02.26.2004 AT 10:18 AM
Hi ! I want to thank you for your kind comments about my blog and photos. I put a link on mine towards yours, I like it ! Don't worry about languages, Sandrine, Françoise and I speek and understand english, so you can let a message or ask for everything in English. Our yahoo group is actually Triconordique but it's only french speeking and we focus on norwegian knitting and traditional knitting of " the isles of north" (Shetland, Hebridean, Iceland, Ireland and Arans).
Your website is great and I like your photos... and your socks !!!!
Seen you soon !
Val
Posted by: Val on 02.26.2004 AT 01:41 PM
Thanks for the links! Seems like French knitting blogs would be a perfect way to revive my rusty French skills without all the boring stuff you find in textbooks...
Posted by: J Strizzy on 03.02.2004 AT 08:37 PM
they also have a yahoo group, i believe it's tricotnordique
Posted by: vanessa on 02.25.2004 AT 06:03 AM