It was told there is very few traditional shawl masters left and I was hoping to learn the details and descriptions of traditional Haapsalu shawls.
With my knitted lace background it still was very interesting.
There is quite a lot of these details make the Haapsalu shawl namesake, special and different and the details which remove the name of course...
I'll write and post more of this topic later.
Without any of these details presented in shawl it makes it still Estonian lace but not yet a Haapsalu shawl.
After this masterclass I immediately started knit the real Haapsalu shawls and I will sure continue. I understood that years ago I knitted modern ones. Now I am so passioned to take tradition on :)
I have only about 40 cm knitten, but tiny bit every evening and so it goes.
I was choosing the stitch pattern nr 150 from the L. Reimann's Pitsilised Koekirjad and I have not designed the border edge yet, I first want see how the shawl looks and then find stitch pattern for it.
Pitsilised Koekirjad is one and only stitch book ever published with lot of stitch patterns to choose from, these stitches were collected and written down from old shawls and from knitted pattern collections as well from swatches. All the stitches in this book is not Haapsalu shawl stitches, some are just Estonian lace, but beautiful all and each!
There was published the shawl pattern book by Linda Elgas- full on beautiful Haapsalu shawls. Both books out of print and Linda Elgas patternbook is extremely rare.
Here is the photos of my shawl at this stage:
Kui ilus!
ReplyDeleteSuur tänu! Haapsalu sallid lihtsalt on nii eripäraselt ilusad - veidi kummaline tundub see et seda ilu märkasin ka alles nüüd kui muu maailm selle ilu siit Eestist avastanud on- mulle tundub et kui ma ka neid tulevikus rohkem peaksin kuduma siis ära müüa või loobuda ei raatsiks ühestki:)
ReplyDeleteTõeliselt kaunis sall. Ja lõng tundub imepeenike olevat.
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Tänan lahke sõna eest ;)
ReplyDeleteLõng on imepeen tõesti, peaaegu nagu õmblusniit, see on see ehtne Haapsalu sallide tegemise lõng, numbritähisega 2/28. 100% villane. Aga väga mõnus on teda kududa! Mul on 2/30 villast ka, mis on astme võrra veeelgi peenem ja veidi vahatatud, aga pole veel kududa proovinud, ootab oma järge et varrastele saada:)
What beautiful,beautiful work you do Moni!I just discovered you blog(I was looking at your projects in ravelry.I love knitting and crocheting lace myself,but I'm nowhere near as good a knitter as you(Ive never knit a doily or tablecloth(yet),but I've cocheted many.Keep up the art!
ReplyDeleteThank You Jo for such a heartwarming feedback!
ReplyDeleteYou made my day!
Kind regards, Monica