Har jag ber\u00e4ttat att jag var i Prag \u00f6ver ny\u00e5r?
\nMin kusin och jag delade rum med Miriam, som \u00e4r fysikl\u00e4rare och kommer\u00a0fr\u00e5n Wales. Vi hade st\u00e4mt tr\u00e4ff p\u00e5 flygplatsen, och sedan tror jag att det var tre timmar p\u00e5 en hel vecka n\u00e4r vi inte var tillsammans.
\nS\u00e5 Miriam s\u00e5g mig sticka ganska mycket, s\u00e4rskilt n\u00e4r vi var tvungna att v\u00e4nta p\u00e5 det ena eller det andra och det inte fanns s\u00e5 mycket att g\u00f6ra.
\nN\u00e4r vi var i en annan stad f\u00f6r ett eller ett par \u00e5r sedan stickade jag ocks\u00e5, och hon b\u00f6rjade fr\u00e5ga en massa om garn och tekniker och vad man kan b\u00f6rja med. Nu hade hon stickat m\u00f6ssor till alla i familjen i julklapp — men hon hade inget med sig.
\nDet hade jag, som tur var, och vi la upp 40 maskor till en enkel tv\u00e5stickevante.
\nP\u00e5 ny\u00e5rsaftonen var det dags att b\u00f6rja p\u00e5 tummen, och jag fick f\u00f6rs\u00f6ka f\u00f6rklara hur man plockar upp en maska i tr\u00e5den mellan tv\u00e5. Har man inte n\u00e5gon f\u00e4rdig vante att titta p\u00e5 kan det vara lite kr\u00e5ngligt att f\u00f6rst\u00e5 hur det hela ska bli, till och med om man har en universitetsutbildning i matematik, och s\u00e4rskilt om instrukt\u00f6ren inte kan alla orden p\u00e5 engelska … men till slut syntes en prydlig kil.
\nVar vi satt och stickade p\u00e5 ny\u00e5rsafton? P\u00e5 ett slags restaurang d\u00e4r ganska m\u00e5nga unga Pragbor hade karaokefest — s\u00e5 vi var verkligen udda f\u00e5glar. Dessutom satt vi n\u00e4ra entr\u00e9n, och alla l\u00e4mnade d\u00f6rren \u00f6ppen n\u00e4r de skulle g\u00e5 ut och r\u00f6ka, s\u00e5 vi satt i konstant drag och v\u00e4rmde upp oss genom att springa och st\u00e4nga den.
\nHursomhelst, jag f\u00f6rs\u00f6kte f\u00f6rst\u00e5s skicka med Miriam hennes halvf\u00e4rdiga vante hem, men hon ville inte ta mina stickor och inte s\u00e5 mycket garn heller.
\nF\u00f6r ett par veckor sedan kom den bild som ligger \u00f6verst i det h\u00e4r inl\u00e4gget. Med det h\u00e4r lilla meddelandet:
\n"Quite how I made the thumb I do not know but it suddenly seemed to make sense in my head so I kept going and this is what came out!"
\nOch idag kom den h\u00e4r bilden:<\/p>\n
Nu hade ju tummiraklet intr\u00e4ffat igen, och s\u00e5h\u00e4r f\u00f6rklarar Miriam det:
\n"How I finished it was when I was done increasing as I remembered you telling me I then just did the middle until it was long enough for the thumb. I don't like to cut yarn so I made up a way of crocheting down the thumb seam that meant I could continue without cutting. I then carried on from there until it was long enough for my longest finger then researched ways to get smooth decreases. Something like: *k2,k2tog*, *p*, *k,k2tog*, *p*,*k2tog* then crocheted down the seam."
\nAllts\u00e5 ett slags vantvariant av Femtimmarskoftans \u00e4rms\u00f6m. Gissa om jag \u00e4r lite stolt \u00f6ver min "elev"!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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