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Norwegian knitting pattern

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ScaryMummy · 04/06/2015 21:05

Is there anyone who could point me in the right direction to translate a knitting pattern from Norwegian? I have conquered most of it, but there's a bit in the middle of the pattern which I am not confident about. Google Translate hasn't really helped.

My mum wants to knit the jumper, and bought the pattern when she went on a cruise to Norway :)

Thanks for any suggestions!

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Dutchoma · 11/06/2015 20:06

That's the whole point of Ravelry and the whole point of us sending you there: to make sure you start to knit.
You do want to really, be honest, you'd love to learn to knit. Grin

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ScaryMummy · 09/06/2015 17:33

Just to thank everyone - I went to Ravelry and used the glossary but still got stuck, but I posted on Ravelry and a kind soul helped me within ten minutes :) so it is all translated and my mum has her needles out already.

Mind you, that's a web site to lead you into temptation - and I may have to take up knitting too!

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ScaryMummy · 07/06/2015 17:18

Wow, thank you all for the pointers! Will have a look at Ravelry and Garn Studio and the TES - will report back! Thanks.

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Ishouldbeweaving · 06/06/2015 18:28

I have done it once when I found a must knit sweater in a Scandi language I don't speak (which is all of them). The bit I couldn't figure out was a facing on the sleeves because at that point I'd never cut armholes into a knitted tube and dealt with the edges, if I'd knitted anything like it before I would have had more of a clue. I had to call in a foreign language knitter for that bit.

Have you seen the DROPS knitting glossary?

www.garnstudio.com/glossary.php?langf=en&langt=no

Have you translated out enough to work out the construction (bottom up, in the round maybe).

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Dutchoma · 05/06/2015 17:48

Try in the Norwegian Group on Ravelry? There must be one.

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Flossyfloof · 05/06/2015 08:03

is there a bit you can copy and post on here?
Try Chat - there may be a few Scandis there who could help?
Try the Times Educational Supplement website, MFL forum?
I am a linguist but sadly have no Norwegian. Well done for getting this far!

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