Hi all!
We spent the last couple of days in Freiburg, down in the South of Germany. The boyfriend had an event at the uni down there and thus we decided to combine it with a bit of a holiday.
Freiburg is close to the French border, the Alsace is right around the corner. Thus the town has a rather French feel to it and the wine is fantastic. Our wine taste is a bit exotic for most people as we love Gewürztraminer and Muscat but down there we had a huge selection - even in the supermarket. Wow! So cool! As you might imagine, we had a lot of wine. Oops.
The old town is beautiful and so is the farmer's market at the Münster, the place in front of the cathedral. So many fresh veggie and fruit stalls, fresh bread and so on. Oh my, I could shop there every day. The farmer's market here in Dortmund is nice but nothing compared to the one I saw in Freiburg...
Of course I took a huge bag of crochet with me. Wouldn't go anywhere without it, would you? I was working on two baby blankets and also on the new beanie pattern. The bonfire beanie pattern is 95 % finished but I decided to try out all the sizes again. And as it happens I decided to make small changes in the pattern as well. I hope to get it finished this week, so that Michelle can read it through.
In the near future I intend to translate the pattern into German, actually I would like to do that with all of Michelle and my patterns. So far I haven't found the time though. Translating takes a lot of time, something I did not expect when I translated my first pattern (Alia's Sunday Shawl). German crochet is a lot more complicated as English if you ask me. For example, there seems to be no short wording for s2tog or hdc2tog. I wish there was! Well that and the fact that I learnt to crochet in English. So there might be a lot of words/terms I don't know yet. Funnily I find it easier to translate French patterns into English... My French teacher would have a good laugh if she heard this. Let's put it like this: I wasn't the best French student. Laughs.
Perhaps the translation process will get faster with more experience. Do you have any experience with translating patterns?
Take care
Anne
Oh, Freiburg! I love that town! My brother went to university there. I think translating will get easier from pattern to pattern. I learnt crochet with charts, then I learnt written patterns and then to read English patterns. Even if there is a German version of a pattern I prefer the English one for the simplicity, for example in the Scheepjeswol CAL 2014. I only used the English patterns.
ReplyDeleteYep, the English patterns are so much simpler! Well, we will see if the translation will get easier!
DeleteHallo Anne, Freiburg ist wirklich eine herrliche Stadt und das Wetter dort ist meistens vieeel besser als bei uns, Neid...(es regnet gerade und es sind 11 Grad, sollte ich den Holzofen anmachen?). Ich bin schon gespannt auf deine Anleitung, ich bin nicht so der Mützenhäkler, aber vielleicht habe ich bisher nur nicht die richtige Anletung gefunden? Ich habe mir bisher noch nicht die Mühe gemacht, Häkelanleitungen zu übersetzen, ich arbeite auch viel lieber nach Diagrammen als nach Texten. Eigentlich male ich mir jede Häkelschrift auf, wenn es kein Diagramm gibt. Einen schönen Abend, Viola
ReplyDeleteDas Wetter war wirklich super - sehr warm und sonnig! Als wir dann nach Dortmund zurückfuhren, würde es mit jedem Kilometer schlechter. Heute ist natürlich promt ein Regentag...
DeleteIch habe erst einmal ein Diagramm gemalt, ich verrutsche dabei immer... Hast du einen Trick?
Freiburg looks a gorgeous place for a break, great photos. As my french is really bad I'm in awe of anyone who can translate, I have a go with recipes though. Hx
ReplyDeleteMy French is just enough for crochet patterns. Well, easy crochet patterns. Nothing too complicated. Otherwise I can order wine and baguette. That's it... I could survive on it in France though I think ;-)
DeleteGood luck with the translations, Anne. I would have thought German would be more precise than English since it is such a formal and structured language. I am sure it will get easier with practice and by reading more patterns as you come across them. The thing that struck me at first were the different diagram symbols but I found the German ones more intuitive (and quicker to write) than the American ones.
ReplyDeleteLike Viola, I prefer to use diagrams and will often draw my own if there are none in the text.
Freiburg looks like a lovely spot and I love the different carrot varieties in your photos.
Have fun xx
In my experience English is quite often more to the point - not only in crochet patterns. I didn't know that the diagrams were different! I thought they were universal. Need to look it up!
DeleteAmazing produce! I've never seen such a selection of carrots.
ReplyDeleteAmalia
xo
Nor had I! So many colors! Wish I could have bought some of very kind to try!
DeleteWish I could join you at that market! I invite you to share at my link up today
ReplyDeleteShall join next week, when I can post a finished project :)
DeleteGlad you had a great time! The market looks amazing. Sorry, no help translating patterns, especially into another language. I cannot translate them from English to American! xx
ReplyDeleteWe also have many different carrots here ... I love their colors ... Good luck with the translation. It's not so hard in fact ... I thought it was but not so much. I don't know if it's easier from French to English because we need to learn specific words of knitting or crocheting ... but maybe. I don't speak German so I can't tell you ...!! Have a lovely week !
ReplyDeleteHello Anne! Thought I better do some catching up with blog posts!!! glad to hear you had a lovely time in Freiburg.... and got to enjoy the weather! Of course you had to take along your crochet projects, I did the same recently!! Good luck with your translations. Email me if you got a question (sorry but I cannot offer to help doing entire translations due to lack of time!)
ReplyDeleteLove the photos of the veggies!!!
Have a nice relaxing weekend!
Ingrid xx
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