I need to learn Swedish @ Slow Knits

I need to learn Swedish

Most of the things I am currently intrigued by originate either in Scandinavia, the Baltic countries, or other subarctic areas such as Iceland and the Shetland islands. Considering the smörgåsbord of languages spoken across those areas, Swedish seems my best starting point to attempt a language attack, as it has the largest number of native speakers and is widely understood throughout Norway, Denmark, and even Finland. In the past year I have read many books by Henning Mankell (all the Kurt Wallander novels available in English) and the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson. Not that I plan to read novels in Swedish any time soon, but I often wish that I could read Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish blogs and last

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year, when Julekuler came out and all the Scandinavians on Ravelry were knitting those cute Christmas tree decorations, I was left salivating. They tell me that Julekuler is being translated into English and will be published in the US in July of this year. Guess what I’ll be knitting this summer? And every time a new Marianne Isager book is published, it takes at least a couple of years for the English version to follow. For Strik a la carte it took a lot longer than that. What’s an Italian/English speaking knitter to do?

Strik a la carte (2004), by Marianne Isager. Republished in English as Classic Knits in 2009.

While I consider the likelihood of learning enough Swedish to decipher knitting instructions, I savor a few Swedish blogs written in English (Tack, Asplund!) and keep myself entertained with Google Translate for the rest.

Posted by Francesca | 4 comments

4 comments

Asplund

How about a crash course here – I teach you Swedish while we go yarn hunting and knit?

A few months ago they were shooting a couple scenes for the American “Millenium” movie with Daniel Craig in the block where I work! I heard them clearly from my desk but couldn’t see them – I did see a crowd watching what was going on right outside the window, though!

February 14, 2011 |
Lydia

Well, you’ve come back with a bang! I thought maybe a post or two every now and then, but you’ve wasted no time.

The new Google translator, that’s funny! My husband was just telling me about that over dinner; he must have read about it in the same article as Ben.

That looks like a good blog to follow, but then I like any blog with lots of snow in winter; must be some hold-over from my years living in Minnesota.

February 8, 2011 |
Ben

I’ll just rely on Google to learn Swedish for me. :)
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/01/google-translate-real-time/

February 8, 2011 |
Claudine

So now that you are back to knitting and the blogosphere, what are some of your favorite blogs and new discoveries?

Fun to see you writing and I hope your hands are doing well!

February 7, 2011 |

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