Lavorare alla maglia
Okay, so I've been back in Amsterdam for about a week. I was greeted by rain, rain, rain, and cold, cold, cold. Such a contrast to the lovely sunny, warm weather in Bergamo. *sigh* Anyway, I will have a post on my yarn acquisition a little later. I asked a friend of mine to take some photos, so I'll wait until I have them to discuss what I bought and why. What I can discuss are some Italian-related knitting tidbits that I learned.
1) The word for 'knitting' in Italian is la maglia. There is no verb 'to knit'; instead, they use the expression lavorare alla maglia 'to work at knitting'.
2) The word for 'crochet hook' is l'uncinetto. Again, there is no verb 'to crochet' but an expression lavorare all'uncinetto 'to work at crochet hook'.
I noticed that knitwear is quite popular in Italy. Lots of people wearing knit clothing and many shops dedicated to knitwear. However, knitting as an activity doesn't seem to be popular, if the number/selection of books is any indication. Crochet, cross-stitch and embroidery seem to be much more popular--there are many more books available on these. Or maybe knitting is so popular that the book shops were just sold out.... Doubt it, but you never know!
3) 'yarn' is il filato. But you can also refer to the material. I hunted for la lana 'wool' and il cotone 'cotton'.
4) Colors are always helpful to know when hunting for yarn. Some of the ones I used: giallo 'yellow', rosso 'red', bianco 'white', verde 'green', blu 'blue', and nero 'black.' Don't forget to change the final -o to -a when referring to wool. La lana gialla 'yellow wool' but il cotone giallo 'yellow cotton'.
5) It's useful to start with Vorrei X 'I would like X'.
Stay tuned for an update on my yarn stash!
1) The word for 'knitting' in Italian is la maglia. There is no verb 'to knit'; instead, they use the expression lavorare alla maglia 'to work at knitting'.
2) The word for 'crochet hook' is l'uncinetto. Again, there is no verb 'to crochet' but an expression lavorare all'uncinetto 'to work at crochet hook'.
I noticed that knitwear is quite popular in Italy. Lots of people wearing knit clothing and many shops dedicated to knitwear. However, knitting as an activity doesn't seem to be popular, if the number/selection of books is any indication. Crochet, cross-stitch and embroidery seem to be much more popular--there are many more books available on these. Or maybe knitting is so popular that the book shops were just sold out.... Doubt it, but you never know!
3) 'yarn' is il filato. But you can also refer to the material. I hunted for la lana 'wool' and il cotone 'cotton'.
4) Colors are always helpful to know when hunting for yarn. Some of the ones I used: giallo 'yellow', rosso 'red', bianco 'white', verde 'green', blu 'blue', and nero 'black.' Don't forget to change the final -o to -a when referring to wool. La lana gialla 'yellow wool' but il cotone giallo 'yellow cotton'.
5) It's useful to start with Vorrei X 'I would like X'.
Stay tuned for an update on my yarn stash!
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