knitting

Bangejci 2

46 (TD) əmxəm pòsl'e kət isɤ̀xne

After that? When it dries?

47 (a) mi kətu isɤ̀:ni i še si plit'èš blùzə li

Well, when it dries, you’ll maybe knit a blouse,

48 (a) še si plit'èš čuràpi li še s plit'èš kəkvòtu ìskəš

or you’ll knit socks, or you’ll knit whatever you want,

49 (a) še si uputrebìš nə məžɤ̀ šə uplit'èš fən'èlə

[whatever] you can use. [For instance] you’ll knit your husband a sweater.

50 (JB) i kàk se pletè kakvò pràexte

And how do you knit? What did you do?

51 (a) əm či kàk sə plit'è səs iglì ba

How do you knit?! Well, with needles, man!

52 (JB) həm

What?

53 (a) səs iglì dib'èli gul'èmi iglì dɤ̀lgi kətu i širòko ə pək čuràpa

With needles – big thick needles [that are] both long and wide. And for socks,

54 (a) səs p'èt iglì p'èt iglìčki t'à šə gi znài drugàrkətə

with five needles, five little needles. The comrade will know this, she will.

55 (a) ìgli zə čuràp ni znàiš li kəkvò i

Needles for socks, don’t you know what that is?

Bosnek 2

6 (a) i sìte da smè u seftè čoràpi plèteni i kato izvàdi pogàčata

and we were all wearing newly knitted socks, and when she brought out the bread,

Dolna Sekirna 3

101 (a) jà sɤm a edɤ̀n palòver na ednù ženù isplèto

I once knitted a sweater for a woman

Dolno Ujno

74 (a) i pòslem prèžda stàvi se i se pletè ot nèja

And then [you’ve got] yarn. You put it [on] – and you knit [things] from it.

75 (RA) è kvò se pletè

And what do you knit?

76 (a) čoràpi

Socks, …

78 (a) fanèli

… sweaters

81 (b) čoràpi pràili li ste

Did you [all] used to make socks?

88 (GK) kàk se kàk se pletɤ̀t čoràpi edìn čoràp kàk se pletè

How are socks knitted? How do you knit a single sock?

89 (GK) na kòlko

On how many –

90 (a) na pèt iglì

On five needles,

92 (a) i kɤlɤbèto kɤlbèto se sprègne i se prevṛ̀tka

and the ball [of yarn]. You pull [the yarn from] the ball double, and twist it

93 (a) sos vretèno i se pletè čoràpo sos ɤ pettè ìgli

with the spindle, and you knit the sock with the five needles.

94 (a) i ednàta i se kàra po tovà kato onì čètiri sa f čoràpo

One of them goes around this while the [other] four are with the sock

95 (a) i ednàta eli kato pletèš i drùgata se izmɤ̀ca i tekà

You knit with the one, and pull [loops] through with the other, and there it is.

97 (RA) i na kràja

And at the end?

98 (a) i na kràja čoràp stàne

At the end it becomes a sock.

99 (GK) a čoràp

And the sock …

100 (RA) čoràp stàne

It becomes a sock.

101 (GK) a tùka a tùka kàk go zavɤ̀rtaš tovà

… [what happens] here, and here? How do you turn this part?

102 (a) petàta li

[You mean] the heel?

145 (a) sedènk'a na vèčer kato se səbèrat momčèta momìčeta

A work bee – in the evening the boys and girls gather together,

146 (a) i sedenk'ùvat rabòtat kojà pletè kojà predè

and they sit around and work. One knits, another one spins,

Kruševo 3

4 (a) təč’èm pl’et’èm

We weave, we knit –

Srebŭrna 1

106 (a) mumàta kakòt ìma tàm dàr:tu kəkòtu e šìla kòtu e plèli

[to see] the gifts the bride has [made], what she has sewn, what she has knitted,

107 (a) tàm čəršèvi kuvertùri šìti pl’èteni kwòt ìmə slòženu enɤ̀ vɤ̀rva

Sheets, bedding, [all sorts of handwork] sewn and knitted, [all] displayed on a line

Stakevci 4

96 (f) nè.znam kvì smo bilì tò glùpavi čovèci

I don’t know what sort of silly folk [we were, but]

98 (f) ne smò se setìli da si ispletèmo čeràpe smo plèli i klàšn’e

we didn’t figure out how to knit them. We did knit socks, and homespun.

129 (f) i ozgòr suknò i tòj ama nìkoj nè e umejàl

and on top, the tunic, and that’s it. But nobody knew how

130 (f) da si ispletè sɤ̀k kvè vanèle pletù ot ə vḷ̀nu

to knit for themselves. Now they knit all sorts of pullovers from wool

133 (f) mì ùmemo da si pletèmo ama nìkoj se nè e sečàl

We know how to knit, but nobody ever figured it out.

Stančov Han 1

51 (a) b’èli xùbәvi tò sigà e mlәd’èžә n’è znài dә prid’è

nice and white. But now young people don’t know how to spin,

52 (a) n’è dә pri plit’è dè [laughter] r’àtku sә d’èt si znàjәt [laughter]

nor to knit. [laughter]. It’s rare [laughter]. that any [of them] know [laughter].

Stančov Han 2

4 (TD) tì pletèše li ednò vrème pletèše l’

Did you used to knit in the old days? Did you knit?

5 (b) plit’àx

I used to knit.

7 (b) plit’àx prid’àx təčàh

I used to knit, I used to spin, I used to weave.

Šumnatica 3

236 (b) perprìdəš tugàvə pək še go plit’èš džuràpe svà nvà

You twist the strands, and then you knit it into socks, this or that –

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