My family gave me this lovely book Winter Flowers about Swedish embroidery on nalbound mittens for my birthday. I’ve been paging through it over and over. The embroidery is so beautiful and the pictures are great for seeing the structure of the work. I need to finish translating the other books on my list, but … Continue reading Winter Flowers, Rainbows and Stuff
Slowly, I’m working on translating the Nalbinding book from the Nordiska museet. The wealth of help out there is amazing! There are really cool online tools and wonderful, wonderful people that have volunteered to help. Here are the steps I’ve been using to do the translation work. Take a photo or scan of the text. If … Continue reading Tip for Translating Books
Look what arrived today! The Nalbinding book from the Nordiska museet in Stockholm, Sweden! Yipee! Now, I’m hoping that Google translate will be my friend so I can understand the words (in Swedish) that go with these lovely, lovely pictures!!! If I understand it right, there’s even instructions on how to finish and … Continue reading And now I need to instantly learn Swedish! (So I can read an awesome Nalbinding book)
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