【英语趣味课堂】关于编织-About Knitting

When I was a little girl, I used to knit all the time. I used to knit jumpers and hats and scarves. I even used to knit little dolls sometimes: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs¹ for example.

 

When you knit with two needles you can put the thread or the wool around your needles in different ways, so that you get different patterns in the wool. So in this picture for example, you have two different stitches. The one on the left is called "rib² stitch" and the one on the right is called pearl stitch. Yesterday I started to knit a scarf for myself. The wool is dark green and it's in rib stitch. Until today I've knitted four balls of wool, but I think I will need ten all together, because it is going to be a very big scarf to help keep me warm this winter.

 

学习内容：

 

all the time

 

When I was a little girl, I used to knit all the time. 

If you do something 'all the time' it means that you do it frequently. Notice the following:

 

You are on the phone all the time now.

Some days I feel like I am eating all the time.

jumpers

 

I used to knit jumpers and hats and scarves, and little dolls sometimes. 

In this case 'jumper' refers to a sweater that you put on over your head. This is a British English term. Notice the following:

 

My grandmother made me this jumper when I was 20 years old.

Don't forget to bring a jumper. It gets a little cold at night.

different patterns in the wool

 

You can put the wool around your needle different ways, so you get different patterns in the wool. 

A 'pattern' is something like a design or decoration. In the example it says that by moving the wool in different was around your needle you can make different designs. Notice the following:

 

The diagrams at the beginning of the book teach your how to make different patterns in the wool.

Before you start your first project you should practice making different patterns in the wool.

balls of wool

 

Until today, I've knitted four balls of wool, but I think I will need ten altogether. 

One type of measurement for knitting is the amount of wool or yarn³ that you will use to complete a project. A 'ball of wool' is one unit of the woolen⁴ yarn or string that will use made into the shape of a ball. Notice the following:

 

Cats can spend hours playing with balls of wool.

You will need about 9 balls of wool to make this sweater.

to help keep me warm this winter

 

It is going to be a very big scarf to help keep me warm this winter. 

Something that 'keeps you warm' protects you from the cold weather. An example of this is a blanket or a jacket. Notice the following:

 

You can put more blankets on the bed to help keep you warm at night.

An extra pair of socks will help to keep you warm on cold days.

1 dwarfs   

n.侏儒，矮子（dwarf的复数形式）vt.（使）显得矮小（dwarf的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• Shakespeare dwarfs other dramatists. 莎士比亚使其他剧作家相形见绌。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The new building dwarfs all the other buildings in the town. 新大楼使城里所有其他建筑物都显得矮小了。 来自辞典例句

2 rib   

n.肋骨，肋状物

参考例句：

• He broke a rib when he fell off his horse.他从马上摔下来折断了一根肋骨。
• He has broken a rib and the doctor has strapped it up.他断了一根肋骨，医生已包扎好了。

3 yarn   

n.纱，纱线，纺线；奇闻漫谈，旅行轶事

参考例句：

• I stopped to have a yarn with him.我停下来跟他聊天。
• The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber.纤维是纱的基本结构单元。

4 woolen   

adj.羊毛(制)的；毛纺的

参考例句：

• She likes to wear woolen socks in winter.冬天她喜欢穿羊毛袜。
• There is one bar of woolen blanket on that bed.那张床上有一条毛毯。