My book title “To rette en vrang. Designstrikk” literally translates to “Two knit one purl. Design knit” but the Finnish title – which I cannot pronounce – translates to “Time to Knit! Modern and classic knitting models in the style of couturiers/top designers”. I am very pleased with the title, and like the stylish front cover publishers WSOY have made. If you read Finnish, here is the description of it: wsoy.fi. On the cover is a stunning photo, taken by photographer Kim Müller of model Kari-Anne Næssø, wearing the Daisy Shrug & Cowl knitted in a beautiful shade of light jeans blue Thin Alpaca by the Norwegian company Du Store Alpakka using a 3 mm/US 2.5. I do think they loved the Finnish flag color combination of white text and a blue garment!
The Finnish language is very unlike the other Scandinavian languages, and belongs to a different language group all together: Uralic which also include Estonian and other minority languages spoken around the Baltic Sea. So I must admit there are very few Finnish words I know, but I will speedily learn more now from simply reading my own book! It will be exciting to follow how many Finnish knitters, I can attract. I would not mind a trip to design conscious Helsinki!
Congratulations! Lovely cover –
Thank you so much, Tracy! Yes, I am pleased with it!
Congratulations, I love the title in Finnish. Oh & the cover shot is wonderful.
Thank you so much! Yes, so do I. It is a beautiful shot taken at Aker Brygge/Wharf, in Oslo!
Congratulations, Linda! Let me know if you are going to Helsinki. Maybe you could visit Tallinn as well, it is very close. And I am sure you will find interested knitters/designers in Finland.
Thank you, Anna! Yes, I will let you know! I would love to visit Tallinn too! It is exciting!
Congratulations! Beautiful.
I specially like the fact that it doesn’t need to show a young girl in the cover.
PS-I’m still waiting for it to be published in english. 😉
Thank you, Luisa! I agree! I’m waiting too, but I will keep you posted 😉
Congratulations! The cover is beautiful indeed!
Thank you so much, Kessa!
Congratulations — so exciting! What a beautiful cover!
Congratulation Linda! I was so very pleased for you and excited to see you new book. Best of luck on sales, & I can hardly wait for it to be published in English so I can take a peek at your design knowledge.
M. A. Prehn
Thank you so much, Mary Ann! I hope it will be published in English too, and live in hope!
Whee! Love that cover sweater.
Thank you, Ruth! I am very pleased to hear it!
Congratulations! What a beautiful cover.
On the Finnish language: well, it isn’t a Scandinavian language. Scandinavia consists of the three countries Norway, Sweden and Denmark. It is, however, a Nordic country – along with Iceland :o)
Thank you so much! I stand corrected, I know that Finland is not a Scandinavian country, but did not manage to convey it properly in my post.
Gratulerer Linda, boka er kjempefin, så jeg skjønner godt at den selger. 🙂
Tusen takk for veldig hyggelig komplement, Kaja Marie! 😀