Translating French knitting patterns

15 years ago

Can anyone here translate French knitting patterns? I bought a pattern while I was in Lyon a few weeks ago and my husband, who speaks French very well and attended university there, canot for the life of him translate these instructions. The pattern was lovely when made up in the shop, but without being able to translate it, I will never be able to make it.

Any help, even with phrases would be appreciated!

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shaddy101
15 years ago
Here are a couple sites for this exact thing, I am not sure if French is in this group or not, if not, contact me, I have a few more places to send you.

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/?fr=avbbf-us

http://www.crochetmemories.com/language.html
http://www.freetranslation.com/

Good luck!
sheilajoyce_gw
15 years ago
If all else fails, have him translate what he can and we can try to turn that into needlework language.
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bostonpat_gw
15 years ago
I GOOGLED "french knitting terms" and came across this site that translates french knitting terms to English.

Hope this helps!

Here is a link that might be useful: French terms translated

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