Sivo i ženstveno / Grey and feminine

Kad netko non stop plete, kao ja, stvarno je neugodno da dođe zima, a da netko u mojoj obitelji mora kupit kapu. Sad je ispalo da jedina koju još nisam ukapila je moja mama, što je vrlo ironično jer ona ne samo da me rodila, nego me i naučila plesti.
To ćemo svakako ispravit do sljedeće zime, a u međuvremenu, ova je kapa išla mojoj svekrvi:

When someone knits all the time, like I do, it's really embarrassing if the winter comes, and someone in my family has to buy him or herself a hat. It turns out the only one I didn't "put under a hat" is my mum, which is ironic 'cause she not only gave birth to me, but also taught me how to knit.
I'll be sure to correct this by next winter, and in the meantime, here's a hat I made for my mother in law:

Jako je slatka i efektna s ovim mašnicama (koje autorica patterna zove leptirići), mislim da je idealna mustra ako želite isplesti kapu za neku djevojčicu (naravno, u stereotipnoj pink boji). Fast knit, što no bi se reklo.

It's really cute with these bows that the author calls butterflies, and I think it's an ideal pattern if you want to make a hat for a little girl (of course, in stereotyped pink). A fast knit, one would say.


Inače, Dalmatinci u pravilu nose kape i rukavice samo na zimovanje. Kad me vide u punoj opremi, redovito komentiraju "di sam se tako zabundala", iako je vani, npr. 2 stupnja i jaka bura.
Danas je, za naše pojmove, led ledeni, zovu i snijeg. I čujem ženu u dućanu kako govori "ja sam se obukla ko da sam u Sibiru". Znatiželjno se okrenem da vidim šta je ona to obukla: uz zimsku jaknu stavila je čak i - šal!

By the way, people here in Dalmatia wear their hats and gloves only when they go skiing. When they see me "fully equipped", I get comments "where are you going bundled up like that?", even if the outside temperature is around 2 degrees Celsius (35F) with a cold wind.
Today is icy cold by our standards, and we're expecting snow. This morning I heard a woman in a store saying "I'm dressed like I'm in Siberia". Curious as I am, I turned around to see what she was talking about: atop a winters jacket she had on her  - a scarf!