英语访谈对话 372 Knitting

 　　Adrienne: So we just had Christmas and I see your knitting bag is out, did you knit anything for anyone for Christmas?

　　Vivian: I started to knit for my granddaughters, but time caught up with me and I was making for them a poncho¹ which consisted of two pieces, two oblong pieces which I will put together and make a poncho.

　　Adrienne: That sounds pretty I think, but what will it look like when it's finished? Can you describe it?

　　Vivian: A poncho is sort of like a shawl, only it is closed. You can wear it like a sweater. You pull it over your head but you don't have any arms. You just have the shawl affect.

　　Adrienne: Oh, I've seen those. Those are actually quite popular now. So what colors did you make?

　　Vivian: I made a mixture of sand colors that's tan and browns and darker browns, sort of a mixture. It's a nice pretty soft yarn² in the same colors. It just blends in.

　　Adrienne: Oh, sounds great. I'm sure your granddaughter will love that. What else did you start to make?

　　Vivian: Well, I wanted to make also, I bought some ponchos³ and I started to put an edging around them but with crocheting⁴, but it didn't look right.

　　Adrienne: What's crocheting?

　　Vivian: Crocheting is another needle, single needle, that you stick into the wool, and use a thread and you pull it through and you can make decoration on anything that you have knitted, only you use a different needle, and a different method of decoration, but it didn't look right so I pulled it all out and it was fun trying out those things.

　　Adrienne: So when will you finish the, all of these projects do you think? Do you have a deadline?

　　Vivian: Yes, I do, very shortly, I'm almost through

1 poncho   

n.斗篷，雨衣

参考例句：

• He yawned and curled his body down farther beneath the poncho.他打了个呵欠，把身子再蜷拢点儿，往雨披里缩了缩。
• The poncho is made of nylon.这雨披是用尼龙制造的。

2 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。

3 ponchos   

n.斗篷( poncho的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The men cast off their packs, withdrew their ponchos and set up their pup tents again. 大家扔下了背包，取出了雨披，把小帐篷重又架了起来。 来自辞典例句

4 crocheting   

v.用钩针编织( crochet的现在分词 )；钩编

参考例句：

• She sat there crocheting all day. 她整天坐在那里用钩针编织东西。 来自互联网
• The crafts teacher is skillful in knitting,crocheting,embroidery,and the use of the hand loom. 手工艺教师善于纺织、钩编、刺绣和使用手摇织布机。 来自互联网