From Canada

[Shandeh]

You know French is the second most difficult language to learn, just after chinese language. So, when you understand and say some words, it's great. A good practive for you, knit with a French pattern. You translate with a Web translator....

Whoa! That would be HARD!
I have to use the translator when reading Poirot mysteries by Agatha Christie.
So many times, she types his thoughts and spoken responses in French, and doesn't bother translating.

[CraftyDianne]

Also from Canada (Hamilton, Ontario) and new to knitting and KAL's. I found my yarn at a local Zellars and have practiced enough gauge swatches to finally get the right gauge (4.5mm for me) so all set to begin.

[labrige]

Salut à toutes les tricoteuses-crocheteuses canadiennes ! Et même aux tricoteurs et crocheteurs .... Oui, il doit y en avoir !
Crochet or knit is not necessary a feminine activity : in French, you can hear and see the difference betwen the female and male words .... and, what a pity, not in English !
About the "canadian french accent", I heard recently that the canadian prononciation is very near from the old norman (from Normandie) way of speaking, and some local specialists are studying your local expressions to "reconstruc" our old norman ...
I can read quite fluently classic English (from England, and a few from America) but it's sometimes difficult to understand short abbreviations, like "ktog", if they are not in a technical contest. Familiar speaking, mispellings and slang are really difficult ... but I try to read out and hear what is the nearest possible ...
Yes, the best way is immersion ..... and these CAL and KAL are good opportunities ! (in French, I'll propose CALC : crocheter au long cours, and TALC : tricoter au long cours)

[Kaleigh]

Also from Canada (Hamilton, Ontario) and new to knitting and KAL's. I found my yarn at a local Zellars and have practiced enough gauge swatches to finally get the right gauge (4.5mm for me) so all set to begin.

I expressed my love for Hamilton to a user from Stoney Creek, but she doesn't like Hamilton very much So... Hamilton! Awesome! I love Hamilton! Welcome! Exclamation marks!

[Shandeh]

Also from Canada (Hamilton, Ontario) and new to knitting and KAL's. I found my yarn at a local Zellars and have practiced enough gauge swatches to finally get the right gauge (4.5mm for me) so all set to begin.

I expressed my love for Hamilton to a user from Stoney Creek, but she doesn't like Hamilton very much So... Hamilton! Awesome! I love Hamilton! Welcome! Exclamation marks!

Kaleigh...you're so funny!

[Kaleigh]

Kaleigh...you're so funny!

I was pretty hyper this morning, all hopped up on tea and excited for the launch

[Shandeh]

I was excited too! Had trouble going to sleep last night, and then slept until 10:30!!!

[Girlshockeymom]

Knitting at the rink!

[lialab]

[quote="labrige"]Salut à toutes les tricoteuses-crocheteuses canadiennes ! Et même aux tricoteurs et crocheteurs .... Oui, il doit y en avoir !

Salutations aux tricoteuses/crocheteuses françaises. Surement qu'il doit y avoir des tricoteurs mais avec tous ces pseudos on ne sait pas où ils se cachent . Je ne sais pas trop pour les accents, mais il est vrai que ça pourrait s'apparenter avec l'accent de normandie. Personnellement, Il paraîtrait que mes ancêtres viendraient de Normandie. à suivre... Comment trouvez-vous les premiers indices ?

[labrige]

Le début du KAL est prometteur : avec les gabarits, on a une petite idée de la répartition des formes ....
Pour le KAL, cela peut être n'importe quoi pour le moment !
Pour le fun, j'ai demandé à Google traducteur de me dire ce que signifiait "knitter" et sans hésiter, c'est "tricoteuSE" qui est sorti !!!
Il y a un post francophone sur la partie CAL de ce forum
Avec le décalage horaire les conversations seront des doubles monologues !
Je retourne à mon crochet avant de cuisiner le déjeuner, et je prépare mon tricotage pour ce soir devant la télé : bien plus facile de tricoter que de crocheter sans regarder