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Between celebrating Easter...
Between celebrating Easter…
…then Greek Easter ( a week later) and getting ready for May 1, I managed to release my neon yellow Half Lemon Pi Shawl and it is now available for purchase on Ravelry. I think this colorway that Lise has created ust puts a smile on my face and, boy, do we need reasons for smiling these days. I find knitting and reading help me keep a balance between work and family chores, I just wished I had…
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Test-knitting, scrappy brioche and...
Test-knitting, scrappy brioche and…
…knitting for sanity in times of international crisis is today’s topic! Today is my 8th anniversary with WordPress and I thought I should take a moment or two and let you know how I’ve been spending these last couple of weeks. Well, I finally wrote and put to testing a one-skein shawl pattern that I had actually developed during last summer. It is a mohair lace shawl and it is currently being…
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Thread will keep us together...
Thread will keep us together…
…even if we happen to stay far away; take Betta and me for example. Betta, Elisabetta Colombini, is the independent yarn dyer/spinner/ knitting pattern author bettern known as “Le Tinte del Bosco”. We have never been together in the same place, yet we are so close in spirit, we think and feel alike, we use the Internet to video-call and we share good (or bad) news. We enjoy being together like…
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A way to help...
A way to help…
those affected by the wildfires in Greece during the past week: all incoming sales of the Apokal’okairo Shawl pattern will go to the Hellenic Red Cross for their relief. Clicking on the link below the photos should take you to my Ravelry Pattern page. This is a sad summer for Greece. Thank you in advance. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/apokalokairo
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OPERATION DESTASH - ABBREVIATIONS
OPERATION DESTASH – ABBREVIATIONS
Surprise! No abbreviations needed for the Greek vesrsion, as everything is explained in Greek wihout any abbreviations! Happy knitting!
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Let's cast on!
Let’s cast on!
You will need yarn as mentioned in my previous post and Size 5mm needles. Here are the instructions in English and Spanish: Now, here you have the instructions in Greek: In a future post I will give you details and further instructions, so you can knit up this easy-peasy boomerang-shaped shawl! Stay tuned! PS. You can read all about abbreviations (in all 3 languages) in my next post!
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No pattern knitting...
No pattern knitting…
…is a great idea when you A) can’t pay much attention to your project, because you are paying attention to a TV show OR B) have lots of yarn leftovers you want to use but they aren’t enough for a structured, written pattern. It happens to me all the time and I bet it happens to you, too. So, I decided to share my “recipe” for one of those projects that keep my hands busy when I watch TV or read…
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The importance of being ...
The importance of being …
…consistent in how we use the written word in a knitting pattern is frequently neglected and this can lead the reader/knitter to many a confusing situations. Well, as you may have guessed, today’s post is going to be about the frustrations I have faced when knitting from a pattern that was poorly translated from one language to the other. Don’t get me wrong; I am not going to judge. I know…
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Sweater weather...
Sweater weather…
…is finally here! It is snowing today, yes, snowing! This is a rare phaenomenon here in Piraeus, I mean we live by the sea and Greece is a southern country after all, but, yes, today, we woke up to see snow falling and this is so wonderful! I am going to wear my very warm Worsted Boxy Sweater (pattern by Joji Locatelli) and go out for a short walk in the snow. I used Malabrigo Worsted held…
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An improvised recipe...
An improvised recipe…
… that I thought you may enjoy, too! I guess you stay at home a lot these days, certainly more than you did in the past, due to the pandemic and the occasional lockdowns in every part of this planet. Although we, knitters, know only too well how to make the best of our staying-inside time, you’ll agree with me that we also spend a considerable amount of time in the kitchen as well! Creativity…
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Can you believe it's been...
Can you believe it’s been…
almost a year? Yet, here we are, a year after the appearance of this terrible virus, coping as best we can with our new reality. I have done a LOT of knitting these past few months (not many new patterns of my own, but I decided to take a pause and enjoy knitting some of the patterns in my Ravelry queue). Well, now I can happily say that I have finished 4 new sweaters that I can only wear at…
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Rise Up Wrap was first ...
Rise Up Wrap was first …
… released and published in 2017, in Italian, under the name La Scalinata. For three years it was available exclusively via Unfilodi and the Italian version still remains an Unfilodi exclusive pattern. Below, you can see me wearing the prototype I made using the gorgeous TréLiz yarn that Unfilodi provided for the pattern, as well as several pictures of the projects made by the Italian knitters…
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One skein shawls...
One skein shawls…
…like Kérkyra or Apokalókairo have been such a fun for me to design and knit! I am sure I speak for many a knitter when I say that we all need a beautiful, quick-to-knit project that requires just a skein of yarn, so we can use that beautiful skein we puchased on an impulse.
Well, you can take a look at both patterns on Ravelry; I tried to keep them simple, yet interesting enough to work.…
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A long, hot summer...
A long, hot summer…
…and a strange one, too, I must add, this summer 2020 has been especially busy, as I found myself teaching until July 20, before I could take a few days off with my family. This has been a hard year, it still is, for all of us in every corner of this planet, but, as usual, my knitting helped me cope with hardship.
Early June, we went out of “lockdown mode” in Greece, but we were too busy…
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Did I write a week? Well, apparently...
Did I write a week? Well, apparently…
…I meant a month or so later, but here I am again. Adjusting. At least, trying to adjust to a situation that I really wish had never come up. I’m sure you’re all with me on this. Covid-19 has taken us all by surprise if not by terror. I am not going to bombard you with comforting phrases about how much time we now have as knitters to finish projects and enjoy knitting as much as we can. I know I…
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It's been a few months since...
It’s been a few months since…
…my previous post and I don’t know how many of you, knitters and friends out there, are still interested in reading my posts. It’s totally my fault, of course, as I have been hibernating for quite some time, but it certainly wasn’t intentional on my part. I will tell you all about it in a while.
In August, right after presenting The Peace Trilogy, my pattern Iria Beach Sockscame up and I am so…
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Early Release means ...
Early Release means …
…you get to purchase the pattern at an extra special price, right? Right!
Its name means “gracious” and hopefully you can see why. It is light and airy; it is an extremely quick knit, which makes it the perfect project for a last-minute gift. The lace motif is so easy to memorize, you will be happy to take it with you as a vacation project! The side eyelet border is not only decorative; it adds…
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