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Day #16 – I simply remember my …

On 16/12/201815/12/2018 By mariazilIn In English please...Leave a comment

...favourite things and then I don't feel so bad! 1. Yarn ( oh no, really? again? oh, but take a look at these babes, well...ok) 2. The sea 3. The moments   (to be continued...) Stay tuned!!!

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Day #15 – I must say I’m impressed…

On 15/12/201814/12/2018 By mariazilIn In English please...2 Comments

...as I never expected I could make it to Day #15, yet here we are! So, what shall I write about today? Well, today, I would like to write about how I started practising Tai Chi Chuan and how this helped me overcome fatigue and stress. I know, everybody says knitting is the new yoga …

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Day #13 – Let the MKAL…

On 13/12/201811/12/2018 By mariazilIn In English please...1 Comment

...start!!! Yes, you can finally start the official MKAL knitting and, if you haven't, you can always sign up and start knitting, there is plenty of time for you to start working on that #mindlessknitting project! As you may know, a Holiday Season MKAL has become a happy habit for me; I know that knitters …

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Day #10 – Counting the days to…

On 10/12/201809/12/2018 By mariazilIn In English please...1 Comment

...the release of the first clue of the Season's MKAL and I'm so happy for this new collaboration with an Indie Yarn Dyer from Italy: Betta calls her yarn "Le Tinte del Bosco", which refers to the way she treats yarn and the natural dyes she uses to create her palette. She told me she …

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Day #8 – Reading Dickens is …

On 08/12/201808/12/2018 By mariazilIn In English please...Leave a comment

... a "must", but you know better than limiting your horizons: he has written more about Christmas than the famous "Christmas Tale" and his whole work is now Public Domain, so, just find your way to gutenberg.org and read as much as your heart wishes! My "Dickens favorite" for Christmas 2018 is from the short …

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This year I am inviting you…

On 29/11/201829/11/2018 By mariazilIn In English please...Leave a comment

...to a Holidays Season Count-down! Here is the plan I have in mind: you know how hectic these days can be, lots of things to do, especially when you are a crafter, I bet you are working on those last minute gifts, aren't you? Well, same here, so I thought if I share my pre-Holidays …

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The last MKAL for this year…

On 23/11/201823/11/2018 By mariazilIn In English please...Leave a comment

...is a garter and lace shawl, what else? It's called "Season's MKAL" and it starts on December 13, 2018.Well, after all, it is the most wonderful time of the year or should I say  the busiest one? Probably both, but knitters are multi-taskers, so, you can squeeze in another project, just for the fun of …

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Fragilità

On 04/11/201804/11/2018 By mariazilIn In English please...1 Comment

This pattern belongs to the series of “Le emozioni che nessuno vuole” (the emotions nobody wants). Sara Sol had this wonderful idea, to create special colorways for these “negative” emotions, these feelings we do our best to avoid. We know we can’t. Life is that way; so, we better deal with them, understand why they …

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The Cantaloupe Pink MKAL will soon…

On 20/07/2018 By mariazilIn In English please...Leave a comment

...be over and I am so happy that I can finally show you some pictures of my (already fnished)  prototype! I made this shawl using a mercerized cotton yarn, a Greek brand of international fame: El. D. Mouzakis' "Petalouda" -which is the Greek word for butterfly- has never disappointed me. So, there you are! Crisp …

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Tropicalia, la scelta…

On 30/06/201830/06/2018 By mariazilIn In English please...Leave a comment

... is a multi-colored thriagular shawl that will give you the chance to enjoy playing with color and work on a project that can be easily taken outdoors: in fact, I made sure both the increase rate and the eyelet pattern can be easily memorized. You will only have to look into the pattern instructions …

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Taking pictures…

On 16/05/201816/05/2018 By mariazilIn In English please...Leave a comment

...of a finished knit can be a real adventure! No, it isn't easy and yes, it s exciting! I am trying to do justice to the knit, which is the important thing, to show off the details that make it unique, so the buyer of the pattern can really know if it is what they're …

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Spring cleaning…

On 24/04/201816/05/2018 By mariazilIn In English please...Leave a comment

... can be fun, if it is all about yarn! Well, I decided I must use my stash one way or another,which means I'll knit or crochet something or I'll just swap with my friends. The thing is a crafter's closet is not the most organised place in the world, if you know what I …

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