Vap’oria is a versatile scarf/shawl with an original shape, that you can easily knit at any gauge and any size, using the yarn that suits you best! I knit the prototype using Treliz sock yarn in two colorways: 1 skein of variegated, multicolored yarn (Labradorite) and 1 skein in a matching semi-solid color (Do Me). …
Are you a novice knitter struggling with increases and decreases and wondering if there is a way to assimilate all this stuff and actually make something useful out of it? Well, these patterns are meant for you. When working on the basic version, you’ll do your knits and purls and distinguish between garter st and …
How about purchasing any one of my patterns at a really special discount? Well, now you can do it and the offer is valid until July 25! You just go to my Ravelry Store, browse among 62 fully tested and well-edited patterns, make a choice and add the pattern(s) of you choice to your cart! A …
...is my second pattern in the series meant to initiate Brioche knitting to hesitant knitters. In fact, it’s the …”sequel” to Briochelle Cowl, since it is based on the same Half – Brioche stitch pattern as the one used in the cowl. What’s the point in applying the same stitch pattern again? Well, I have …
I love Brioche Stitch, who doesn’t? Many years ago, I even created a whole sweater in Brioche Stitch … to give away to a friend; yes, I know, what was I thinking of? Back in those days, long ago before the Internet, in Greece where I live and create, we hadn’t even heard of the …
... remains a never-ending source of inspiration for new forms and shapes, new stitch patterns, new creations! Take a look at these gorgeous summer colors and you'll agree with me: they are so happy and bright you can't resist from smiling! Well, that's exactly what I want you to do, as I am working on …
„Agora’ – ΑΓΟΡΑ“ is what I love in Greece. The word means more than just the market.
Agora was the place people met to talk politics, trade goods, negotiate business, manage the city affairs, worship the Gods, get entertainent, gossip.
Agora was the place of interaction, of sharing information, of arguing, of gaining money and influence.
Agora was the place of the orators, the philosophers, the politicians, the merchants, the priests, the citizens, the customers.
Agora was the place of life, of here and now.
The concept has survived over the centuries.
Around Athenas street, at the heart of the Athens market, you encounter the same spirit.
You do not just go there to get a better bargain, buy, pay, go; you go there to talk, to trade rumors, to feel the pulse of the city, the satisfaction or discontent of the citizens, the non specialist’s suggestions on how to…
View original post 238 more words
...to keep us knitting along during July, 2016! V’otsala is the Greek word for “sea pebbles” and I tried to capture the moment the sea caresses these pebbles… Yes, the yarn color was what inspired me in the first place, but so was the need for a light, ethereal shawl with a new shape and …
What? Again? I can almost hear you say that, you know, but today's post is mostly about color inspiration! I know, I created these #bougainville_mkal posters featuring the hot fuchsia red color of the bugainvillea flowers of the tree in my veranda and, yes, the yarn I'll use for the MKAL is of the same …
...is still on, yes, oh yes... My excuse is that these days are full of teaching and swatching and writing and editing...(the list has no end, really), so I have to squeeze it in between these activities... I also have a principle when it comes to de-cluttering: it applies not only to the actual house, …
...but you can still get your Bougainville pattern at an extra earlybird price and join quite a large number of MKALers in my Ravelry group. We plan to make this MKAL as fun as possible for us, knitters, and also give away some worthy presents: yarn, patterns and knitters' goodies are in order and you …
Photo: Holiest mother (Panagi’a) icon with ex votos and talismans. An ancient custom still in use in contemporary Greece. Photo credit: Christoph Ziegler Leave Your Crisis in Greece: w… Πηγή: Greece as a challenge!
lacengarterknits.com 