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Between celebrating Easter…

On 25/04/202225/04/2022 By mariazilIn In English please...Leave a comment

...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 …

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OPERATION DESTASH – ABBREVIATIONS

On 09/08/2021 By mariazilIn In English please...Leave a comment

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!

On 11/04/202111/04/2021 By mariazilIn In English please...Leave a comment

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 …

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Sweater weather…

On 16/02/2021 By mariazilIn In English please...1 Comment

...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 …

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Did I write a week? Well, apparently…

On 30/03/2020 By mariazilIn In English please...Leave a comment

...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 …

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It’s been a few months since…

On 18/02/202018/02/2020 By mariazilIn In English please...3 Comments

...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 …

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Early Release means …

On 25/07/201925/07/2019 By mariazilIn In English please...Leave a comment

...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 …

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Manifesto

On 16/07/2019 By mariazilIn In English please...Leave a comment

Hi, my name is Maria (aka #lacengarter_knits) and you can see me holding the only weapons I know I have to use to make my way into the huge, wide knitters’ community: needles and yarn. Although it may seem to some that I am the privileged, white-race, straight woman (and in a sense this is …

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Tolerante has just been released…

On 06/07/2019 By mariazilIn In English please...Leave a comment

...a week earlier than I expected! I am so greateful that my wonderful group of test knitters completed the test so early (this also means it is a really quick knit, the perfect summer project). Tolerante is the second shawl pattern from the series The Peace Trilogy. Its name refers to tolerance, of cource; the …

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Day #31 – On New Year’s Eve…

On 31/12/201829/12/2018 By mariazilIn In English please...Leave a comment

...the custom is to sing The New Year's Carols to friends and family, wishing them a healthy, happy and prosperous year ahead. Protochronia (=The New Year's Day) is a very important day for us Greeks and we have many versions of New Years Carols to prove it! I want to wish you all the best …

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Day #29 – A year of patterns (Part B)

On 29/12/2018 By mariazilIn In English please...Leave a comment

As I go through my 2018 self-published patterns, I feel so blessed that I am able to do what I love and to love what I do: knitting is a very solitary occupation, even when you are surrounded by knitters you are the one in charge of your project, it is the result of your …

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Day #19 – My husband is really…

On 19/12/201819/12/2018 By mariazilIn In English please...1 Comment

...a hard person to please, when it comes to gifts. I've been buying him gifts for years, so I should know; well, he likes books and music, but then I wanted to knit a sweater for him, oh no, no, no, this will be too hot. I've made him scarves, they are lying there in …

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