Athens Museum

Some more images from the Athens museum: Some knitting – not a lot – most of the textiles on display were embroidered or woven – and the knitting was difficult to photo in subdued lighting: Some stunningly elaborate costumes:

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Folegandros, Athens, home

I’m back home now and here are some photos of the second island we visited. In the first you can just about see the town and church on top of the cliff (safe from pirate attack). Folegandros is drier and rockier than Serifos, and the wild flowers were mostly yellow: There were some poppies: Some [...]

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Serifos 3

Sunlight & shadows: Work: Creatures: Water: More flowers: The port: The windmills: Moonlight: Moonlight before the Storm:

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Serifos 2

Thanks for the comments on recent posts! Lots of photos to post – unfortunately they’re inaccessible for the moment in iPhoto after a dramatic electrical storm a couple of nights ago destroyed the laptop charger. Work continues on the new Mughal variant – I’m on the fifth repeat at the moment, each of them is [...]

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Serifos

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Athens

I’m in Greece, and had an unscheduled day in Athens due to the national strike on Wednesday. It was a beautiful breezy sunny day. Here’s a hillside poppy and the Parthenon. I took the opportunity to visit the new Acropolis Museum – fascinating sculpture and artefacts – and empty spaces in anticipation of the return [...]

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New Post

Here’s the semi-circle – after the stranding I tried a Pi-type increase which resulted in too many stitches, then I tried another unsuccessful increase – so it’s ripped back to the stranding for the moment. A third attempt will be made soon – ish (click on the image for a bigger version). Here’s the new [...]

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Mughal

Thanks for all the comments on yesterday’s post, and apologies for the flaw in my system – I forgot that comments would go into a queue for moderation and not show up overnight….. The Knitcircus Collection has been sent out to the first ten. Here are some swatches of the pattern in different colours: The [...]

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Knitcircus

I have a new pattern in the Knitcircus Summer pattern collection, which is coming out tomorrow. It’s a striped rectangle called Mughal shawl, vaguely based on textile patterns from miniature paintings. If you’d like a copy of the Knitcircus pattern collection, please say so in the comments! – I will have 10 complimentary copies to [...]

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