Welcome to the.republic.of.me
This is a vlog / journal /podcast about making things.
My name is Ivana, I'm an artist and I live on an island in the Mediterranean with my husband, our two sons, and quite a few animals.
Knitting, spinning, painting and growing a garden are part of my everyday life, so documenting this journey feels like a good way to share the things that I do, take time to focus on raw beauty of simplicity , while at the same time keeping myself organized and accountable.
Thank you for taking your time to visit the channel and I hope you enjoy it.
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Visiting friend in Cyprus at the moment and was hoping to bump into you ! The people here are so friendly, the fruit is literally falling off on the pavements, the sea is magical, the food is delicious and a real treat to see traditional embroidery and lace jewelry. And yes it’s cooking hot ! Thank you for your lovely podcasts.🌸
Did I just hear you saying you used to live in NYC? Ha. I live in Queens, NY. Hope your stay here was a good one.
I like your scarves. They’re so useful either bunched up around your neck or opened up to full width and draped around your shoulders. 89 is 17 is 8. I get it. I get it. 😂 Thank you for such a nice visit.
What a neat experience to see Tom Jones!!! I love your scarves, Ivana! I have some alpaca that I had no clue as to what I wanted to make with it and now I know! Thank you. 🌸🌼🌻💙
I feel so blessed to be able to sit in my living room in Kansas City, MO, USA and be able to see Tom Jones performing in Cyprus!! Thank you for taking the time to share. I love the adventure of it all!! ❤❤❤ BTW, I'm knitting while I watch it! WhooHoo!!!
No worries about a/c sounds--it is hot and you don't need to melt for us 😉. Brave to put on that sweater! Love your candor (as always) and the tangents are perfect: exactly what happens in casual conversations with friends...Thanks for sharing with us , Ivana.
What a Nice podcast Ivana ! I have a lot to share ! IT is so important to take the opportunities that life throws AT us. We Never know what the futur Will bring. I had a dream of living in Egypt, because I'm obsess with it's history. So I did study egyptology , went to live in Paris, met my husband Who was an egyptologist and we Lived on Egypt, a fantastic ( AT Times very challenging ) life. Then, I got MS and my hubby died AT 44 years old. I came back to Canada. I don't have regret, I had the life I wanted. I always Tell Everyone to go and chase their dreams ! Don't Wait. I clearly understand the wave of hot air !!!! Even in the house , IT was sometimes so hot ! The AC wasn't able to cool down huge open Room. I remember saying AT the END of october, OMG it's only 39 degrees today 😂😂😂 Now, in Québec we died if it's 39 !!!! And I Do like this Side of you with the numbers. Mine are 4 and 13. Thanks for another very Nice podcast. It's really entertaining that you mix IT all together , vidéos of your life and knit. Take care !!!
Ivana who wouldn’t want to live with Harry on your beautiful island? 😜. Love a good smooshy film 🙏🏻😻. Swap the Uk for Cyprus, maybe at a cooler time of year. Us brits hopeless in the heat 😂xx
Hi Ivana, your scarves are beautiful, I really enjoy garter stitch, so therapeutic to knit. I’m just the same with numbers, particularly even ones so 4 and 8 are favourites. Mind mind is full now of all the combinations of yarn I could use to knit garter scarves. Thank you for another lovely video. 😊❤️
The feeling of the hot air washing over you is so familiar. I am from Denmark originally, 4 seasons, mild summer about 25C on rare occasions more. At least from what I remember. Then I moved to the States, and I'm experiencing summers there are 40+C, and it's just too hot. So I am more or less only outside when I need to water my garden, other than that I live in the AC while I dream of winters. In summer, I more or less hibernate, and wake up when the cold hit. Love the big scarfs! I always knit them together in the bottom to make an infinity scarf, but maybe next time, I will just bind off and see how i like it. Can always sew them together if I don't enjoy it like that.
You are an inspiration. I love your knitting. When you said you did simple stitches, I told my husband… I can do that! Thank you.
Love your channel. Your creativity and genuineness in your conversations with this community is a treasure. Tom Jones footage made me remember some good times. Thank you.
Ha, I use multiples of 9! I thought I was alone...! 😂❤
Thank you so much Ivana for answering my questions from your last episode. I am inspired with your blog and am always looking forward to the next one!
Hi from California! Thank you so much for sharing your Tom Jones concert, love him! Your walk about town and putting on that wool sweater in the heat of the summer! It’s beautiful as well as your shawl. Blessings
Hello Ivana! Love the scarf that you knit. What is the length of this scarf ? I was looking for a simple projet and I found it while watching your videos. Have a good day and thank you for your your vidéo, so interesting…. ❤ Elise from Quebec
Beautiful scarfs and raglan. Love these vlogs💕💕💕
I always enjoy your podcast. I grew up in Oklahoma and my Grandfather grew okra every year. We would cut them into half inch slices and coat it with cornmeal and fry it in crisco shortening. It was so good and crispy. You can also pickle it whole.
Your work is just beautiful! Thank you for sharing such simple and elegant things🤩i can’t wait to knit your lovely scarfs ❤what inspiration 😇
I just finished my first in and out raglan. The only adjustment I needed to make was increase a little more in the arms of the yoke😂 after it was done I realised it wasn’t really necessary but I wasn’t taking any chances with it not fitting my menopausal upper arms😂 I enjoyed the simplicity of your explanations. It’s a great recipe. I made it in a soft acrylic yarn simply because in South Africa, even though it’s winter it’s really warm during the day. I’ll probably try it in a silk/cotton blend next. Thank you for sharing it with us🌺
You are so very brave to try your jumperand scarf in the heat !!! I do not hear the air conditionner at all so please don't turn it off for our sake. Have a good week !
Here in Central Texas we have a lot of okra as well. Our favorite is to slice it lengthwise in quarters and roast it with a little olive oil, salt and pepper. It's crispy like chips. Takes just a few minutes in the air fryer and doesn't heat up the house.
Smaller ones!
I could not sleep. Was so happy to see your video pop up! Thank you! I will start knitting garter scarfs! I have a cone of baby alpaca, and I think I will try that! Maybe I can make s allergy ones for Christmas! 👍❤️❤️❤️
I so needed this peaceful vlog. I’m sitting with my husband in his rehab facility. This was a welcome diversion. I would love a series of videos on the raglan recipe! Your shawl is stunning. Oh I do some bead work jewelry and my dad gave me an extra little fishing lure box. It is clear plastic and has little compartments perfect for beads. Your okra- do you pan stew it with tomatoes? Tell me you don’t boil it 😂- I just finished my first purl soho half and half triangle shawl - what a labor of love! I think shawls and wraps are equal in my mind. I would call my half and half a schlanket! Ginormous!! Thanks again ! You brought much peace and joy to a rather tense life I have at the moment. Much love to you always❤
Hello dear you are creative queen, I was losing hair and it had become dramatically thin, my GP had me do some tests and I had some abnormal values, he prescribed me the treatment and now my hair has definitely improved, I too have changed shampoo and do a mask with castor oil and other hair oils that she prepared for me in the herbalist's shop. Thanks for the time you dedicate to the videos❤❤
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Hair loss for me as well. I just wanted to give you some ideas for jewelry making containers. Try looking where they sell fishing supplies. They have plastic boxes that have little compartments and some even have the ability to move the dividers to the size of areas you need. They are similar to the pill caddies that are weekly or monthly. I hope I am making a clear picture for you. Love seeing you again and it’s always a pleasure to catch up with you.
thanks Cricket ❤️
I would love a series of videos on your In & Out Raglan. Your videos are so loved & appreciated.✨💛✨
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Your woven shawl is absolutely beautiful, gorgeous!!!!!!
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Yay! Another video ❤ so happy you decided to make them every week. Even tho my lifestyle if completely different from yours, it is still so interesting to watch your videos and see your garden and pieces of your home. Thank you❤
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I always love your vlogs. It’s a relaxing atmosphere. As far as new knitters wanting to learn from you I believe your mellowness and the fact that you knit continental style makes for a wonderful vlog. See ya next week 😆
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Interesting and inspirational yet again!! Thank you so much Ivana 🙏❣️🧶❣️🙏
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BE CAREFUL WITH BIOTIN!!!! Biotin will cause bloodwork you might have done to give false/incorrect results. Tell your doctor you are taking it anytime they order blood tests. The doc may make you stop taking biotin for a few weeks before they try to do the tests. I found out the hard way. 😫
thank you for letting me know ❤️
@@therepublicofme you are welcome. No one likes to have blood tests repeated if you can avoid it. Ugh! 💉🩸
Hi Ivana,if you are looking for storing parts for your jewellery making, good place is hardware store. You will find plastic boxes with small compartments and clip on lid
you are absolutely right.... I got some and they are perfect. Thank you for letting me know ❤️
yes please for some videos that show us how you knit/crochet, sometimes it's very helpful to see how you go about some of your creations :) Thank you in advance !
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Castor oil … 💗💗💗
Cool tshirt
I always enjoy the music you put in your videos.
Glad to hear that ❤️
Thanks for the vlog. I'm inspired by your gardening. Love the sunglasses. Di you mind sharing I tried to look up but not sure. Tom Ford, Dior, Gresso Dalida ? Are they polarized? Thanks
The glasses are not any of the high end brands... I believe I got them from Asos a while ago ❤️
Hi Ivana, I’ve just discovered your vlog. Would love to know where you got the leather handle from as that adds a really nice touch? Many thanks 🙏
Those are not really handles, it is just leather scraps that I bought a while ago and I trimmed them to use as handles. ❤️
Usually when I see shawls on Ravelry they are either triangular or crescent shaped (my favorite), so I'm guessing that the rectangle would be a wrap. Decades ago I read a book by a woman named Paula Begoun called "Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter without Me" (apparently it's in its 8th edition now!), in which she warned against sodium lauryl sulfate in shampoo. She said sodium laureth sulfate is okay, so I have always checked labels since then. I found the thickness of my own hair in my youth to be almost unmanageable, so I have welcomed some overall thinning that has come with age/menopause. That being said, I am very skeptical of topical products and would agree with some other comments here that you might want to get your hormonal status checked and then decide what you would like to do from that standpoint. (Average age of actual menopause is around 51, but symptoms can start several years before the "event.")
Thank you for letting me know ❤️
Thanks Ivana again a very enjoyable video, looking forward to the next one
Thank you! 😃❤️
Cheering you on, love your videos ❤
Thank you so much ❤️
Ivana,it seems to me that so much of what you offer especially coming from your family room chats is not only inspiring but thought provoking/ stimulating. All of us appreciate your time and professional input. You are correct in sharing that there are a great deal of instructional videos available. Like your basket weaving sharing , you would bring is a bonding experience resulting in stimulating the art of creativity. Like so many others I was introduced to knitting , sewing, crocheting by my Mother creating an appreciation for learning a new skill a bond that has been enhanced in the past few years like you and others. Texas is a far cry from where you are and it is no longer 1945 but for me the exchange would be the same. It would be an afternoon of observing the joy one experiences in watching another process thru creating.
thank you as always for your input and thoughts. Texas, wow.... I guess you are experiencing the harshness of the summer heat just as we are here ❤️
I'm definetely cheering for weekly vlog !!!! No pressure, but would love more videos for sure. And i love these vlogs, the garden, following you , the knits and the tip. I don't know if you feel it, i guess you do, but i feel a community growing here. A sens of share between all of us. That's very nice ! I was at my garden just before watching you, and i would love to be growing okra ! Yours are beautiful ! I have lived in Egypt for many years and we had them growing there all year almost. But here alas we don't have enough heat. ( Québec City Canada). I have tried many years ! Have a great week !
I do feel the community... it's like friends getting together and sharing their experiences and thoughts, it feels so nice ❤️
Thank you for another beautiful vlog! I love okra so much! I wonder if I could grow it here in the Vegas Valley? 🤔I also loved seeing your weaving and diamond painting! I do both as well! Diamond Painting is sooo meditative! 💎 🥰
This is the first year I'm growing okra and I think it actually might do well in Vegas Valley since it loves the heat ❤️
@@therepublicofme Looks like yours are doing well. I may have to give the okra a try! It's definitely hot enough here! 💞
The woven shawl is amazing! Always such wonderful episodes. Happy creating 💚🧶💚
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The woven piece, for me, would be a lap blanket, and it’s gorgeous. Love your use of colors, I need to start to spinning more black, white and gray and add other commercial yarns into the mix. You inspire. I love how you work without patterns. Please keep videoing as often as you can. I enjoy every one🧶🇨🇦
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I love your woven wrap and your knit scarf. You do such beautiful work and inspire me with your color choices, Ivana! I also love watching Fiber Trek. Sarah is so inspiring with all of her crafts (and cooking) that she shows us. The paper marbling episode was so cool! I tried Okra for the first time a couple of years ago when we moved to Arkansas (USA), and was not all that fond of it. They mostly fry it here. Take care. 🌸🌼🌻
I'm not such a fan of okra texture either... it can be a bit slimy, but I did really like it deep fried (it tasted sweet). ❤️
Ivana thank you for another wonderful inspiring vlog. Love your weaving, knitting, gardening and all around creative makes. ❤
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