convert a flat list to list of list in python

Normally, you want to go the other way around, like here. I was wondering how you can convert a flat list to a list of list, quasy reshaping array in python

In numpy you could do something like:

>>> a=numpy.aranage(9)
 >>> a.reshape(3,3)
 >>> a
 array([[0, 1, 2],
    [3, 4, 5],
    [6, 7, 8]])
 

I was wondering how you do the opposite, and my usual solution is something like:

>>> list
 ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f']
 >>> newList = []
 for i in range(0,len(diffe2),2):
 ...     newList.append(diffe2[i], diffe2[i+1])
 >>> newList 
 [['a', 'b'], ['c', 'd'], ['e', 'f']]
 

is there a more "Pythonic" way to do it?

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