The blog says "hello!"

hehe! My first blog and blog post! Yay! It seems to me that more and more, every knitter I know has a blog. Like its a prerequisite for knitting. I can see it now… you walk into a stark white room with a desk and a chair on either side. A very serious looking man in a white lab coat is sitting in one chair with a pen and a clipboard. You sit down. "SO, you want to be a knitter?" Do you have a BLOG?"

Part of the reason I am starting this is because I really want to join one of these secret pal thingers. You sign up to have a knit-y secret pal and you get to send them little anonymous presents in the mail and hopefully you get sent little anonymous presents in the mail. At the end, you get to find out who your buddy is and it’s all sorts of fun. Apparently, you have to have a blog that you update in weekly. I can understand this. It gives your buddy a way to find out about you so they can try and pick stuff that you might actually like. It would bite to do this and your favorite color is purple and you detest red and your secret pal, being none the wiser because of no blog, sends you a skein of red yarn. Suck-fest.

If I ever get to join one of these, just so there are no questionings, you can’t go wrong with jewel tone teals and amethysts and greens. Cool jewel tones are never wrong for me. Just a by the way, you understand. *grin*

I think that I need to invest in a digital camera here pretty soon. That way I can post photos. I mean, what good is a knitting themed blog if all you ever get are these lame ramblings and no actual pictures of what I’m working on. I ought to mention that I’m working on a few things right now…That would be good. Don’t you think?

Things I’m working on…A bunch actually when I really start thinking about it. I’d best just make a list. I like lists…

Somewhat Cowl (Knit and Tonic): I’m using Cotton Fleece in Perry’s Primrose. I cast on on the 27th of April. It’s been going really quickly. I’m already working on waist decreasing. It’s been a little problematic. I’ve adjusted practically every measurment to accomodate some flaw in the sizing according to the pattern. It’s been pretty frustrating. Why publish and sell a pattern if you can’t even take the time to test knit every size you offer and make sure that it all works out properly. All in all, I’m happy with my results (according to my adjustments) thus far.

Letter Have It: I’m knitting this one with Lamb’s Pride Worsted. The colors are Limeade with Brite Blue for the trim. I’m not knitting a leeter into the bag. It’s a gift and I"m pretty darned sure they would not appreciate the letter on the side. I’m considering however, needle-felting a pretty little leaf into the side. Not sure yet though. I need to knit the i-cord and sew it all together and felt it.

Clapotis: I’m using Noro Kureyon to knit this one. I’m almost ready to start increasing on one side and decreasing on the other. I kinda put this one down to work on the Somewhat Cowl. I will finish it though…

Mama’s Socks: I’m currently working on the feet. I’ve got the toes done. I’m frustrated with these socks because I’ve never knit a pair of socks on the same needle before and it’s confusing to keep having to untangle the yarn. Foof. As soon as I get enough length on the feet to be able to stick the balls of yarn inside the socks and knit them that way, I’ll be able to actually work on them without getting so cranky that I put them down after a round or two.

Well, I think that’s it for the time being. I’ll post about the yarn swap party I went to later. I need to go filch some pictures from the other gals who went. Yay!