I SUCK AT BLOGGING!

Okay, it's not like anyone is reading this anyway. Really how would anyone find the few poorly written hit or miss entries worth keeping track of, but I really have the best intentions of writing a blog.

In several ways, blogging for me is kind of like knitting. About six months ago, I began organizing my yarn stash. I pull out all of the yarn I could find: most of which was still in the bags from when I had purchased it. What can I say? I love a good deal, and of course I have every intention of knitting something with it "one of these days". After pulling out all the yarn that I could find, I began finding UFO's (unfinished objects for those who don't fully know knitting speak), so I pulled out a rather large Rubbermaid container and began placing the UFO's which I really wanted to finish into it and pulling out needles and frogging those that I really knew had a snowball's chance of ever getting finished. I ended up with about 20 to 30 sets of needles from the objects that I frogged, and I even managed to wind the yarn into cakes. I had to get a second Rubbermaid container because one was not enough for all of the projects I was planning to finish. Can you tell I'm a man with commitment issues with his knitting?

After that was finished, I set out to placing the yarn into containers by fiber, e.g., wool, cotton, thread, synthetic, etc. I managed to get most of it sorted and into a container, but there is still about two containers worth to finish yet, which are still sitting on top of the packed containers: all in the middle of the den in my basement. In the interim, I've cast on "several" more projects since I have so many free needles, and have actually ended up placing a couple of those UFO's into the second container. I have no idea why the hell I bother, but Lord knows I try.

At any rate, I do manage to finish quite a few projects and have them posted on Ravelry and Men Who Knit. I've actually began an obsessive love affair with Elizabeth Zimmermann and have made two of her Baby Surprise Jackets, and am about half finished with the Tomtem Jacket. This woman amazes me and really has kind of made me somewhat more reverent with my knitting. Time will only tell how reformed I am. Oh and so will the span between this and my next blog entry.