Hello, blog
I know it hasn’t been all that long since I last posted (5 days), but I have suddenly become very neglectful of both my blog and my blog-reading. Why is that? Ravelry.
I thought the initial addiction of adding a few things here and there and doing a whole lot of browsing was addicting — nevermind admiring how clever it all is. Then I discovered that users can “adopt” patterns / pattern sources (e.g. books, web sites) / lines of yarn and edit them — as in fill in all the detail, select pictures to highlight the yarn or pattern, etc. Now this probably sounds like no fun whatsoever to a majority of people. However, this completely appeals to my librarian instinct of cataloguing the bejesus out of things. Getting to tidy up data and make sure all the bits and bobs are there? SIGN ME UP. So I have spent way too many hours the last several days doing this.
In addition to cleaning up patterns and a few yarns, I’ve been reading the editors discussion boards. I’ve never actually been big on participating in discussion boards so it’s actually sort of weird to be in this refresh-every-30-seconds-to-see-if-something’s-new mode.
Anyway, Ravelry, definitely addicting. Definitely amazing.
I have done really boring knitting - a ballband dishcloth and a Tribble mostly because they are quick “wins” and to use up some stash. Well the Tribble needs sewing up, but that’s about 5 minutes work. I actually had started on another more plain sort of dishcloth because I am going to teach myself how to knit continental. I’m not going to correct it if it’s wonky (which it definitely will be), but I messed up the pattern so ripped it out because the perfectionist bit of me just couldn’t leave that. Because knitting in a new style is well, new, it’s like learning all over again and going so slow. It’s hard to fight the urge to just go back to English method. I know in the end though that knitting continental will be quicker.
And here’s my new pencil case. It’s a tin case with three compartments:
Ravlery: so addicting I had to add a new category to my blog.
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Comments
That is the best. Pencil. Case. Ever. :D Is it a Paperchase one? It is vvv cool anyway :)
And yes it is tough moving from English to Continental style, but it is so worth it in the end. You don’t just work more quickly, you strain your hand less and produce more accurate and even fabric :D Keep it up petal!
Posted by: Bryony | July 28th, 2007 13:21
oh my gosh, I absolutely love your three-tiered pencil case!!! I didn’t see any like that when I was looking! Look @ all the stuff you can hold! Good luck with learning Continental.
Posted by: rhoda | July 28th, 2007 18:03