Once again it's been awhile since my last post. I was feeling guilty about it until I took some time to visit some of my favorite knitting blogs only to find that at least 50% of them are at least as bad as I have been. It's a shame too because I really enjoyed the peek into their lives, or at the very least, their knitting bags.
I started blogging because I found it to be a way to connect with other knitters and since I was reading their blogs, it seemed unfair not to expose my own life when they were giving so much of theirs. It also provides a venting mechanism when something angers me, a way to share sorrow when personal or more universal tragedies occur and especially the happy moments when you are so filled with elation that you want to shout from rooftops. The blog is there.
So I'm going to jump in again and see if I can't get things started. It's not that I haven't been knitting, although admittedly I haven't finished much, but our lives get so complicated at times that we forget the simple habits that once brought us comfort, support, encouragement and joy, like blogging.
Since this is a knitting blog, let's talk about knitting. For the 4th year I made a scarf for the Red Scarf Project. Created for the Orphans Foundation of America, scarves are made for former foster care children who are now in college. The scarves are a way of showing them that people care about and support them. Although it's too late to donate a scarf this year, December 15 was the deadline, it's not too late to make a monetary contribution to this wonderful project. Unfortunately, I was so anxious to send the scarf away that I forgot to take a photo. Use your imaginations though, I used a basketweave pattern very similar to this one Basketweave Scarf.
I used Plymouth Encore yarn in red of course.
I'm going to end this now and actually post it. But there will be more to come soon, hopefully before Christmas, but just in case I don't - Have a blessed and merry Christmas.
