Knit One, Purl Too: A Knitlog

Better late than never, item two: I ran across Kelly’s list of knitting resolutions for 2006; since I already had something like this in mind, I thought I’d write some things down so I can look back in 360-odd days and see what really happened.

It’s just like the moment when you see a ding in your new car, and though you love it in spite of the ding, you love it a little less. Your mind wanders for just a tiny moment to contemplate the next new car, because the car with the ding is now “old”. I’m thinking about new socks.

What kind of knitter am I? I hope I will be a knitter who is always learning as I knit, even if I am looking forward to finishing something and moving on. What kind of knitter are you?

It may be the one yarn I’d take to a desert island with me, and I’ve touched angora.

Now I guess I’ll have to stop haunting the EBay Wool listings and get knitting.

See? More reading and yapping than knitting. Must change that.

I went to the LYS intending to get the materials to start the Suki bag; they didn’t really have the colors Amy and I and I picked out at ThreadBear Fiber Arts, so I made a mental note to order there instead. I did, however, come away with yarn for the cute felted tote [...]