Knitiot Savant

Happy Halloween!

Hope you all have a wonderfully spooky and treat filled Halloween!

(Guess who Boogie is dressed as.  Come on!  It's easy!)

Eye Candy Friday

Have a great weekend!

Betrayal

Dear Blog,

There is no easy way to say this.  I have been unfaithful to you.  I posted a partially finished project on Ravelry before I posted it here.  On you. 

I never thought this would happen.  I have loyally put pictures of my crappy knitting on you for over 2 years now but I was seduced.  Seduced by Ravelry's mad organizational tools.  Seduced by it's oh-so-easy little notebook feature which puts all my projects in one place.  I know, I know.  These are pathetic excuses but it was a momentary weakness.  I swear it will never happen again.

As atonement I offer you what I'm sure you will see as sloppy seconds.  Here's the project I posted:
It's Fantine and, since putting it up on Ravelry I haven't worked on it at all.

Promise. 

This will never happen again.  Trust me.  You will be first in all things posty.  I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me.

Love

K.S.

Weekend of Historical Significance

We had a wonderful weekend.  Friday night was Bunko and I won a prize with the most number of Bunkos.  Yeah me!   Guess all those years spent playing D & D are finally paying off.   I walked away with a cute mug and a gift card to Starbucks. 

Saturday we drove over to North Augusta to see this.  Very cool, huh? 

No knitting accomplished though I did manage to get Boogie's Halloween costume cut out.  The goal this week is to get that sucker sewn up.

This morning we're off to a pumpkin patch with friends.  Maybe we'll stop by Starbucks and use that gift card. 

Eye Candy Friday

Have a great weekend everyone!

In which I am insomnia's b**@h

nataliedee.com

This is my morning.  Thanks for the link, Melody!

Monday....like ya do.

We had a full weekend.  We skipped ballet Saturday so that Big B could go to his first fencing tournament.  It was USC's Chicken Challenge and we had a lot of fun.  The results haven't been posted yet but Big B did alright for an old guy. 

As much waiting as we had to do Saturday, you'd think I'd have gotten some knitting in  Oh, I had a sock with me but Boogie and I kept ourselves busy watching the bouts and practicing our own smooth fencing moves.

Watch out folks!  We have a future Olympian right here!

Actually, the whole tournament inspired me to get off my fat ass, brush the rust off my own epee and hit the strip.  I'll start lessons in the coming weeks and you just might see me wheezing my way through a tournament one day.  As long as it doesn't cut into my knitting time.

Knitter's Coffeswap Three Questions

Here's the skinny!

1. Whole bean or ground?  Ground.  I'm incredibly lazy.

2. Fully-loaded or decaf?  Fully-loaded although I should probably go to decaf.

3. Regular or flavored?  Regular!  I like flavored creamers but I'm really picky about flavored coffees.

4. How do you drink your coffee?  Sugar and half & half.  (Can't use artificial sweeteners at all.)

5. Favorite coffee ever?  Wow.  I'm a sucker for the Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks.  I know, it's not really a brand of coffee but I just love the heck out of that drink.

6. Are you fussy about your coffee or will any old bean do?  I'm not too picky.  I like to try new coffees.  (Fair trade is always appealing though.)

7. Favorite treats to have with your coffee?  Biscotti!

8. Anything else about your coffee preferences?  I really detest Seattle's Best coffee.  Ick.

9. Yarn/fiber you love?  I love sock yarn, Koigu, Noro but I also love discovering new yarns.

10. Yarn/fiber you hate?  Acryllic, fun fur and most novelty yarns.

11. What's on your needles?  A sock, Glee and Fantine.  (If you have a Ravelry account I'm, you guessed it, Knitiotsavant.)

12. Favorite colors?  Black, purple and fall colors.  I've been digging pink lately too, though.

13. Allergies?  Nope. 

14. Anything you really love, really don't like, or just need to get off your chest?  Nope.  This is gonna be fun!

Eye Candy Friday

More vacation foo.  Look Mom!  A new addiction!

Have a great weekend!

Overthinking

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately.  I've thought about re-working what I put on this blog.  More knitting maybe.  Less knitting and more "this is my opinion on (fill in the blank)".  I even considered scrapping the whole blog and leaving blogdom behind.  So what's the deal here?  Why all this angst over what is, in the end, simply an interactive web page?

Well, after visiting Mouse's blog and reading this, it became clear.  Go ahead, take a peek.  I'll wait.

I had a huge "DUH!" moment.  I had allowed the fun of blogging to be completely sucked out of me.  Instead I found myself feeling obligated; obligated to fill in details of my surgery/vacation/life and really, that's just silly.  Blogging should be fun and should be approached as the hobby it is, not with the "post or die" mentality  I had fallen into.  That sort of grim determination to write should be reserved for the great American novel that I'm currently working on.  (Okay.  It's not a novel.  Maybe more a novella or a pithy little short story.) 

My point is that I was taking my self too freakin' seriously on this blog and, if I turned any of you off or sounded stupid or just plain bored the shit out of you, I apologize.  And if you've stuck around after this self-important bit of crap well kudos to you and thanks!

Anyone else out there experience this?  I'd love to hear how you dealt with it.  As for me, I'm jumping back on the blog carousel of fun to enjoy to ride.