popping the cherry

I'm entering the world of blogging a bit more timidly than I normally attack a new venture. It feels like a vast new world and I'm just standing on the edge hoping I don't get lost.

My mom taught me to crochet when I was a child, but I never really enjoyed it the way she did. I always, always, wanted to knit. At 31 years old, I decided it was time to teach myself. I've completed a few projects - mostly gifts - but have many more in progress.

I'm thoroughly addicted to reading knitting blogs and decided it was time I created one of my own. Besides, I think my friends and family are getting sick of listening to me go on and on about yarn and dye. It's time to put the subject where the subject belongs.

A recent episode of Knitty Gritty inspired me to try dyeing my own yarn. It was a semi-success. The one skein I had floating around that wasn't already a vivid color was a cream colored Lion Brand Wool Ease. Not enough wool to give me the vibrant Koolaid colors I was after, but something soft and rather generic. I'll be trying a new color today - can't wait!