OODLES FIRST BLOG

Welcome to my FIRST blog entry.  I'm kinda jazzed about being in touch with a bunch of knitters on a frequent basis.  Knitters are such nice people.

So...It's the week end after Thanksgiving.  What are you knitting? 

I just cleaned out my knitting bag--this knitting bag anyway. I found lots of yarn labels,  the name and number of a plumber and a rotten apple.  I did not find my stitch markers that I had hoped were in there, nor any money, which would have been a nice surprise.  I found a bunch of balls of yarn wound up for my next project.  Actually, it was yarn for my previous project before I changed my mind and decided I didn't want to make an intarsia sweater in red, purple, cream, and--wow, I can't even come up with a descriptive name of the last color of yarn--brownish orange--oh, I know--rotten apple brown.  I neither want to make the sweater nor use those colors anymore.  The challenge is to figure out what to make next--using that yarn or not using that yarn--that is the question.  I'm sure if I looked in other, older knittng bags I'd find lots of ideas I decided not to do.  Maybe I'd even find the little plastic envelope with my stitch markers.   Well, I still have one sleeve to knit and one sleeve to kind of redo (AKA rip) before I need to decide.  But isn't it nice to have at least two projects going?  Somethimes you just need to get away from a project for a while to be able to get back to it with a new perspective.  Can I live with that stupid little glitch, or should I rip it out?  Don't be too hasty.  Just pick up your other project and work on that for a while, sleep on the decision to rip or not to rip, and you'll have a clear answer in the morning--maybe.  Meanwhile, you still have something to knit on.  I'm an obsessive knitter.  Got to have something to knit at all times. 

How do you know if you're an obsessive knitter?  I suppose one clue is that you have more than two projects you're working on--not just started and sitting there waiting for inspiration.  Another clue is that when you pack for a trip out of town you start with which project to take with you.  Hmm, you can also tell if your dog understands 'wait till I finish this row'.  I suppose hiding yarn from a spouse would be another sign of knitting obsession.  If all your friends tell you 'thanks, but I really don't need another scarf' that could be another sign.  (If only some of your friends tell you that, you're not obsessed-yet.)  If you have knitted flower pot covers, I'd begin to worry. 

If you need an idea of something to knit right now, don't forget the scarves for the homeless collection going on now.  You can drop off scarves, hats, or mittens at Oodles.

That's it for now.  I've got to get back to my gray sweater that goes with nothing I own which doesn't matter because it's dressy and  I have nowhere to wear it anyway. 

Keep in touch.  Bev