Time for a blog post

I guess it’s time for a blog update. I have considered getting rid of this blog entirely or just using it for posting finished objects (which is kind of what I’ve been doing for the last few months), but for now it’s staying. A big remodel might be in order though. Most of my problem with posting doesn’t come from having nothing to say – I have lots to say. I’m just not sure it’s stuff I should put out there in the blog world.

Knitting
I have finished objects to post about. I finally finished my February Lady Sweater in February, which was my goal. I started it last September, but there was a big chunk of time in there that I didn’t work on it at all. I got a little bored with the sleeves, which held me up. Now I’ve picked up another sweater I let languish – my Hourglass Sweater. Funnily enough, it is the sleeves on this one that made me put it down. My gauge was correct, but using the needles called for in the pattern produced a really WIDE sleeve. I’m a little person, having sleeves like that would’ve looked ridiculous. So I went down a couple of needle sizes – like four! Plus I’m not going with the bell sleeves because I don’t really like the look of them either. The first sleeve is going okay so far.

Personal Sock Club
I’ve been doing well so far with this. I did knit a pair of socks for January and February. March’s socks have given me some problems. The original plan was to do a pair of socks on two circs, but my friend thought I was taking about Magic Loop so when I asked to borrow size two circs she only gave me one. So Magic Loop it is! Unfortunately this concept is difficult for me. The plan is to knit these socks…but I anticipate it to be a long-term project…so I’m going to cast on for a different pair of socks to finish in March.

RYOB 2009
I signed up for the Read Your Own Books challenge. My goal is to read a total of 35 books this year since last year I read about 27. Well I’ve all ready read 10 books this year so I will probably have to adjust my goal for the year since I seem to be making more of an effort to read and have a bit more time to read.

But the RYOB challenge means reading books I all ready own. I decided I didn’t want to buy any new books this year. Not included in this is any book I get from BookMooch.com since I don’t pay for them or books I buy using Borders Bucks and Gift Cards. And I’ve done well with this. I I bought one or two of the Twilight Series books (hey, I got a brand new copy of the first book from BookMooch!) I just have SO many books though it’s ridiculous. I need to get reading.

I hope you’ve enjoyed that wrap up. I’ll be back soon to post a finished object.