Today is my first blogiversary! I had been thinking about starting a blog for about six months before I actually did it. I was worried about the time it would take. I was worried about taking good pictures. I think I was a little bit worried nobody would read a blog if I started one. But finally at the urging of David and a knitting friend, I took the plunge.
I'm so glad I did.
First of all, I'm glad because I got to join the community. I think that a large reason knitting is so popular with the "younger" group of knitters is the huge online community. We inspire, encourage, and help each other. So. Cool.
I'm also glad that I've met so many other knitters. I feel like I know so many of you (and I talk about various friends without mentioning that I only know them online) in so many places, and I've even made good "in real life" friends because of this blog.
I think I've become better at finishing projects because there is a place to show them off to people who understand the amount of work put into them.
Finally, I'm so glad for all of you! Your blogs, your comments, your input have made blogging a truly enjoyable experience. Thank you so much!
Let's have a contest! Leave a comment telling me something YOU are glad you started recently, or something that you would really like to start doing.
David and I will pick one winner (based on answers), and the other winner will be drawn randomly from all answers given. (This was David's idea-- he wants to get in on the fun!) Leave your comments here by midnight EST on Saturday, February 16th.
Here's the yarn you could win!
Sundara Sock Yarn in Cobalt over Mediterranean
Sunshine Yarns Soft Sock Yarn in Sedona
PS. Speaking of blogiversaries, go visit Yarny Old Kim today! We're blog twins.
Ooh, Happy Blogiversary!
I would like to start spinning, like many of your readers. I have two drop spindles I have barely touched, but I long for a spinning wheel, without ever having used one. Is that crazy?
Love love love the Sundara. It's gorgeous!
Posted by: Emma | February 11, 2008 at 05:04 PM
I have recently moved to WA from the east coast and being so far away from my family has made me want to start a blog as a way to connect with them. I have two small children and it makes me sad to know that my parents do not get to see them grow up. I think a blog would be a good way to chronicle our daily activities and allow my parents to feel more involved in our lives. I'm not very knowledgeable where computers are concerned but I guess there's no time like the present to learn.
Happy blogiversary!
Posted by: Dawn | February 11, 2008 at 06:05 PM
I am so glad I started teaching my very first knitting classes. I get to spend 1hr. every week with the best group of teenage girls (& a few of their mommas) who are really excited to learn how to knit. They have been caught knitting together all over town now that they are learning. I am proud to take something I love soooo much & pass it on to a new generation of women to be!
Hapy Blogaversary! Love lurking here.
Posted by: Mary Beth | February 11, 2008 at 06:05 PM
Congratulations! And, so funny, I just finished leaving a comment at Kim's and when I saw your post for just a second I was confused--hadn't I just seen that first blogiversary post? (grin)
Things I'm glad I started lately--there has't been that much, actually, but I have been figuring out some basic web-design stuff to help out my Dad and that's been pretty satisfying--useful, too! And I AM glad I moved my blog to a new home last month.
Posted by: --Deb | February 11, 2008 at 06:25 PM
Happy Anniversary! I've enjoyed reading you since May!
As for me, well, I'm glad I've started to talk more frequently with my older brother. Since the birth of my daughter, we've gone from the annual holiday telephone call to near monthly. Who says you can't teach old dogs new tricks?
Posted by: Jenni | February 11, 2008 at 08:17 PM
Happy Blogiversary!! I love your blog and I think we're all lucky you started it!
I'm glad that my husband starting trying for a baby! We're due in September and I'm knitting as much baby stuff as I can right now.
Posted by: Julianne | February 11, 2008 at 08:58 PM
Happy blogiversary! :) A little over a year ago with some encouragement from Jake, I started playing the harp. I had no musical background and wasn't sure I was going to like it. Turns out that I love it. It's similar to knitting in how calming it it is. It also gets me closer to Jake musically; we can chat about basic music theory without me being clueless abt it. :) I'm really glad I decided to try and learn how to play.
Posted by: Sacha | February 11, 2008 at 11:06 PM
Congratulations! I blog and enjoy blogging for all the reasons you mentioned.
For a while I've wanted to take up clothes sewing again. I can never find what I want in stores--when I want emerald green, moldy stucco is the "in" color. With being able to knit with the colors and patterns I want, I have even more trouble shopping. So, tomorrow I have 90 min between two appointments near a fabric store, and I am going to shop for a skirt pattern and fabric. I'll be taking along some "sunlit glade" SeaSilk that I want to knit into the Tuscany shawl. If I can knit a lace shawl, I can surely sew a skirt after a decade hiatus from sewing.
Posted by: Brenda | February 12, 2008 at 12:57 AM
Happy Birthday - I'm glad you decided to start blogging!
[No need to enter me, I live too far away and have far too much yarn! :)]
Posted by: Nora | February 12, 2008 at 05:04 AM
Happy Blogiversary! I am glad that I started painting the rooms in the new house. Yes, my knitting has suffered, but I LOVE having a few non-white walls.
Posted by: Anne | February 12, 2008 at 07:31 AM
Happy Blogiversary! I'm one of Kim's friends hopping over. She has convinced me to start blogging too and although I resisted for a long time, now I'm really glad I did. Bloggers rule.
Posted by: misa | February 12, 2008 at 09:54 AM
Happy Blogiversary!!
This past December, I got a job outside of the home, just for me! I had been a stay-at-home Mom for 7 years, so I was crazing a little me time and adult conversation. I am a Barista part time at a little coffeehouse here. I love it! Even though it is work! That's kind of why I started knitting too. I needed some "me" time. I knit to relax, escape, and think. It helps me be who I am.
Posted by: Stacey | February 12, 2008 at 09:55 AM
arrrgg- this is the third time I've tried to post!!! Ok, once more... I am glad I started a hat for myself because I keep getting side tracked with stuff for other people. Happy blogaversary and may you have many more! Oh yeah, I came over by way of Kims blog.:O)
Posted by: olga | February 12, 2008 at 10:35 AM
Happy blogiversary!
I would really like to start knitting adult sized garments this year. I think that I got enough practice by knitting baby clothes last year.
Posted by: Oiyi | February 12, 2008 at 01:31 PM
The answer is clear: my Poetry in Stitches sweater! I'd been saying I'd do it "someday" for three years or so. "Someday" finally arrived, and I'm really glad I got over my fear and dove in at last.
Happy blogiversary, and may you have many more! :-)
Posted by: Beth S. | February 12, 2008 at 02:18 PM
Such great comments.
Happy Blog-birthday!
I really need to start cleaning my house up, getting it ready to be put on the market.
Baby steps.
Posted by: Sunflowerfairy | February 12, 2008 at 07:21 PM
Happy blogiversary! I'm glad I started reading here. But my big thing I'm glad I started is cooking with my sister. She and her husband have been having financial problems, compounded by their love of fast food. So, a few months ago we started getting together one night a month, shopping for dinners and preparing a month's worth of meals to stock in her freezer. Not only do I get a good night with her, and get wonderful phone calls every time they have something new and really like it, but I know she's eating healthy now.
Posted by: amy | February 13, 2008 at 06:36 AM
Happy Blogiversary! I'm glad I took the plunge to follow my artistic dreams. And I made a resolution to learn to spin this year.
Posted by: Ruth | February 13, 2008 at 01:41 PM
Happy bloggiversary! I have been thinking about starting a blogg as well lately and share a lot of your same veiws on the knitting community! Besides wanting to start a Blogg of my own, the biggest think I have been thinking/dreaming of doing is trying my hand at designing! I have all these ideas swiming around in my head, I just need to take a leap and put them to paper and then to needle!
Posted by: Asappa | February 13, 2008 at 02:52 PM
Happy Blogiversary! It's been fun getting to know you through your blog, Kristy! I would have to say that I am really glad about the whole pie thing. Baking a pie every week has led to a lot of culinary discoveries and it's also gotten me baking a lot more. Joy!
Posted by: nova | February 13, 2008 at 09:07 PM
I'm glad I listened to my mom all those many years ago (when I was 8) when she taught me how to knit...I'm glad she never gave up on me when I ranted and raved that "I would never be able to do this"...I'm glad for the time she spent picking up stitches that I dropped in my first attempts at knitting a scarf...I'm glad for the times she counted the stitches and figured out why I had 3 more than what I'd started with...I'm glad she had the patience of a saint, for without her I wouldn't be here today knitting to my hearts content (and surfing cool blogs like this that have great contests!
I started using dpn's for the first time last year and was thrilled when I completed my first set of 'Monkey' socks :-)
Posted by: Denise | February 14, 2008 at 04:26 PM
Happy blogaversary!! Well, I haven't started to blog yet, but I have just started reading knitting blogs (including yours) and signed up for subscriptions with blogrolls....though I'm quickly falling behind on my reading. I've also joined a knitting group that takes place a mile from my home...which I learned about on Ravelry...which I only just joined in November. So lots of new starts which spur me on to knit more and more!!
Thanks for keeping a blog. I've really enjoyed reading about your process and life!
Posted by: Liz419 | February 14, 2008 at 10:24 PM
I love cats, and my husband accepts that when we go out and walk around our neighborhood, I will invariably stop and pet the local cats or point out, gleefully, the kitties that hang out in the front windows of the different houses. Usually, my kitty affections can stop there; after all, I have my own kitty at home and he's managed well enough with us for the last 12 years.
Over the last 6-9 months, though, a stray cat that I see on my morning commute has wiggled her way into my heart. She's such a friendly little girl that it broke my heart to see her shivering in the freezing rain the other morning. So, I decided that I had to rescue her. There's a lot of reasons to not take this kitty in, but the fact that she's picked me (she always comes up to me when I'm waiting for my bus transfer and demands petting) makes me a first-time kitty rescuer.
Posted by: Heather | February 15, 2008 at 02:05 PM
Happy Blogiversary! I'm happy I stated knitting again after about 15 years. I have been very busy this past year loving all the new yarns, knitting socks and finishing up three sweaters started over 15 years ago. They don't fit any more, but will fit someone. Thank you for sharing all the beautiful things you knit,and the great ideas.
Posted by: Bonny | February 16, 2008 at 01:45 AM
Wow! I've been out of town for a week, but I just got back and read all of your to-dos, and it was very inspiring! It's going to be tough for me and Kristy to pick out a winner. Congratulations on your blogiversary, honey! Yes, it was very good of me to help you decide to start it. ;)
I'm glad I started doing crosswords a year and a half ago. I've had a lot of fun watching myself improve, and it's been neat to learn about the whole community.
Posted by: David | February 18, 2008 at 12:31 PM
Happy belated blogiversary :). I'm a bit late for the contest, I know, but I wanted to join in the fun anyway! I've started taking walks, and I'm so glad that I have. Life has been somewhat rough lately, with a lot of ups and downs and big changes and such. Leaving the car at home and walking into town gently but firmly slows me down, and there's plenty of time to think and smell the lilacs (all in bloom!). I'm hoping that whatever job I get will be within walking distance of home, because oh! There is so much to see, so much to offset all the things I'd like to forget.
So glad you enjoyed your honeymoon - congratulations on a wonderful match!
Posted by: Janine | May 19, 2008 at 04:24 AM