Well, Im making some progress on the Kenobi. I think I may just start referring to it as Obi-Wan. Now that I have the pattern established, it's going much faster-- I don't have to keep consulting the pattern I wrote out.
I also finally went and bought the LAST zipper I need to officially finish my dropped stitch hoodie. Sometimes I look at it, laying in a heap in the knitting basket, and I am amazed at the easy way the rows sit together, and how all of the dropped stitches formed such a neat pattern-- in many senses of the word. Blocking was like a miracle, and I finally GET IT-- I had read so much about how blocking can change something, and how people can tell if something has been blocked, but, like many things associated with knitting, I didn't get it until I did it myself.
I will get that zipper on, and then pictures will follow. My first finished object, the one that inspired the start of this blog!!
I am still trying to find my footing with the blog. I find there is a delicate balance between writing about knitting and writing about other life events. I am naturally a private person, and I have always felt a bit uneasy about exposing oneself to the virtual world, yet I threw my hat into the ring (so to speak) and started the blog. Sometimes I think about why-- I am quite happy to just read other's blogs, and often find leads to new projects or ways of thinking about knitting. I remember reading once on Cara's blog that anyone who knows how to knit and purl can figure out a pattern and can knit anything they want. At the time I scoffed a bit-- I was a confirmed scarf knitter. My scarves were in demand by friends and family, and I couldn't screw them up too bad. But the words ring true, and I remember reading through my first sweater pattern and thinking, "ok, I just might be able to do this!" And then the magic of short rows on the hood-- when I got to that moment, and turned the knitting, and followed the pattern, and like MAGIC the knitting did what I wanted it to, what it was supposed to-- it became a hood!-- I was a convert. I have been searching relentlessly for sweater patterns that are Just Right, and I am filing them away like insurance so I have something good to work on next.
And I'll keep blogging for a while, trying to find my voice, and trying to keep a good balance here. I am interested in keeping a record of my works, my progress, to refer back to, as much (or more) for myself than for others, though it is good to know that people are out there, and that what I say and do may resonate with others. I am ok with taking my time, so we'll see where this road takes me :)