Stephannie for introducing me to the knitting/blogging world (see 2 posts ago), and Jo for showing me there are others even here in Montreal!

Stephannie for introducing me to the knitting/blogging world (see 2 posts ago), and Jo for showing me there are others even here in Montreal!

Stephannie for introducing me to the knitting/blogging world (see 2 posts ago), and Jo for showing me there are others even here in Montreal!

Stephannie for introducing me to the knitting/blogging world (see 2 posts ago), and Jo for showing me there are others even here in Montreal!

Just a little “hello” to my bubbie (grandmother) who occassionally reads this blog. (How cool is that??!)

http://acunningplan.typepad.com/andsheknitstoo/

This blog gets the honor of being the first one reviewed ‘cus

a) it’s the first blog I finished reading from conception to today, and

b) it’s the first blog I ever read, the blog that led me to realize there was actually a like-minded community of other knitters out there, even Canadian ones!

So thank you, Stephannie, for letting me know I wasn’t alone.

I found her blog by accident. I had done an internet search on “Charlotte’s Web shawls” because I’d seen a lot of emails in one of my knitting egroups about them and wanted to know what the fuss was about. I wound up at someone’s blog (I think Wendy?) and learned about these gorgeous shawls, and saw a link to see what the uber-creative Stephannie had done…she’d turned a Charlotte’s Web shawl into Charlotte the Poncho. It’s stunning! I salivated. I drooled. I stayed and read through her entire blog, archives and all. And don’t just think she’s any old knitter, oh no! She’s a DR too! And I’m amazed at how fast she knits! There might be others out there as speedy or faster, but with her as my original measuring stick, I, sadly, don’t quite make it up to par on the speedy front. Aha! A goal!

Ok, seems I forgot to mention commitment #2 from the other day. So here it is:

2) I will go through each blog I read and actually read it. Not just skim. I will go through the archives and catch up and really get to know the kindred souls who put their hearts into every post. Luckily, I have a nifty little program called Plucker on my Palm that lets me take web pages and view them offline…so I can browse the blogs at my leisure.

In the spirit of this announcement I will offer a little review of each blog once its been completed. So…

Ok, so I’m 37 minutes late for my 1-post-per-day trial system. But it’s Yannick’s fault, I swear! We went out for dinner, and then watched CSI:NY and then he went on and on about possessed stuffed animals…it was all I could do to break away and come send this message. Besides, I could have changed the message time and lied, and then no one would ever know. But I didn’t. I’m honest. Honest!

But I’m not coming empty handed…I’ve got THIS:

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is Piggy Progress! Tomorrow I work on the cute little scarf to keep this piggy’s bacon warm, and its all ready to be gifted! Woo hoo!

Ok, so I’m 37 minutes late for my 1-post-per-day trial system. But it’s Yannick’s fault, I swear! We went out for dinner, and then watched CSI:NY and then he went on and on about possessed stuffed animals…it was all I could do to break away and come send this message. Besides, I could have changed the message time and lied, and then no one would ever know. But I didn’t. I’m honest. Honest!

But I’m not coming empty handed…I’ve got THIS:

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is Piggy Progress! Tomorrow I work on the cute little scarf to keep this piggy’s bacon warm, and its all ready to be gifted! Woo hoo!

Ok, so I’m 37 minutes late for my 1-post-per-day trial system. But it’s Yannick’s fault, I swear! We went out for dinner, and then watched CSI:NY and then he went on and on about possessed stuffed animals…it was all I could do to break away and come send this message. Besides, I could have changed the message time and lied, and then no one would ever know. But I didn’t. I’m honest. Honest!

But I’m not coming empty handed…I’ve got THIS:

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is Piggy Progress! Tomorrow I work on the cute little scarf to keep this piggy’s bacon warm, and its all ready to be gifted! Woo hoo!