Beginnings

I've talked about creating my own site for a while now and I finally have had the time and the energy to sit down at my computer and attempt to cobble this together. Admittedly, I took the easy way out using a template thing, but hey, it was easy and I'm not sure how long I'll stick with this.

I sorted out my stash over the weekend and I was surpised that it all fit on our guest bed. It was nice to go through memory lane of when I bought the different skeins and what I had planned to make with it. Some yarn I just love (Lorna's Laces, Blue Sky Alpaca and all of my sock yarn) and it went in a special large plastic container, others I just don't have any love for anymore. Either I tried it and I found it too hard to work with or I just don't know what I was thinking.

When I first starting knitting back in January 2005 I didn't know anyone else that knitted. I had gotten Stitch and Bitch for Christmas along with a Martha Stewart kit. I would pick it up and put it down. I got frustrated over and over again. I would watch Knitty Gritty on the DIY Network and think that I could never do that. I could never baton twirl, eat with chopsticks and I failed crochet in the third grade - I wasn't meant to do anything with my hands. Then some miracle happened and I got it. I don't when or how, but somehow something happened and it just clicked. I finish my Martha Stewart kit in about two days and my husband got a lovely red and white striped scarf made with Crystal Palace's Iceland yarn with size 11 straight needles. I became totally and completely addicted. I had to get more yarn, but Debbie Stoller talked about wool and silk and all I could find at Michael's was acrylics. Where was the good yarn? Where or where was it? I had no one to ask. Thank goodness for the internet becasue then I found Yarns 2 Ewe. (Insert angels chous here). I walked into the store and was completely overwhelmed by all of the choices. I recognized names I had read about Debbie Bliss and Rowan just to name a few. I'm not sure what I bought that day, but I'm sure it was a lot. I never can seem to leave there without spending at least $100.
I went on to find Nancy's Knits and Marie's Yarns Shop, which reminded me of something funny. Friendswood, TX, where I grew up, is the home of Marie's Yarn Shop. It shares this little old house with another shop and I passed it thousands of times while growing up. I couldn't imagine how a store just selling yarn could survive. How could you ever make any money? Who goes in there?
Now, I'm proud to say that I go in there and looking at the large stash on my bed that I easily paid a couple of thousand dollars for and I can certainly see how they can make money selling yarn.
I am officially addicted.