Finally, I blog

I've been meaning to start a knitting blog for quite some time. But I'm such a slow knitter, and I keep getting distracted by new books, my kids, new arrivals from NetFlix, and general laziness, that it seemed kind of weird to start a knitblog when I won't often have finished items to show.


I mean, Stephanie seems to have a new item to show every week. Lots of other bloggers seem to make progress. But, how many rows have I knitted in the past week? Three. And this on a sweater for my 3-year-old. And when did I start this sweater? Last summer. Luckily, the pattern seems to run big and she seems to run small.

Now, to be fair, I've made quite a few things in between, including warshcloths, hats, and -- oh yeah -- a baby brother for my sweaterless one. He got a hat:

Three hats, in fact, although one won't fit him for -- ahem -- a few years. Gauge was a bit off. Big Sister got a hat, too, in the flurry of pre-birth nesting/knitting:

And so did an Afghan baby, as part of the Mother's Day drive:

But this sweater kept getting put off, and so did the blog. One of the blog problems was what to call it. Everything I thought of turned out to be taken. Finally, yesterday, I hit on the perfect name: Procrastiknitter. Cute, catchy, descriptive.

Taken. Twice, actually, although the latter is out of date. But I was thrilled to find an interesting new blog in the case of the former. Most of my knitting tools, though not much of my stash, I inherited from my grandmother, so her August 10 post resonated. But, I digress. It occurred to me that I am quite a Distracted Knitter, so I'm going with that.

Here's the sweater I've been procrastinating:

It's Max's First Cardigan from The Yarn Girls' Guide to Kid Knits. This is the back. The first part to knit. Acres of double seed stitch, which might be why I keep procrastiknitting it. Before I get to do any shaping, it has to measure 15 inches from the cast-on row. It measures 8 1/2. Main color is Cleckheaton Country 8-Ply; trim colors are both Cascade 220 Superwash. I think.

Must keep knitting. But meanwhile, I've spent all this perfectly good knitting time figuring out how to use Blogger. Maybe tomorrow!