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Sunday, May 25, 2003 ( 3:24 PM ) Jessica Some possible good news: I may try to get my blog set up on my local ISP... the bad news about that is that I don't know if I can customize my domain name or not.. I have an email in to the ISP person about that... I'm just tired of how blogspot doesn't really work that well for me, the archives are spotty & they're always busy making changes on their system, etc... I'd rather just use something like Blog & not worry about big system changes... Rant Alert on: why doesn't anyone post messages on my tag board?? I guess this blog isn't a very popular blog & I have a crappy cheapo digital camera & I don't take good pictures... I'm on a couple of knitting/fiber related web rings & dropped the mommies ring off my blog for the time being... I'm not a prolific knitter, but a lot of that has to do with having 4 kids in the house & 2 of them are still "this side" of little (almost 2 and 5)... I don't post every day, but I don't WANT to post every day. Two or three times a week, maybe... I wonder about those who post frequently that have little kids to care for... no offense, but how do you manage to spend what time it takes to do a blog entry, keep up with a bunch of daily (?) blogs & knit or weave & still keep the kids happy & safe? Now that school is over, I may have a bit less time to post than I used to, we'll see... I try to keep y'all up to date & such, but sometimes real life gets in the way...for me, real life comes first. I may decide to can the blog altogether, concentrate on putting related stuff on the tornadowood & any knitting projects that I do that are not related to the website (ie: not a yarn or pattern we sell), will be for whoever the knitting is for...except I like sharing it with others...we'll see...ok... Rant Off... post on the tag-board, ok?? :) Maybe I need to get in on some knit alongs or start some? I want to do Magic Carpet or/and Elephants from Starmore's Children's Collection...anyone else want to? (AFTER Sanquar is done, but that's pretty close, like in about a week...) There was a discussion about knitting needle sizes on one of the email lists... and it was related to how folks often have to go down a couple of needle sizes to meet Alice Starmore gauges... I'm finally trying my first Starmore pattern..just a swatch... and yeah, I do have to go down a couple of needle sizes & am still not sure how much... am waiting for a 000 needle to arrive in the mail... this is to achieve a gauge of 34 stitches to 4 inches with a sport weight yarn... I can easily get that with US 2 (2.50mm) needles & fingering weight yarn, but the silk-wool yarn that I'm using is on the rough side & I don't really want to knit super tightly with it, would rather use smaller needles & be able to pick the stitches comfortably without having to use muscle!
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