I just blogged yesterday, but so much has happened that I must blog again today. First, a big THANK YOU, to Sallee a.k.a Knitnana<\/a> for awarding me an E for Excellent Award.
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I had no idea anyone found my humble little blog “excellent,” but it is very inspiring to be told so. I need to nominate 10 others whose blogs I find excellent, an easy task. So here goes.<\/p>\n

Karen B. of Yarn is My Metier<\/a> (she puts the correct little accent on the e in Metier, but I can’t find my code book). She also knits and crochets wonderful things, and she has adorable kitties.<\/p>\n

Kristy of Eleven Stitches.<\/a> She is a very creative knitter and crafter; she’s also very nice and has adorable kitties.<\/p>\n

Cristi of Turtlegirl’s Bloggy Thing<\/a>. She gets the most beautifully colored yarns and knits fabulous socks with it (among a huge number of other projects), and she is very funny and has adorable kitties.<\/p>\n

Brigitte of Wrapped Around My Finger<\/a>. She knits these awesome cabled or stranded colorwork sweaters from Alice Starmore among others, and then she swears she can’t knit a four-row repeat lace pattern. She is very sweet and fun, and she has adorable kitties.<\/p>\n

Janet of Twisted Knitter<\/a>. She is so thoughtful and knits simply beautiful things. She’s made me feel very welcome in the knitblog community, and as far as I know, she has no pets.<\/p>\n

Lorraine of Sheriff of Knittingham<\/a>. She is very funny and a fabulous knitter and knitwear designer. And yes, she does have an adorable kitty.<\/p>\n

Beatriz of Busy Bea Knits<\/a>. She knits lovely socks and sweaters for both herself and many, many nieces as far as I can tell. She also likes good food and cocktails.<\/p>\n

Anne of Knitspot<\/a>. I really don’t need to say anything, do I? Anne’s knitting designs have inspired me more than anyone else.<\/p>\n

Chris of Stumbling over Chaos<\/a>. Gee, I wonder why this is the first blog I read every morning? Could it be because of the antics of Chaos y Mayhem? Yes, I think so (and Chris does some great knitting too). I must say I almost always side with Chaos when there is a little sibling rivalry. We older sibs have to stick together, or the younger sibs will do evil like boot us out<\/a> of our Fortress of Solitude<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Amy of StashKnitRepeat<\/a>. She knits great stuff and has joined up with Kelly of Kelp! Knits<\/a> (this is a 2 for 1 entry) with a really good idea for the year that I am going to take part in too. I think they are starting a new Sock Knitting Movement! Keep reading below for an explanation.<\/p>\n

All of my excellent award winners are invited (but I won’t insist) to make their own lists of excellent blogs if they haven’t already done so. But most of all, I just want them all to keep blogging and sharing their knitting (and kitties) with us other knitters and people who live with leases not allowing pets.<\/p>\n

Now for the MOVEMENT. Kelly, who clearly has a great deal of shopping discipline, has decided to knit a pair of socks each month of 2008, thereby knitting up her entire<\/i> sock yarn stash. Yeah, I told you she was disciplined. She started off this January by knitting a stunning pair<\/a> of Socks for Veronik , which is pretty much showing off, but in a really cool way. Amy likes the idea of a pair of socks a month (thankfully, this will not use up her stash), and she is almost done with a gorgeous pair<\/a> of cranberry Pomatomi.<\/p>\n

I need handknit socks for myself, and I know I’ll need to knit some gift socks too. So, I’ve decided\u00a0 also to knit a pair a month throughout 2008. This will by no means<\/i> use up my sock yarn stash. I’ve gotten way behind in terms of sock knitting. For January, I’ll get my Chili Pepper socks done. They aren’t a difficult or wow pattern, but they make good use of a brightly multi-colored yarn, the sort I love, but are often difficult to knit up nicely. I’m half done with the gusset decreases on the second sock:
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\n“She took my picture out of focus and over-exposed it too. Man, I hope she manages the pointed toe decreases properly or I’ll look permanently stupid.” The second Chili Pepper Sock in a unnecessarily surly mood.<\/i><\/p>\n

My only other stipulation for the other 11 months is to use these four pretty but difficult to knit up pretty multi-colored yarns.
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\nClockwise from upper left: Lorna’s Laces in Somerset, LL in Mother Lode, CTH in Champlain Sunset and LL in Ravenswood.<\/i><\/p>\n

I better download Cookie A’s Monkey pattern. Any other suggestions for these yarns? The other months I’ll see what I want to knit. But now I better get working on that Chili Pepper sock.<\/p>\n

Happy Knitting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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