Wednesday, August 29, 2012

What's That All About?

I've been reading a few blogs, just very casually, as I happen across them in my Pinterest travels.  They're mostly by women, about womany things, like fashion, family, DIY projects, knitting...  and then I started to wonder, "What the heck is MY blog really about?".

Sitting here, half on the computer, half watching Logan play, I think I've figured it out.  

Don't Forget The Milk is about things that Moms think about.  The regular, boring stuff.  Housekeeping, making dinner, raising kids of all ages, and even those things we like to do in our ever-so-rare spare time.

And so, in danger of sounding a little too much like Elmo, guess what I've been thinking about today!  (*Ya-duh-duh-daaaa!*) 

Knitting and crocheting.  Mostly crochet, and more in particular, The Magic Circle.  I've been "commissioned" to make sets of chair and table socks for two separate ladies, and the best pattern I found was for a crochet version, but I'd never done it before.  Ever.  Knitting was pretty easy for me to pick up (thanks Mum for showing me how to get started!), so I knew crochet couldn't be too difficult.  It isn't, really, as far as the basic stitches go.  But for this chair sock pattern, it called for a Magic Circle to start the whole thing off...  "What the heck is that?" I asked myself.

And holy cow, Logan just stood on his own for a few seconds!!

Back to the story...

I went searching the internet; Google, YouTube, all the usual places, and every single tutorial I found assumed I knew one crucial piece of the Magic Circle puzzle.  Which I didn't.  Even tutorials with images or video skimmed over that one bit of info that would have made the whole thing make so much more sense.  I did eventually figure it out for myself.  And when I did, I swore I would post a better instruction on how to make a Magic Circle,

But not today.  I need Ryan here to take the pictures!

So, tell me:  If you had (or have!) a blog, what would (or is!) it be about?

No comments:

Post a Comment