Didja’ know that I knit?

Believe it or not, when I opened my first blogger account back in…..2002(?) 2003(?), it was meant to be a knitting blog. I had named it “knitwit” because, as you all know, I’m very clever. I was going to revolutionize blogging, imagine – a blog about knitting! Never mind that I had just picked up needles for the first time, I was going to share my painful journey as I learned to knit and was 100% sure that my audience would be enthralled. Really.

Alas, knitting requires money, of which I had none at the time. A knitting blog would also be kind of sucky unless you have some photographs to show what you are up to. I had a camera, but it wasn’t digital, and I did not bring my trusty ol’ scanner with me to Canada. So the blog just sat there sans posts for years until I renamed it and eventually moved it here.

I can’t say that I’m all that great a blogger in general, let alone a knitting blogger worthy of an audience. Oh well. The Harlot and Dooce can rest easy I guess.

However, I do knit, and since I am gainfully employed currently, I actually have the money now to pursue my various interests, of which knitting currently ranks quite high. So I thought I’d actually make a post about it for a change.

I am working on a couple of Top Secret projects which I won’t post about here, but I have finally discovered the amazingness that is known as elann.com, so I wanted to share. Yes, I know – what took me so long? Well, I didn’t realize they were a Canadian company for one, and I’ve been conservative in my online ordering due to the whole customs thing. I’ve been painfully dinged more than once with goods that cross the border, so that has made me a bit hesitant to order from down south. However, now with the US dollar being so weak, I’ve taken the plunge and have been pillaging etsy, ebay and other resources the past few months.

As I mentioned though, Elann.com is a Canadian company, so no border drama there. You have no idea how happy this has made me! They sell quality yarn at insanely low prices, and last week I finally placed my first order. My box finally arrived yesterday.

Arg! A monster is going to eat my yarn!

This yarn is called Incense, and it’s a blend of wool, silk, and bamboo. Very luxurious. And hard to photograph, but whatever.

I ordered it for a scarf named Serpentina. I have been eyeballing that pattern for quite some time. It was designed by a woman named Cyn (on Ravelry, at least), and it’s the first pattern that I can think of, where I wanted to make it in the exactly the same colour and exactly the same yarn as shown. That never happens!

So I cast it on some needles and knit a couple of repeats:

I absolutely can’t wait until it is finished! This is perfect knitting for me right now. The pattern is simple, but not boring. It is easily memorized, and if you happen to ignore it for a few weeks, you’ll have no problems picking right up where you left off.