etc.

I realized yesterday that I am a single-project knitter. This might have something to do with the fact that I am new enough to the craft to NOT own more than one pair of needles in any particular size, in fact I have a languishing 10 pairs of needles (total) in my arsenal and will likely remain at the procure-needles-per-project stage for a very long time.

In addition to the needle limitation, I am also very goal-oriented and like to see a fairly quick conclusion to whatever project I have on the go at any particular time. For example, I believe I can safely reveal that the Mystery Yarn I picked up for the Mystery Project a few weeks ago is to be a Big Bad Baby Blanket from Stitch n’ Bitch (safely because the expectant mother for whom it is intended is safely on vacation in the wilds of northern Ontario, hopefully safely and without any sort of Internet access). Said mum-to-be is on her way to visit with me & the mister next weekend so the blanket needs to be ready for her arrival (and departure back to the UK the next day). If I was a comfortable multiple-project knitter, I would have started on the blanket some weeks ago, but instead, I proceeded with the existing schedule and rushed to complete the vest last night so I could start swatching for the blanket today, which I have done and which was successful, praise jesu!, I’ve had such bad luck with gauge and blankets.

And, apropos of nothing, have you used the Blogger user interface lately?  Out of nowhere, it’s practically a word processor, all toolbar-ish and icon-y.