Let the Christmas Knitting Begin!

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit the yarn store...which is a huge event for me seeing as how it's a 3 hour jaunt away. I kinda live in the middle of nowhere and that means the limited Red Heart selection at the local Pamida store (yup, we have a Pamida) doesn't really do it for me anymore.
I like to crochet afghans out of Red Heart because I find it's a durable and cost effective yarn. However, last January, as a treat, I purchased a ball of wool and to make my first pair of socks from...and now I'm hooked on natural fibers. I can't stand to knit with acrylic yarn anymore...my stitches don't turn out as even and acrylics just don't have the same hand as natural fibers do. Even the softer acrylics just don't cut it for me anymore.
Anyway, back to the yarn store....Whenever I'm there, I have a hard time restraining myself because I only get there maybe 6 times a year and I happened to have some extra cash on me (in case of an emergency) so I made a rash decision and decide to purchase enough wool to knit something for every person in my family for Christmas.
I must confess, I also seem to have delusions of grandeur...I had been mulling over the plans to make sweaters for everyone this year...thank goodness my finances didn't allow for it!
My knitting time is fairly limited at the moment...and with so many great things to knit (I think I have 6 or 7 projects in the works at the moment...and a huge stack of patterns in cue) I've been lucky to get 1 sock done in the past week.
Now I'm starting to panic a little. I did the math in my head and I need to pick up the pace a bit if I want to get everything done by Christmas.
I also think I might be a sock knitter at heart...
But Grey's Anatomy is starting...so more on the sock knitter thing later.

Here we go!

Welcome to my first blog. Well first post of this blog anyway. My name is Norsie and I am a knitter (everyone in the room says "Hi Norsie".)....and well you get the general Idea.

Really I'm quite proud of the fact that I knit, crochet and do various other crafty things. Mostly it's all for the sake of satiating my overwhelming desire to be creative while trying to figure out my life's purpose. I knit to keep myself from becoming bored and unproductive. I knit because it calms me. I knit for the sense of accomplishment. I knit because it's a great way to start a conversation with a stranger. Mostly I knit because I had a burning desire to learn to do so since I was young but only recently taught myself to do so...and I haven't been able to put the needles down since.

I think a lot of other knitters can relate.

Anyway, so I created this blog because I was working on a project the other day and a dialogue started in my head about what I was doing and what was happening at the time in my life. So, I thought it'd be a good thing to write it down and share it with other people. Simple as that. Plus I hope this opens up the door to meeting other knitters from across the web (as I mentioned above, I think knitting is a great way to start conversations with strangers).

I'm looking forward to meeting new people and sharing ideas and opinions.

Enjoy!

Norsie :)