Life's a Stitch

And more recently life’s a creative adventure with some travel thrown in.

Once again, much like my wedding anniversary, I realized quite accidentally that I have missed the day of my blog anniversary. This time it's the 6th. I remember the first time. Ms.Sandy left the first comment. Of the original five blogging commenters, three are sill publishing. I find that encouraging despite the introduction of other time suckers like Ravelry, Facebook and that noisy sounding Twitter.

I've met wonderful people through this blog, online and in person. When you meet a knitting blogger up front and personally, you know immediately it's going to work. Right Sandy, Maureen, Angie, Dorothy, and Nadia? If I've left anyone out, please forgive me. And I'd need a separate posts to list all the wonderful Ravelers that I've met through this blog as well as the hundreds of people who have requested my scarf pattern.

More than following their knitting, I've read as bloggers have babies, miscarry, gain grandchildren, retire, get married, divorced, change jobs, move far away, and even die. And how about those theme posts – Saturday Skies, Eye Candy Fridays, Poetry on February 1st, and the memes? The joy, grieving, the slogging over similar projects, home renovations, watching the kids grow, the stories of those four legged or two winged family members, sharing of creativity, feelings of accomplishment – that's why, six years later, it remains my social media choice. Thanks to all of you.

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13 responses to “Blogging reflections: Six years later”

  1. Jane Toumpas Avatar
    Jane Toumpas

    Happy Anniversary to you! How would you know about the time sucking of Facebook?!?!? You Canadian spy you …….. For your readers , that is what Li’s American nephew calls her , hee hee 😉 Enjoy many more years of LIFE’s A STITCH , I know I will !

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  2. Carole Avatar

    Congrats on 6 years! I missed my 5 year anniversary this past January. Whoops!

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  3. ThePomegranateGrl Avatar

    YAY! Happy Anniversary!

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  4. Dorothy Avatar

    Happy Blogiversary! I agree – I do like Facebook and Ravelry, but I feel that blogging is so much richer and involved. I’ve met such wonderful people and feel honored to call you my cyber-friend! Keep on blogging.

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  5. Jo Avatar

    Happy Blogiversary to you. I agree – I love reading blogs, and it saddens me to see how many of my favourites have petered out over the last year or two. I know I am no shining example of continuity or regularity, but I wish some people would blog more often.

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  6. LoriAngela Avatar

    Happy anniversary! Love your blog. Looking forward to what the future brings.

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  7. Rebekah Avatar

    Happy 6 years!

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  8. Maureen Avatar

    6 years – my goodness! Congratulations and here’s wishing you many more years of blogging so that we, your readers, can enjoy your stories and projects.

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  9. Mariann Avatar

    Happy 6 years!!! I’m a little behind in my blog readings this week. So glad I
    started with yours. I just love your writings, and hearing about the knitting etc. Your blog inspires me !!

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  10. Jane Avatar

    Happy Blogiversary! I’m glad you are still here. Ravelry has taken a lot of my time away from the blogs, but I still love reading what all my friends are up to – even if I’m a lazy commenter sometimes.

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  11. Kristen Avatar

    Thanks for sharing your life and inspiring knitting with us for 6 years. Blogging is my first choice, too.

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  12. Betsy Kayser Avatar
    Betsy Kayser

    I’m just picking up knitting again after dabbling in it 20+ years ago. While looking for a scarf pattern I found your blog, beautiful both in words and pictures.
    My renewed interest in knitting is fueled by the information and support from bloggers like you and all the wonderful people who make the youtube how-to videos. It’s fantastic to be able to watch someone show me how to do a stitch properly as many times as I need. It’s so inspiring to see all the beautiful creations of knitters everywhere just by putting the words “knitting scarf” in google. When I tried this in the olden days there was no internet. Now everything seems easy… and exciting!
    I would love to receive your beautiful herringbone rib scarf pattern. There’s something special about it. Thanks, Betsy
    P.S. I, too, have eaten 12 ears of corn at a sitting, yes, like a typewriter!

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  13. Michele Avatar

    Belated happy blog anniversary !!!!!

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