OK, I gave in and made a blog button. I am sort of from the old school, where less is more… In other words, if it does not require a picture to get the point across, I don’t typically make a picture. But I visited Sarah Peasley, Handknitter and she has a list of ” Links to people I actually know.” Well, there are four buttons and then two of us with sad little text links. How can I compete with that? So here is my button: swipe it as you wish, and feel free to link to me.

I guess I had better get with the new generation of the web. When I first made web pages, some computers could not view .jpg files, and some did not display tables. OK, I’m giving away how long I’ve been a webgeek, but I try really hard to keep things low tech on my web sites, so that every possible visitor can have a quick experience. In these days with fast connections, I keep a phone modem to be sure my sites are not too slow for other modem users.

OK, and then I chose Moveable Type as my blog software, in part because other blog programs are controlled outside my own computer and web host, and I’m a control freak. Yet Moveable Type uses a feature called Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Of course, CSS displays differently depending on what program you use to view it. And I don’t like how Internet Explorer displays it, but I can not find a way to make it behave (so frustrating for a visual artist). Yet I do not want to handle my search engine and archives/calendar by writing my own HTML code, so here I am. High tech/lack of control.

End of idealistic rant. Back to knitting…

I’m working on my 2nd pair of sox for my friend… the first pair are ready for toes but the feet are far too big. I’ve given in and asked her to measure her ball of foot so that I can rip them out and do them right. Meanwhile I’m knitting pair #2. It’s an interesting experiment, with two variegated yarns used together. I’m working top down and I’m on the heel flaps right now. These are taking longer than I expected, because I have not done much knitting this weekend.

Enjoy the rest of our waning spring weekend!

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