the Village Knittiot

Out where a friend is a friend.
Where the longhorn cattle feed
On the lowly gypsum weed.
Back in the saddle again.

Nothing like a little Gene Autry first thing in the morning to put a spring in your step. And since this song has been constantly going through my mind as I contemplate typing, I figured I ought to let it out.

Truthfully, I’ve been ready to jump back into the blogging saddle for more than a few weeks now, but everytime I sit down to write I keep facing this huge void that is the last 3+ months. I’ve been worrying that it will disrupt the narrative flow of my my blog (Yeah, I know, what narrative flow?) if I don’t account for that time. This is, of course, where I get stuck and close out my browser window and retreat back to (somewhat) more manageable tasks. Like my Freeform 365 project or my job search (Hooray for unemployment!) or my spinning for the 100-mile suit project or spending time with my local pals or planning my upcoming trip to San Francisco where Kaizerin (you all remember my knitting olympics guest co-blogger and dear, dear friend) will be flying down to help me cut a swath across the fiber landscape of the city by the bay…

See? Big gaping narrative holes!

Oh, yeah, right and what about that whole “I am sad, life is misery thing” that was going on? How are you feeling woman?!

The answer to this (and many other questions) is a long story with lots of dull details and a fairly anticlimactic, but happy outcome. I know better than to refer to it as an “ending,” because we all know life doesn’t fit neatly into such categories, and just because things have improved doesn’t mean that each day is sunshine and roses. It is that kind of black and white thinking that tends to get me in the kind of trouble I found myself in this past year. So, in the interest of just “getting on with things,” I thought I would make this simple.

I’m back.

Not only am I back, but a lot is happening. Especially on the fiber front (as you may have gathered). So, stay tuned for further details!