29
December
2005
Just as I get all gung-ho about making new posts and finishing projects and working with new blogging software, I discover that my web host wouldn’t do everything I wanted. And as I was just about to have to renew my service contract, I shopped around and found something I liked better. And the transition should have been quick and minor and most of you wouldn’t have noticed a thing. However, Yahoo!, who has the registry for my almostrandom.com domain, has decided to make it incredibly difficult, throwing up technical challenges for no reason I can see. Making it difficult for people to access my blog or to find what they’re looking for once they get there.
For this, I sincerely apologize.
I’m hoping Yahoo fixes the problem quickly. But there’s not much I can do but wait.
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22
December
2005
So I just spent the last week madly finishing things to be sent off for x-mas. Blocking the clapotis for my SIL, cross-stitch ornaments for mothers and siblings, and a cross-stitch gift for my mother. All of that will be forthcoming once I connect the camera to the computer.
And I also installed WordPress. So instead of actually blogging like I promised I would, I played around with importing all these Blogger entries and figuring out other logistics of it. I like it a lot and I can’t wait to start using it full time. But I still need to work on the main template some. I don’t expect to have the dream template yet, but I want to keep some of the elements I already have. So it’s a bit of fussing. Or maybe it’s all moot because you all read me via RSS. 
I’m also catching up with Bloglines. I was out of touch for about 6 months and had more than 2000 entries to read. And because I wanted to jump back into blogs again, I decided to start speed reading them. I’m loading each one and scrolling through looking at photos. Fun to see tank tops transition to sweaters and scarves. And good to be thinking about knitting again.
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12
December
2005
So, I’ve been flying under the radar a lot in the past few months. A lot of stuff going on at home that’s kept me from knitting, much less blogging about it. But I have been knitting again and I’m going to start talking about it again. In fact, I finished a pile of little striped hats for some friends recently and I just finished a Clapotis and Cap that are destined to be a gift for my sister-in-law.
Speaking of which, I poke at my site statistics from time to time and I’m amazed at how much traffic my Clapotis Cap pattern gets. I don’t know where you all come from. I know it’s linked to at a few free pattern sites and I know that some of you talk about it on your blogs and on mailing lists or other knitting forums. But it’s like the Energizer Bunny, it just keeps going and going. And I’m so flattered that you all love it so much. And even more so that you like it so much that some of you subscribe to my blog even though I haven’t posted in ages. I’ve seen examples of your caps here and there and they all look wonderful. I’m glad you’re enjoying it.
So, expect photos of my recent hats and new Clapotis set soon. And a little deviation to the cross-stitch ornaments I’m making this year. But I promise more knitting and posting for 2006. And a site redesign (I just installed WordPress, so freedom from Blogger!).
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Mermaid Jacket
Odessa Hat 
ZigZag Sweater
Twisty Baby Set
Miss Dashwood
Clapotis (Mixed Berries)
Tychus
