Sharing the Love

There are a few things that relate to the title of this post.  First of all, Jacquie, Stacey, and Sharon gave me a You Make My Day award, and Brenda gave me an Excellent Award. 

Thanks SO MUCH, ladies!  You made my day, too!  I'm so happy with all of the positive energy in knitblogland.  While real life tends towards having negative interactions in addition to the positive, it seems like here people are always encouraging, complimentary, and well, nice.  Yay for all of us.

Of course, I'm happy to pass along the compliment to other bloggers!  Here are ten, although there are so many more that I could mention. 

Librarian-in-Training I found Ariel's blog through Yarnival, and I'm so glad I did!  She's so funny, whether she's talking about tragically frogging the wrong half of a sweater or if she's justifying why she bought more tweed.

Knitting on Impulse  Ruth takes such beautiful pictures, and her knitting and jewelry are equally beautiful.

Molecular Knitting Brenda's posts are funny, and her knitting is also great.  She's the only person I know who uses her couch as a gauge of knitting progress, and to great effect!

More than One Way to Knit a Hat I first found Carla's blog because of this picture on Flickr.  The things she knits are an inspiration for me.

Novamade  Nova's posts are always funny and clever.  In addition, there's often pictures of pie and of her cute son!

On and Off the Needles Stacey so often has amazing colorwork, beautiful socks, and cute dog pictures and stories.

Peaknit Stacey is always knitting with such bright and cheerful yarn, and her posts cheer me up too!

SavannahChik Even though Jody's a friend in real life, I enjoyed reading her blog even before we met.  She's such a knowlegeable, thoughtful knitter, and I learn a lot from her posts.

Stash, Knit, Repeat  Amy makes beautiful things, and her son is so cute to boot!

Zarzuela Knits and Crochets  This girl makes such pretty socks and sweaters, and she's got an orange cat who looks a lot like mine.  When I first met Jessica, I kept thinking of her as "Zarzulea", but I've finally got it straight in my head.

In other love news, my friends threw me a surprise wedding shower this weekend.  Apparently David and my bridesmaids have been scheming for months, and they did everything just right.  I was so surprised I cried a little bit (happy tears) and I got to visit with faraway friends, eat wonderful food cooked by Sara (including a crossword puzzle themed cake), and enjoy seeing all of our friends meet and have fun.  Yay.

And finally, I would like to play with this Pay It Forward game.  I think I'm signed up to receive a gift, but I don't want to wait to get it to sign up three people to receive a gift from me. So if you're interested in playing, leave a comment saying so, and I'll randomly select three of you.  I'll make you a handmade gift in the next 365 days, and you can pass it on to three other people.  This is the best kind of chain "letter", in my opinion.  The recipient is also the beneficiary!

Comments

[stacey]

gee, thanks!! I love these posts - I find more new blogs this way!!!!

[Jean]

Congrats on the awards. You most certainly deserve them! Your surprise wedding shower sounds wonderful. Did you get any pictures of the crossword puzzle cake?

[Trish]

Thanks for the links. I think I will follow in your footsteps and post some of my fave blogs too..

I'll second the congrats on the awards!

[carla]

Thanks, Kristy!

[Kim]

I agree. Blogland is such a nice place. I wish I could live here all the time. Glad the shower was loads of fun.

[Amy]

Aw, thanks! You make my day too, lady.

[tiennie]

Congrats on the accolades! You definitely deserve them!

[Jessica]

Aww... you totally deserve the recognition. Thanks for passing it along too. I'm bummed that I missed the "surprise" part of the party but I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

[stacey]

Thank you for the kind words - I appreciate that and paying a compliment forward will be my pleasure!

[nova]

You make my day too! I would love to participate in the pay it forward themed fun, please add me to your drawing.