Knitting and Crochet Blogging Week round-up

I'm a little bit annoyed that I cottoned on to Eskimimi's Knitting and Crochet Blogging Week half way through the week and only fully appreciated the concept and size of it later on in the week.

Having now realised that it has sparked loads of fantastic knitting and crochet posts and that they're easy to find by Googling 2KCBWDAY1, 2KCBWDAY2 etc, I've had a good riffle through and listed a few of my favourites.

The concept was to blog each day on a given theme.

day 1 - tale of two yarns

for lovely colours:

http://klozknitz.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/a-tale-of-two-yarns/

for two lovely featured projects:

http://www.midnightscribbles.com/blog/?tag=2kcbwday1

for her enthusiasm for a very interesting yarn:

http://yellowbird.typepad.com/yellowbird-yarn-room/2011/03/a-tale-of-two-yarns-2kcbwday1.html

day 2 - skill + 1UP

for making me want to try intarsia knitting:

http://eskimimiknits.com/2011/03/skill-1up-–-2kcbwday2/

for discussing a very interesting skill - learning not to be a perfectionist

http://mysistersknitter.typepad.com/my-blog/2kcbwday2/

for possibly the most impressive list of new skills discussed

http://www.justcastingon.net/?tag=2kcbwday2

day 3 - Tidy mind, tidy stitches

for making me want to tidy my stash:

http://craftycripple.blogspot.com/2011/03/knitting-crochet-blog-week-2011-day.html

for a bewildering collection of bags and tidies:

http://knitabulous.blogspot.com/2011/03/tidy-mind-tidy-stitches-2kcbwday3.html

for coining the lovely phrase "organized disorganization":

http://www.crochetyourway.com/2011/03/tidy-mind-tidy-stitches-or-an-organized-disorganization/

day 4 - where are they now

for a happy story of a beautiful shawl getting much use:

http://minniemoll.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/where-are-they-now-2kcbwday4/

for a sad story of two little piggies:

http://theknittingexploitsofjosiekitten.blogspot.com/2011/03/where-are-they-now-2kcbwday4.html

for the geekery which appealed to me greatly

http://www.midnightscribbles.com/blog/?tag=2kcbwday4

day 5 - something completely different

for putting Simon and Garfunkel in my head:

http://www.fourth-edition.co.uk/2011/04/day-five-song/

for making me smile with a photo of taking a photo of socks:

http://knitiotsavant.com/tag/2kcbwday5/

for a complete set of photos of a beautiful project fibre -> finished object:

http://needleinmyvein.blogspot.com/2011/04/kcbw-day-5-progression-of-shawl.html

and finally, because I was delighted that someone had made a knitting version of leekspin

http://eskimimiknits.com/2011/04/and-now-for-something-completely-different-2kcbwday5/

It got rid of Simon and Garfunkel (with something much more annoying) and reminded me that when I first saw leekspin I'd made my own spinning version:

http://handspinner.co.uk/handspin.html