Another day, another tangle

OK - I had no intention of writing every day, but have had such adventures/misadventures that I had to make a note.
To begin with, it has been raining buckets and blowing near-hurricane force winds here in Oakland. And my charming husband stayed home to snuffle with his new friend the cold.
I got a little cabin fever (imagine that!), so I started knitting. And un-knitting. Got tired of the feel of Cascade 220 on 16" circular needles, so went after a new pattern from a great knitter in our group. It is called the Hella Cable Scarf written by Speedyneedles (Kate F). This crazy scarf uses Brown Sheep Burly Spun yarn or a combo of other yarns put together.
I didn't have anything to use, so swam out to the yarn store (Article Pract) in the middle of the deluge. Took forever to pick a yarn so I got several. (Another surprise - I'm really a big ol' yarn slut for stuff that feels good) Got the yarn - holy crap is it big! Tried to wind it in the store and didn't hold tension, so the ball outgrew the ball winder about halfway through. (Idiot) Had to pull it and run the large, unfinished center pull ball through again. It fits on one spindle if done properly. Thanks to the nice yarnmaiden at the store. Oh - and I left my umbrella at the store because the rain slowed to a light pour while I was shopping. Grrr.
Brought home my groovy new burly and looked for a yarn to carry along with it for an accent. What a disaster - I tried and frogged several options and may yet just use the burly without an accent color. I really am discovering that I need to consult with Punk Rawk Purl (Tammy G) or the yarnwomen du jour when choosing colors or yarns in general - I suck at this! Things always turn out much better when I get help. And yes, I did tangle up the yarn as I frogged.
The final observation of today - knitting with number 19 needles is a bit like knitting with a pair of sharpened baseball bats.

Untangling this blog thing

I was never much interested in blogs, but now that I've been reading about a few things that really interest me (knitting, cooking, gardening) it seems like fun to share. I have gotten a world of good advice from bloggers recently, so thought I would join in.
This may start out really poorly done (sorry in advance), but once I get the hang of it better blogging may happen.
I hope.