At several of the last gatherings I’ve been to lately the topic of ,”What are your favorite blogs?” would eventually surface.
It’s rather fun to ask your friends. Some times you find that your friends read the same blogs and some times they lead you to discover a new one that you have never read before.
At one particular tea we all promised to send an email out with our top favorites. Well, you know how it is, one forgets, one gets busy, life pushes into the way.
Instead I thought I would list them here so that you all can check them out. Perhaps a few of them are your favorites already.
#1: Attic 24
Technically this is a crochet blog. But it is such a favorite of mine. Oh, my. Just a moment on Attic 24 can give me so much color inspiration. Lucy is a master painter with color. Her chatter about her family and her home life is also encouraging because it is so similar to my own.
#2: Do you mind if I Knit?
Don’t you just love that name? And haven’t you found yourself asking that same question of your friends? Vanessa Caban is a talented illustrator. In fact you may have read your child one of her books. I know I have. But her knitting…ah, there I loose myself… and her knitted dresses… some day I will knit myself more dresses.
#3 Curlew Country
I love Curlew Country’s outings with her children and family - oh, I could just live in those wonderful outing into the English countryside. They inspire me to get out into the nature around me.
#4 Posie Gets Cozy
I really appreciate Alicia’s simple take on knitting. It is refreshing, almost grounding. There is also something so comforting in seeing the simple aspects of knitting.
#5 Knitspot
Anne Hanson is a wonder at productivity. I love her blog because I can always count on a post. (Unlike spotty me). Her garden posts mark my summer days and encourage me along in my own garden.
#6 Lori times five
Lori is a recent discovery and I have enjoyed her photography and her knitting. The pictures of beach knitting make me want to fly away to the beach.
#7 Small Things
Ginny’s blog reminds me that life is simple so keep it simple. It is such a great blessing to be reminded of this fact. Her yarn alongs every Wednesday have become something I really look forward to.
#8 Blackberry Rambles
My sister’s blog. Even though we talk every day and live only 12 minutes away from each other there are aspects of her life that I miss and discover on her blog. It is always a treat to read and an inspiration – well, she’s always been an inspiration to me – you know, the big sis that can do everything amazingly well.
#9 Soule Mama
Another blog that I love right now. There is something about her quietness, her joy she finds in her children and her simple knitting that soothes me. As a mom it is so helpful to hear other mothers talk about life with children.
#10 Needled
Kate Davies, isn’t she marvelous? The things she has been through and the things she has accomplished. I love it because her story is a story of strength and beauty. She uses the beauty of knitting and her designs to weave a tale of hope and that to me is quite inspiring.
What about you? Do you read some of these blogs? What are your favorites? Perhaps you have a few to introduce us to.
