A Snow Day to Celebrate Happy Blogiversary to Knitnana!

Can't believe I get to have a day off to do this, but we've got winter storm warnings for snow, sleet, and freezing rain, so the community college is closed, and that means my office is, too! I can use the day to play, but with ice? Well, I just hope the power stays on!

Now: It's been four years blogging at Knitnana! I began this thinking it was all a bit odd, but fascinating, and perhaps 3 or maybe as many as 5, if I counted a family member or two, would read it.

(I think some of the family DOES read me)

But wow, what a delightful ride it's been! I've learned some coding (but only some), how to post photos, and some of the photos have even been good, I think (tho' not great).

I'll never be as widely read as some of our knit bloggers (Margene, Wendy, or Stephanie to name a few), but I can say that I've corresponded with all three of them, and several hundred other of you who stop by and get something from your daily (more or less) dose of me, some commenting, some just lurking - I am so blessed by all of you.

Some friends from the first year are still hanging in there with me Ruinwen, Birdsong, Jane. Then there are the ones who appeared in the past year or so and have stayed as much because of common interests beyond knitting as for the knitting itself - Jocelyn, Carrie, and Norma. (What are the other things we three have in common? Oh. Well, language study, accounting, and gardening, respectively.)

I try to do a little research along the way to see who's lurking out there, not commenting - where you all are from geographically, how you might have stumbled upon me (in-clicks and out-clicks, thank you Sitemeter!). I'd love to know who it is visiting me from India and Turkey!

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Ok. I'm going to have a contest: I want to hear what brings you back to my blog. Leave a comment to this post that lets me know what I'm doing right here (or for that matter, what I'm doing wrong! But gently please!). And let me know the general area of the world you're commenting from! :)

I'll put everyone's name into a hat and we'll draw for 4 prizes at the end of the week - so Friday at midnight EST, I'll call a halt to comments and announce winners on Saturday.

Prizes? Well, there's yarn. And perhaps a book. Maybe something from the Nana Sadie Rose line?

If you send someone here? Make sure they tell me you did - I'll put your name in the hat again for every time someone does.

But I do want comments of what's good (or bad) about Knitnana. (ok, let's not get personal, but the blog - even if I do feel as if it's an extension of me!)

How does that sound? Let the games begin?

And ... I can't wait to see where year 5 takes us!