I spend most of yesterday and part of today (when I wasn't reading about Dionysus), wrestling Movable Type to the ground, pinning its arms behind its back and pulling its CSS, and the result? the middle knitter, my new hobby-blog!

First and foremost, no, this doesn't mean I'm switching away from LJ. LJ is very good at the things it's suited for: a place to vent the days frustrations, a place to ramble, and most importantly, a place to keep in touch with people. But, I've been hankering for a "real" blog for some time now. I wanted some place I could post very long entries with lots of photos, without feeling compelled to use a cut. I also wanted a place I could link to when I leave comments places, something more suitable than my LJ. (And, yes, I know that I did try keeping a school blog, and failed miserably, but I really thing this on will survive--it's exactly what I need.) Also, I felt a little guilty to be paying for webspace that I wasn't really moving. (Speaking of which, I may eventually actually buy a domain name for the blog, but it's not in the budget right now. Anyway, if I do buy on, the arraskysong.com/middle url will still work.)

Mostly I'll be posting about knitting, but I'm also going to use it to talk about my hobbies in general--I tend to hop around from one hobby to another, and that'll give me a place to talk about them, or post relevant stuff. There is a feed, so in theory we could set up a LJ feed so that you all would be able to read it through your LJs, but in my experience those can be a little finicky, so I'm going to wait and see if there's demand.

So, you should all go visit, and maybe leave comments? (I like comments.)