Blatherskite

I’m sort of thinking out loud here, but I am also wondering what your opinion is,too. So please feel free to chime in with what you think of this idea. I’ve been thinking about moving my knitting blog, blacksheep, over to this blog, and just making it a category of this blog rather than it’s own separate website.

I’ve discovered that people can just subscribe to the feed of a certain category in a WordPress Blog, so those people who don’t want to hear me blather on about non-knitting things can just subscribe to the knitting feed. I guess my worry is that I will drive away the readers (all three of you 😉 ) who could care less about knitting. What do you think?

The fact is that I am only posting to the knitting blog once a week at this point. And I’m kind of feeling like it’s a chore in a way. I don’t think the content is very interesting because I don’t feel very excited about the writing. Since I’ve pigeonholed that blog into being only about knitting I’m afraid it has become a bit boring. The knitting blogs that I have read over the past two years that have included content other than knitting are really interesting to me, and I’m thinking that maybe my blog will be more interesting to others if it includes content other than knitting. I also read a few blogs that are not considered knitting, but include crafty posts ,knitting, and spinning and I find those blogs really interesting, too. When I’m reading blogs, I like the idea of getting to know the person a little. I guess it’s that voyeur in me. On the other hand, too much information is not good. I guess there is a fine line in blogging.

What do you all think of all of this? Would this blog totally suck if I had knitting stuff on it? Maybe just a once a week knitting post? Or would it not be that bad? Let me know.

For a mini rant on my feelings about knitblogging lately, click “more.”
I have to admit, I have mixed feelings about knitblogging in general (Andrea’s post has given me a bit of courage to post my feelings, although I’m too chicken at the moment to post these feelings on Black Sheep.). On the one hand I love it. I have met so many wonderful friends and have learned so much. Reading other knitbloggers has challenged me to try things I would have never tried before. And I truly love the group of knitbloggers I have read over the past few months. I count many of them, the ones that I comment on, as friends. And I really hope they feel the same way about me.

As a whole, I feel kind of wierd about the knitblogging community in general. In many ways, It feels like it has become a popularity contest. I find myself getting depressed if I don’t have enough comments on my posts, or if I don’t have very many bloglines subscribers. I find myself comparing myself to other knitbloggers, who haven’t been blogging as long as I have, and wondering why I’m not as popular as those other bloggers.

Then when I think about it I start beating myself up, thinking that, well, my knitblog must suck if nobody is reading it. I mean, “I’ve been working on the thing for almost two years and it’s just not getting the same kind of readership that some of the other knitblogs have been getting in less time.”

And then I hate myself for thinking these things because I am just not this kind of a person. It took me a long time to come to the realization that it’s okay to not be cool. Being un-cool is okay. Do you know how much pressure is lifted off of a person when they come to this realization? It’s such a good feeling. You can just relax and be yourself. The pressure is off. That is why I enjoy blogging at Blatherskite. There is no pressure. If people don’t comment on a post, that’s okay with me.

I don’t mean to sound like a whiner (because I hate that, too. When people whine about not getting comments on thier blogs). But these are feelings that have been brewing for awhile inside of me. And, I don’t know. why not write about them?