Welcome

Welcome to Not Another Yarn Pun, my fancy new corner of the internet for writing about knitting.

I'm Caitlin, and I'm an composition instructor and soon-to-be-PhD student. I've been obsessed with knitting for almost two years now. It started with a circular loom after watching my friend Kaylin knit up a thick scarf on one. So one night I bought my own circular loom set and got to work knitting up a scarf for my mom for Christmas. After that scarf, I moved on to a dishcloth on regular needles and it was pretty much all downhill from there.

Lately, I've been working on big and somewhat frustrating projects. I'm knitting up a pair of socks and though the pattern is easy, I just get a little bored with it. I seem to have misplaced a blanket I've been working on but only noticed that when I'd decided to pick it back up after nearly a month of not knitting on it. Oops.

It's kind of weird to be a young knitter. My friends (lovingly) tease me about my "old lady" habits (knitting is not the only one), and my partner and family are super supportive even though they're probably tired of my only asking for knitting-related items for gifts. Thanks to my boo, I have a wonderful set of Addi Clicks that I never would have purchased on my own but that I love so so so much.

I've been inspired to create this blog in a couple of ways. Lately, I've gotten addicted to knitting videos and podcasts. It started with Nicole at Hue Loco but my absolute favorites are the Grocery Girls. It's really fun and exciting to follow them "from the ground up" so to speak. I find myself lusting over the gorgeous yarns they talk about it. Alas, I have to be on a strict budget and don't spend often get to splurge on fancy yarn (though there are some occasions when I just do it anyway). Because I'm always trying to keep finances in mind while fueling an expensive hobby I love, I try to keep an eye out for sales and discounts or for quality yarn at a lower price. I love finding patterns that are well-written, gorgeous, and FREE! I love watching and seeing gorgeous yarn, but I wouldn't be able to knit anything if I was always saving up for it.

After trying, to no avail, to convince Kaylin to start a web series with me, I've instead turned to this new blog. Though I'd love to do a video cast or something similar, this is what we'll have for now: Not Another Yarn Pun. I love writing and keep telling myself I'm not doing enough of it, so it just made sense to kick things off by writing about my knitting.

You can find me on at cookingandcomp on Ravelry, Instagram, and Twitter.