Bron posted a very interesting entry about comments and comment ettiquette.
I would like to add my opinion and as this is my blog, well, I'm gonna. :)
I love it when people comment.
I love that I had 2 bloglines subscribers at one point (whoever you were/are)
I love it even more when people are prepared to share a little of themselves back, and enter a dialogue about life and what is going on, knitting and otherwise. A sense of community is born. If you are very lucky, you might gain a friend or two by sharing a common interest.
I read as many blogs as time will allow, and I comment on only a few, and even then, it is not every entry. I used to do that, but not any more as when I started my own blog about a year ago, I gained a sense of community, and commenting felt in part like "me too-ing" or "notice me-ing". Now I have a blog address everyone is free to notice me as much as they want. Or not. :)
I love the inspiration I get from seeing other people's FOS, and whilst I believe in being positive and encouraging wherever possible, I actually RARELY think that the FO is a bunch of crap. I think that it is not my taste, I would not take the time to make that, or similar.You do gain a sense of other knitters' sense of style by looking at their FOs over time. I can't believe that I have the market corners on fashion/ stlye, and if you saw me most mornings (and yes, I do also sometimes leave the house looking like that) you would agree with me. But I digress.
You can always compliment the effort that goes into producing the garment, we all know how it feels to invest time and effort into our knitting projects. There is always that commonality present. That is always first on my list.
Next, you can always compliment other aspects about the FO whilst you may not like the overall result. On any given ocassion, it may be the speed with which the project was completed, the neat finishing technique used, or the yarn, the colour etc that they used. Even if it is the sheer joy of finishing the brugger and regaining the use of the needles the UFO was on. That may be worth commenting on! :)
I try very hard to not feel apologetic on my blog, for my opinions because it is my space, but I have a little more to say on a related aspect.
I do regret that I have neglected this blog a little lately. My knitting has not been very quick, and this blog has morphed into a family diary/ photo album of the little events that otherwise may go unrecorded and eventually forgotton. I will not apologise for this. I enjoy the freedom that blogging allows and the chance to use full sentences and organise thoughts in a meaningful way that does not include children's animated characters, or repeating myself endlessly!
On the subject of the wee things in life, we offed to the park today, and while DS bugalugs investigated the icky pond
DD Scootie was somewhat more relaxed
