A couple of blogs I read have mentioned the drop off in comments lately. Now that I scroll back, there’s a lot of zero’s below my posts lately, but I try not to worry when this happens. StatCounter tells me if people are visiting. If I worry too much about comments I start writing in a way that I think will generate them. I also start making smaller projects because I can usually be sure of a comment or two for a FO post. Or I go to the other extreme: I stop trying to write well, which is worse – just because there are no comments doesn’t mean there are no readers.
And to be honest, I’m not a regular commenter. But I do love reading blogs and try to find ones that are well written and updated regularly. When I write blog posts I’m writing for someone like me, who doesn’t necessarily comment that much.
Anyway… I though I should mention that I’ve watched three more episodes of Knitting Daily TV, and the show is finding its feet. I decided to note how much time the dvd player said had passed before the ads finished and it was only one minute. It just felt like 10-15! (Probably because of the music.)
The hosts have gained confidence and seem to be enjoying themselves now. I must say, Eunny Jang suits tv presenting very well. One of the other presenters comes across a little spaced out sometimes. And there’s a wierd bit where one says “I hope you come back” to her guest in an almost apologetic way that seems to suggest a guest wouldn’t want to! But overall they’re looking more comfortable.
The projects? I’m still a bit perplexed by the format. There’s lots of instruction given to very simple projects, then they’ll skim over more complicated ones (with the good old ‘the pattern is on the website’ conclusion). The strangest part is where a host and guest demonstrate a project together, but while at first it seems like the guest is demonstrating to the host, then the host takes over and is demonstrating to the guest.
Have I learned anything yet? Um, I’m afraid I haven’t yet. But I’ve found that since I don’t need to watch the really basic stuff, and they only skim over the complicated stuff, I can knit at the same time and rewind if I think something is worth examining again. It’s a nice show to watch and listen to while working, and I can see it might prove to be a source of inspiration.
The show has potential. I’m interested to see how it develops.
Fear not the lack of comments. We are all trying desperately to think of something supremely witty to say and failing, so saying nothing, because, you know, we wouldn’t want to be found lacking.
Write on.
Your wish is my command : )