Here we go...

After much deliberation and topic-hopping, I have finally figured out how I want to go about this assignment...

For those who don't know me, I have a sister - well 4 in fact, but my only older sister is the only one relevant to this assignment. She's a much more creative and crafty person than I am. She crochets a LOT, especially hats, but also scarves and blankets. She's been doing this for about 2 years now. More recently she has been a bit obsessed with buttons. At first she began attaching them to the hats she was making, but then began making these very cute elastic bracelets and headbands that are simply covered in them. So those are the biggest things she's into making right now. She's given a lot of them away as gifts, and people will often ask if they can buy them from her or commission her to make specific items. So when this assignment came up and I was looking for a rhetorical situation, I proposed that I create some kind of webspace for her to advertise her work or just enjoy showing it off and letting people know more about who she is and what she enjoys.

This brings me to the choice of medium. I settled on helping her create a blog for a few reasons. First of all, with the way she hops around between varying types of projects and how they can evolve into other ones, I think a blog would be a good format. This way you can see how her work has progressed and changed in a timeline fashion. Secondly, she has never blogged before, and I feel like she would not only learn from the experience, but thoroughly enjoy it and take advantage of it as well. It's also a very laid back, accessible, easy atmosphere for both her and potential followers/customers, who would be the intended audience.