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As if I didn't have enough hobbies already, I decided I wanted to try learning to knit. After reading through some other bloggers' knitting journals, I figured I'd give it a shot and see if it's something I'd like. I crocheted a long time ago when I was a kid, but I've never knitted before.

I chose a baby blanket for my first project. It will be for my niece when it's done. I wanted to keep it simple, as in, no sewing.

Can you believe I managed to screw it up from the very first stitch? It called for 146 stitches to be cast on... and I screwed those up. Not in the count, but in the stitch. I didn't realize until I finished all 146 stitches and tried to start the next row that I'd done the stitches completely wrong. Leave it to me to screw up casting on. Oye.

How did I screw it up? Well, instead of having a nice neat row of 146 single stitches, it looked like every stitch was doubled. (And no, I did not lose count, so hush it). I guess I looped the yarn wrong so it doubled up on the needle when it was pulled through. I'm not even sure that I could duplicate that now that I know the right way to do it.

I bought a software CD that has instructions on how to do certain stitches, and that helped, especially with the K2 tog.. I just couldn't figure that one out by looking at the instructions (there were no pictures with the pattern to help with that part), even though it is entirely logical. I still think the yarn over from purl to knit stitches is a little weird, since it appears to add a stitch, but maybe I'm doing something wrong.

Something I haven't been able to master is using my right index finger to move the yarn over the needle and stuff. I've tried but my finger just doesn't want to cooperate. So, I use my thumb & index finger together. Probably slows things down a little, but it still gets the job done.

I'll probably post a picture when I'm done with it, although that may be at least a week I think. But we'll see.

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