Practice Makes Perfect

Okay so Ive been learning how to knit!  I googled knitting for beginners and found some useful info and video on youtube to help me.  I went and bought some gorgeous red feather yarn yesterday but when I started casting on, found that it was tangling quite easy so ditched it and found an old knitted blanket and started to unravel that to use that yarn.  Once I learned how to cast on, I found it easy enough, especially the way the video tutorial showed me!

Then yesterday I just practiced basic knitting stitch, until I botched it somehow, so I unraveled that and thought to try the feather yarn again but it was still getting tangled, a shame really its lovely, I didnt spend much on it, only 75c from The Reject Shop, Ill be going back tomorrow and getting some plain yarn so I can start doing things properly.

So today I taught myself the Purl stitch, its quite easy once you get the hang of it, and I think Im really getting the jist of this knitting gig, however, I have more to learn and loads more practicing before I start any projects, Im so slow it takes me forever to knit a row of stitches, plus my carpel tunnel starts giving me grief if I do it for too long.  I had to have a giggle at myself yesterday, I was sitting on the couch with Cleo next to me, watching TV while I do my knitting, I felt like a little old granny :P and by the time I finished my row my hands felt like an old granny's who has arthritis!