Well, well. What do ya know. A motherfucking snow day. Super. At home with 4 children and what shall I do in between laundry, dishes, cooking (brilliant idea to NOT go to the store before the God Damn snow storm, by the way), and Pinteresting? I shall knit, of course:D. Beyond pleased and proud of my lazy ass for braving the cold to purchase new yarn (yes, I remembered to go to the yarn shop but not the grocery store...two degrees and a masters). Double proud of the fact that I actually made a yarn choice. I suck at making choices. Anytime I go shopping I put 50-100% of everything I've acquired in the basket back before getting to the checkout.




I suggest you do as I do and ignore
that pile of laundry in the background.

     Mind you, I haven't knitted in quite some time so I was anxious to turn out the knitting bag to see what I could find. An interesting array of yarn remnants from projects of old. Brought back a lot of memories of a time when I didn't shake like a fucking leaf. I've never been particularly good at knitting (even worse at crocheting) but I enjoy the repetition. Clears my head immediately. Anyway, aside from the bits of yarn, I found a whopping ONE set of knitting needles and ONE crochet needle. I used to have at least 6 different sizes of each. Where they go????? Give ya a hint- lightsabers:/

     Luckily the one and only set of knitting needles I have are the exact size I need for my new beautiful, wool, multicolor yarn:). As usual (because I am too chicken shit to try the hard stuff) I have decided to go with a scarf...or maybe an eternity scarf. This time, however, I am going to try alternating the knitting stitch with the purl stitch. Of course, when I went to cast on SURPRISE...no recollection of how to cast on. Hello, youtube. I have a collection of youtube videos for just this kind of memory emergency because this isn't the first time this has happened. I forget shit all the time. If I didn't shower and brush my teeth every single day I would probably have to refer to a youtube video for that, as well. Poor stupid me.

     I am quite fond of these Howcast videos with the lovely lady in green. Huge crush on her. Ordinarily I don't go for the skinny ones but her expressions kill me. Super cute. For your viewing pleasure here are the videos for making a slip knot, casting on, and knitting stitch...

Slip Knot

Casting On

How to Knit the Knit Stitch



     Dang it, she's so adorable! She makes it look as easy as it is...and trust me, it's easy. If I can do it, anyone can. I am a huge fan of learning how to do shit from youtube videos. Can't follow written directions to save my life but give me a video that I can pause after each step and I can learn to do just about anything...especially with Little Miss Green Dress' guidance;)

Modest beginning. I should have cast on less stitches to begin with but I have
difficulty thinking small. Note the yarn predator lurking in the beyond. I did offer
the cat children a ball of yarn but they prefer the yarn that is off limits.
Little shitheads.