Switch to knitting ...for just a moment

SO my knitting adventure continues!

However since my last knitting post - I have ripped everything out and started over!!

This time I'm paying attention.

I started with 40 stitches and now I actually still have my 40 original stitches!!

My last attempt was foiled when I some how added

an extra 9 stitches some where along the line!!

SO now I'm going along at a good clip...

I even added another skein!! I of course had to read up on how to do it! 

I'm still not sure I did it correctly -

I'll have to have my mom check it! She's helping me with this adventure!!

See it's almost a scarf!!!!

I just love these colors - reminds me of the ocean!

Learning to Knit!!!

 Two days ago Mom and I were out shopping, and I found this beautiful skein of Plymouth cotton yarn ... it reminded me of the beach with the soft sandy greenish color blending into a beautiful turquoise which melted into a crisp steely blue. I looked at it and saw a beautiful beach with clear cool water and a cloudless sky ... can you tell I'm from New England and have been buried in snow since mid December!!! Anyway ... I had to buy it, not only because it reminded me of the beach (which is where I'd love to be right now) but it was on SALE for 25% off! I couldn't leave it there ... so I bought 2!! Just in case!!

 I brought it home and mom told me it had to rolled into a ball - she volunteered for the job so I gave it to her! And she loaned me her bamboo knitting needles. I love them! And so the knitting lesson began ...

Cast on 46 stitches .... that only took 2 tries! Then the first row pearl one knit one - repeat to the end. Okay! How hard could that be??? That took three tries before I figured out (with mom's help) exactly what I was doing wrong. Who knew you had to bring the yarn to the front and then to the back before you stitched!!! Second row knit to the end - I got the hang of that row right away. Row three and four are to repeat row one and two ... OMG - I have to keep track of all of these stitches and rows....   So after five hours of knitting this is what I have....

The beginnings of my "Beach" scarf! it has a few holes ... and some how I picked up 6 extra stitches along the way (I just could not leave them behind!) but I'm hooked! I can't wait to finish it ... I figure it takes me an hour to knit an inch ... it's suppose to be 48 inches long ... you do the math! I might have it done for next winter!!